Course (re)Design Intensive Workshop & Studios

Science Building (SCI) 1177 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Do you have a new course that you need to design for the next academic year? Are you trying to set aside time to rethink an aspect of an existing course? The Course (re)Design Intensive (CDI) is an opportunity for you to be guided through the step-by-step process of designing a learner-centred course that aligns […]

Off-Campus Housing Information Session

Online virtual event

The Student Experience Office will be hosting a presentation for students looking at the Off-Campus Housing Guide and answering questions about finding housing in Kelowna. Join us for this virtual information session on June 19th from 9:30-10:30 am PDT to hear from Orientation Assistant Iain Reid, who will review the content in the Off-Campus Housing […]

Course Validating yourself and others: a three-part workshop series

Online virtual event

We all want to build emotionally safe and healthy connections in the relationships we keep; we want to feel seen and heard for who we really are. In this 3-part series, you will explore ways to improve the quality of your relationships with others, and perhaps most importantly, with yourself. These three workshops will focus on two interconnected concepts: validation and self-trust. Psychotherapist, Meghan Watson, will deliver the series through a combination of lecture style and experiential reflection, offering psychoeducational material and opportunities for you to reflect on the material.

MindFest

Metro Hub 1265 Ellis St., Kelowna, BC, Canada

Join us at MindFest to learn more about the Department of Psychology's innovative and influential research being conducted at UBC Okanagan.

POSTPONED: IWC Say Anything/Something Community Showcase and Open Mic

Alternator Gallery 103-421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna, BC, Canada

This event has been postponed to the fall Join us for the final event of the Inspired Word Café season, as well as the final event Say Anything/Something. Say Anything/Something is a community-based performance and workshop series connecting professional, emerging and amateur artists, both visiting and local, with the wider Okanagan community through writing and […]

Free

Advocacy Speaker Series

Online virtual event

Join us for a discussion on how family physicians and psychiatrists deliver mental health care across Canada.

Contract Grading

Science Building (SCI) 1177 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, Canada

This year, the “Learner-Centred Design & Assessment” Studio session of the Course (re)Design Intensive workshop will discuss a pedagogical approach called Contract Grading and will contextualize it within the research and practice of equitable and liberatory grading methods. Approaches to contract grading and related methods include: aggregate-model contracts, project-focused contracts, ungrading, specifications grading, and others. […]

Event Series Coffee & Decolonization

Coffee & Decolonization

Library Building (LIB) 3287 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Join Naim Cardinal, Educational Facilitator with Indigenous Programs and Services, and Jessica Bayer, Educational Consultant for Indigenous Initiatives, for bi-weekly coffee gatherings. These sessions provide a space to ask questions and engage in conversations about truth and reconciliation, decolonization, Indigenization, Indigenous history, culture, worldviews and more. All are welcome!