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UBC Okanagan graduates carry an Interior Salish language forward
June 4, 2026
UBC Okanagan has conferred its first Bachelor of St’át’imc Language […]
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Nursing graduand finds a calling in the care that carried him through cancer
June 2, 2026
When Aiden Borne crosses the stage at UBC Okanagan’s spring […]
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Debaters, audience test AI’s influence on the human experience
March 3, 2026
Before the experts waged a single argument on stage at […]
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AI can do more than ever. Should we be excited or cautious?
February 17, 2026
UBCO debates returns to AI with arguments about productivity, ethics, wellbeing and human values
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Love, loneliness and the chatbot next door
February 12, 2026
UBC Okanagan experts look at what AI companions offer—and what they can not
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UBCO professors offer free AI workshops for immigrants
October 9, 2025
Four in-person sessions cover AI literacy, ethics and workplace applications
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UBCO’s largest graduating class marks 20 years of growth
June 5, 2025
Campus honours 2,600 graduates and Indigenous language program milestones
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UBCO celebrates the Class of 2024
June 7, 2024
Graduation has extra meaning to many students this year
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UBC Okanagan Bachelor of Arts student receives Interdisciplinary Co-op Student of the Year Award
March 8, 2024
Fourth-year Bachelor of Arts student majoring in International Relations, Leah Plomp, becomes the 2023 UBCO Co-op Student of the Year
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UBCO welcomes students to campus for start of new term
September 1, 2023
Classes and welcome-back events to continue as initially planned
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