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Tickets available for Chris Hadfield simulcast at UBC

In response to overwhelming demand for the UBC Distinguished Speaker Series talk with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield this Monday, the university has opened a lecture theatre to simulcast the live event.

Fighting for the survival of Northern peoples and way of life

Fighting for the survival of Northern peoples and way of life

Renowned arctic activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier speaks to Vernon audience

Alan Rinehart kicks off this season’s Minds and Music concert series

Alan Rinehart kicks off this season’s Minds and Music concert series

Concert and discussion will feature early Spanish guitar music

What does it mean to be human and alive?

What does it mean to be human and alive?

Explorer Wade Davis shares his experiences at Distinguished Speaker Series event

UBC website a focal point for critical writing, intellectual discourse

UBC website a focal point for critical writing, intellectual discourse

E-journal founded a decade ago grows from risky venture to global success

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World premiere of musical collaboration on Chinese culture

World premiere of musical collaboration on Chinese culture

Staging of Gold Mountain Dream takes place in Kelowna

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 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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