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UBC hosts experts on Nordic post-welfare states for April 11 public workshop

The campus community and the public are invited to participate in a day of discussion at UBC’s Okanagan campus about neoliberalism and post-welfare Nordic states.

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Pianist Robert Silverman performs free public concert at UBC

Pianist Robert Silverman performs free public concert at UBC

One of Canada’s premiere pianists, Robert Silverman will be at UBC’s Okanagan campus on October 27 to perform three of Beethoven’s sonatas.

UBC focuses on cultural safety in local healthcare

UBC researchers have partnered with members of local healthcare organizations on a research initiative that aims to strengthen cultural safety and effect organizational change for aboriginal healthcare in the Okanagan Valley.

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UBC students create fire mapping social network for Okanagan

UBC students create fire mapping social network for Okanagan

If you live in the Okanagan Valley chances are good you have been affected by a forest fire in some way.

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UBC Okanagan researcher of the year honours shared by Evans and Murch

UBC Okanagan researcher of the year honours shared by Evans and Murch

Social science researcher Michael Evans and biochemistry researcher Susan Murch have been honoured as co-recipients of the 2009-2010 UBC Okanagan Researcher of the Year award.

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UBC study: Aboriginal people feel excluded from mainstream health and social services in Okanagan

UBC study: Aboriginal people feel excluded from mainstream health and social services in Okanagan

A new study by UBC Okanagan researchers partnering with local Aboriginal Friendship Centres has investigated the relationship between the urban Aboriginal population in the Okanagan Valley and the region’s mainstream social service and healthcare delivery systems.

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Violin students invited to audition for Angèle Dubeau master class

Auditions are now open for violin students from the Okanagan region who would like to participate in a master class led by internationally acclaimed violinist Angèle Dubeau. Dubeau and the all-female string ensemble La Pietà will perform at Kelowna’s First Lutheran Church, 4091 Lakeshore Road, in UBC Okanagan’s Minds and Music series on March 2. In […]