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SUMMARY:The Structure of Smoke exhibition
DESCRIPTION:UBC Okanagan Gallery\, in collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery\, is excited to announce that a version of The Structure of Smoke exhibition is coming to Syilx territory in the Okanagan this summer. Co-curated by Melanie O’Brian and Tania Willard\, The Structure of Smoke explores artworks that problematize the poetic\, structural and political aspects of fire. \nIn a region where wildfires regularly impact our lives and the landscape\, The Structure of Smoke gathers together artists to conceptualize our relationship to this challenging force of nature. \nThroughout the exhibition\, contemporary artists explore both the metaphorical and literal processes of fire and the spaces it creates and displaces. In a range of mediums—including sculpture\, video\, screen prints\, photography and painting—the works challenge the viewer to examine the ways in which we live with fire both now and in the future. \nThe Structure of Smoke brings together works from select artists in the original exhibition run\, including Amber Frid-Jimenez\, Samuel Roy-Bois\, Heraa Khan\, Jeneen Frei Njootli\, Other Sights\, Pratchaya Phinthong\, Art Hunter and Susan Point. The Okanagan version of the exhibit includes artists Taylor Baptiste\, Andreas Rutkauskas and Woojae Kim. \nThe exhibition is open to the public and free to attend on weekdays from Thursday\, May 21\, to Tuesday\, August 18\, from 9 am to 4 pm in the FINA Gallery\, located in the Creative and Critical Studies building. 
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/the-structure-of-smoke-exhibition/
LOCATION:Creative and Critical Studies Building (CCS) – FINA Gallery\, 1148 Research Road\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260810T103000
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SUMMARY:UBC Relationship with the Host Nation Campus Walk
DESCRIPTION:The Okanagan Nation’s history with UBC Okanagan (UBCO) dates back to the inception of this campus in 2005. Join Indigenous Programs and Services (IPS) on an interactive journey through the evolving relationship with UBC and the unique programming offered at UBCO. \nWe will begin in FIP 140 with an opportunity to connect and for a short presentation to provide contextual information about the relationship between the Syilx Okanagan Nation and UBCO. During the walk\, we will visit several locations on campus that hold historical significance connected to the relationship our campus holds with the Okanagan Nation. The entire session will take approximately 2 hours\, and the walk portion will be 35 to 45 minutes. \nPlease remember to dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes as we will be walking across campus. \nHosted by: Naim Cardinal\, Educational Facilitator\, IPS. \nPlease note that light snacks and refreshments will be provided\, and limited spots are available. As well\, please only register if you are able to attend the entire session. \nRegistration is now closed as session is full. \nFor inquiries\, please contact Naim Cardinal via email at naim.cardinal@ubc.ca.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/ubc-relationship-with-the-host-nation-campus-walk-3/
LOCATION:Fipke Centre (FIP)\, 3247 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Indigenous Programs and Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260810T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260810T180000
DTSTAMP:20260807T153336Z
CREATED:20260728T165421Z
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SUMMARY:Polish Anarchafeminist and Queer Zine Exhibition and Workshop
DESCRIPTION:As part of the International Undergraduate Research Award\, Soha Aftab (BA Cultural Studies and English) invites you to a physical and digital exhibition of a selection of Polish Anarchafeminist and Queer Zines in the Sawchuk Family Theater in the Commons building at UBC Okanagan on Monday\, August 10 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. \nThe exhibition will be accompanied by a short talk about how these zines are being researched at UBCO\, and a zine-making workshop which encourages people to make their own zines\, inspired by the zines on display. All supplies will be provided. \nThis event is free and open to all. Registration is not required. \nSoha Aftab received the FCCS International Undergraduate Student Research award to work with Drs. Emily Murphy and Maria Alexopoulos for the summer of 2026 to research how queer and anarcho-feminist zines can inspire conversations among activist circles beyond their original contexts and how they can engage with her own relationship to transnational feminism through the migration and circulation of zines.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/polish-anarchafeminist-and-queer-zine-exhibition-and-workshop/
LOCATION:The Commons (COM) – Sawchuk Family Theatre (Engagement Theatre)\, 3297 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T110000
DTSTAMP:20260618T155112Z
CREATED:20260421T155603Z
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Weekly Writing Community
DESCRIPTION:Tired of solo writing sessions? Craving a supportive environment to fuel your creativity? Look no further than our weekly writing community\, tailored for the UBC Okanagan community. \nYour projects\, your progress\nBring your own research and writing projects to the table! The writing community provides dedicated time for you to focus on your individual writing goals. Get ready to boost your productivity and make progress on your writing projects\, all within a supportive community environment. \nWhat you’ll experience:\nEach session is dedicated to your independent writing time. You can look forward to writing alongside others who\, like you\, are independently working on their own writing projects and goals. \nHighlights of the community:\n\nYour time to write: Join our weekly sessions with your writing and research materials ready\, and take full advantage of this opportunity to write without distractions.\nWrite together: Achieve your individual writing goals alongside other members of the UBCO community.\nGuided structure: Participate in the Pomodoro technique\, expertly facilitated by the Centre for Scholarly Communication.\nInclusivity: From undergraduates to faculty\, everyone in the UBCO community is welcome.\n\nYou’re invited to be part of this enriching community that builds community and fosters productivity. Register now and come prepared to amplify your writing endeavours. Let’s turn solitary writing into a group effort and make getting things done a community experience. \nRegister now \nQuestions? Please contact the CSC at csc.ok@ubc.ca.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/tuesday-weekly-writing-community-3/2026-08-11/
LOCATION:Online virtual event
CATEGORIES:Centre for Scholarly Communication,College of Graduate Studies,Library
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T190057Z
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SUMMARY:Instructional Skills Workshop for Faculty and Postdocs
DESCRIPTION:The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is an internationally certified program designed to increase teaching effectiveness and encourage reflection on teaching practice. In a supportive atmosphere\, new and experienced educators try new teaching approaches and sharpen existing skills. \nAs part of the workshop format and requirements\, participants design and conduct three 10-minute lessons and receive verbal and written feedback from their peers and a video recording of their teaching. In addition\, there are opportunities for individual and facilitated reflection on one’s teaching practices. \nThis program’s success relies on active participation and collaboration of all participants who\, as a team\, work together to support each other in enhancing their teaching effectiveness. Participation is limited to six individuals. A certificate of completion will be awarded to each participant. \nPlease note: Participants are required to be present for all four days of the ISW. \nRegister now
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/instructional-skills-workshop-for-faculty-and-postdocs-2/2026-08-11/
LOCATION:UBC Okanagan\, 3333 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Teaching and Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T103000
DTSTAMP:20260807T154658Z
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SUMMARY:Electron Channeling Contrast Imaging: Principles and Opportunities for Earth Sciences and Materials Engineering
DESCRIPTION:The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science presents this talk as part of the Earth and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series. \nAbout the Talk\nElectron Channelling Contrast Imaging (ECCI) is a scanning electron microscopy-based technique that enables direct imaging of crystallographic defects in bulk crystalline materials. Unlike conventional transmission electron microscopy approaches\, ECCI allows defects to be investigated in relatively large samples with minimal preparation\, making it particularly valuable for the study of both natural and engineered materials. \n\nThis interactive seminar will introduce the principles of electron channelling\, explain how Electron Channelling Patterns (ECPs) are used to achieve channelling conditions and demonstrate how ECCI can be applied to image crystallographic defects such as dislocations and stacking faults. \nAttendees will also receive a practical overview of ECCI using the newly acquired state-of-the-art TESCAN CLARA scanning electron microscope at the FiLTER laboratory. The presentation will cover pattern indexing workflows using AstroECP and techniques for navigating to specific channelling conditions. \n\nSpeaker\nHaroon Qaiser\, Graduate Academic Assistant and Doctoral Student\nDepartment of Materials Engineering\nUBC Vancouver \nIf you cannot attend in person\, please email EESC.okanagan@ubc.ca to obtain the Zoom Link.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/electron-channeling-contrast-imaging-principles-and-opportunities-for-earth-sciences-and-materials-engineering/
LOCATION:Science Building (SCI)\, 1177 Research Road\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Earth and Environmental Sciences,Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T140000
DTSTAMP:20260626T163951Z
CREATED:20260626T163951Z
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SUMMARY:Dissertation Defence: Compositional and Adaptive Visual Recognition Under Domain Shift
DESCRIPTION:Ahmed Radwan\, supervised by Dr. Mohamed S. Shehata\, will defend their dissertation titled “Compositional and Adaptive Visual Recognition Under Domain Shift” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science. \nAn abstract for Ahmed Radwan’s dissertation is included below. \nExaminations are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. This examination will be offered in hybrid format.  Registration is not required to attend in person\, but please email mohamed.sami.shehata@ubc.ca to receive the Zoom link for this exam. \nAbstract\nHuman vision is remarkably robust\, data-efficient\, and adaptive. People can recognize objects across changes in style\, viewpoint\, lighting\, modality\, and context\, often from only a few examples. Modern deep learning systems\, despite their impressive performance\, still depend heavily on large labelled datasets and often degrade when the test distribution differs from the training distribution. This brittleness is especially consequential in settings where labels are scarce\, data are decentralized\, or privacy constraints prevent the construction of large centralized datasets. \nThis thesis argues that robust visual recognition requires moving beyond the dominant view of images as global patterns mapped directly to labels. Instead\, it develops the view that recognition should be grounded in the structure of visual evidence\, since objects and scenes are composed of parts\, regions\, relations\, and context-dependent cues\, not all of which are equally relevant to the recognition decision. Inspired by the robustness of biological perception\, the thesis organizes this view around three computational principles. First\, visual representations should expose compositional structure rather than collapse images into monolithic embeddings. Second\, recognition should selectively compare the evidence that is shared\, discriminative\, and stable while suppressing clutter\, background\, and nuisance variation. Third\, inference should adapt to the input\, domain\, or task without requiring full retraining or access to target-domain supervision. \nThe contributions of this thesis instantiate these principles across several recognition settings. It develops architectures and learning strategies that encourage part–whole and region-level structure; training-free and few-shot inference methods that compare images through selected local evidence rather than global similarity alone; adaptive specialization mechanisms that preserve pretrained knowledge while changing the effective computation for new domains; and robustness-oriented optimization strategies that reduce reliance on nuisance-sensitive cues. Although these methods differ in form\, they share the common goal of making recognition depend less on superficial appearance correlations and more on structured\, reusable\, and task-relevant visual evidence. Together\, these contributions present a computational pathway toward brain-inspired visual recognition under real-world constraints. \nThe thesis shows that compositional structure\, selective evidence use\, and adaptive inference provide a coherent foundation for recognition under domain shift\, data scarcity\, and privacy constraints. Across natural images\, medical imaging\, federated learning\, cross-domain few-shot recognition\, and video understanding\, the work demonstrates that robust visual recognition is not only a matter of larger models or more data\, but of representing and using visual evidence in a more structured and adaptive way.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/dissertation-defence-compositional-and-adaptive-visual-recognition-under-domain-shift/
LOCATION:Arts and Sciences Centre (ASC)\, 3187 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260811T170000
DTSTAMP:20260723T151459Z
CREATED:20260723T151459Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defence: Controllable Student Engagement Recognition System
DESCRIPTION:Mahmoud Salem\, supervised by Dr. Abdallah Mohamed\, will defend their thesis titled “Controllable Student Engagement Recognition System: From Modular Vision Pipelines Embedding-Aware\, Class-Balance-Tunable Contrastive Learning” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science. \nAn abstract for Mahmoud Salem’s thesis is included below. \nDefences are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Registration is not required for in-person defences. \nAbstract\nAutomated student engagement recognition supports adaptive online learning\, but current systems face two challenges. First\, visual cues of engagement (face presence\, facial affect\, and head pose) must be extracted reliably. Second\, naturally collected data are severely imbalanced. Minority classes\, such as Highly Disengaged and Highly Engaged\, are rare\, so high overall accuracy can hide poor recognition of these classes. This thesis investigates both problems. First\, it introduces a three-stage modular pipeline (face detection\, facial emotion recognition\, and head-pose estimation) with four configurations tested on the DAiSEE benchmark for binary engagement classification. The best configuration achieves 90.25% accuracy and a binary F1-score of 0.9485. Because the data are skewed toward the Engaged class\, this result compares cue-extraction modules and provides an interpretable baseline. Second\, the analysis shifts to the four-class ordinal CMOSE benchmark and representation-level training. DUAL-POOL MOCORANK (DP-MR) replaces MocoRank’s single contrastive score pool with two pools: a class-balanced pool representing each engagement class equally and a natural-prior pool preserving the original class distribution. Embedding-aware post-hoc calibration (EMBED-LR) uses a held-out validation split to adjust the model without retraining. On CMOSE\, calibration moves the model from 77.64% accuracy and 52.44% average per-class accuracy to more balanced results: 71.50%/62.87% for general use\, 65.93%/62.69% for flagging at-risk students\, and 64.29%/64.37% at the most balanced setting. Bootstrap analysis shows that these changes are statistically reliable. In a matched single-model comparison\, DP-MR improves on the published MocoRank with Center Loss by +1.88 percentage points in average per-class accuracy. Together\, these contributions show that engagement recognition should not be reported as one fixed result. DP-MR can favour either overall accuracy or better detection of rare but important disengagement classes. No setting is clearly better than the strongest published average per-class accuracy (60.94%). The main contribution is the ability to choose the best setting for the task\, supported by an independent MocoRank reimplementation with documented replication details.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/thesis-defence-controllable-student-engagement-recognition-system/
LOCATION:Science Building (SCI)\, 1177 Research Road\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260812T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260812T130000
DTSTAMP:20260706T214950Z
CREATED:20260706T214950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T214950Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defence: Erasure-Coded Sampling for Data Recoverability in Nakamoto Consensus
DESCRIPTION:Tianyu Shi\, supervised by Dr. Chen Feng\, will defend their thesis titled “Erasure-Coded Sampling for Data Recoverability in Nakamoto Consensus” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering. \nAn abstract for Tianyu Shi’s thesis is included below. \nDefences are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Please email chen.feng@ubc.ca to receive the Zoom link for this defence. \nAbstract\nThis thesis proposes and analyzes a bandwidth-efficient data recoverability protocol for Nakamoto consensus using erasure-coded sampling. Instead of requiring every participant to download a full transaction batch\, the protocol allows an operator to encode a large transaction batch\, called a mega transaction\, into coded chunks and publish a compact cryptographic commitment on chain. Participants verify sampled coded chunks and cast PoW-bound votes on their validity. The Nakamoto consensus layer then determines whether the mega transaction should be accepted as recoverable\, so that it can be reconstructed and verified later if a dispute arises. \nThe main focus of this thesis is to formalize the recoverability failure event: the event that the protocol incorrectly accepts a mega transaction as recoverable even though honest participants do not collectively hold enough valid coded chunks for reconstruction. We derive conservative analytical bounds on the probability of this event and use these bounds to formulate a utility-based parameter-selection problem under a target security requirement. Monte Carlo simulations validate the analytical bounds\, and numerical results illustrate the tradeoff between recovery communication overhead and confirmation latency.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/thesis-defence-erasure-coded-sampling-for-data-recoverability-in-nakamoto-consensus/
LOCATION:Online virtual event
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,School of Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260812T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260812T143000
DTSTAMP:20260623T165107Z
CREATED:20260611T154755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260623T165107Z
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SUMMARY:Q & A Session: Writing the CGRS-D Scholarship Application
DESCRIPTION:Are you preparing your CGRS-D (NSERC\, CIHR\, SSHRC) application? \nThis online Q&A session\, facilitated by the College of Graduate Studies and the Centre for Scholarly Communication\, provides an opportunity to ask questions about writing and submitting the application. There will be no presentation\, so please come prepared with questions. \nThis Q&A is supplemented with asynchronous Canvas learning modules\, where you can find detailed information and resources on applying for the CGRS-D. \nJuly 28 Registration \nAugust 12 Registration \nCanvas CGRS-D Course
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/q-a-session-writing-the-cgrs-d-scholarship-application/2026-08-12/
LOCATION:Online virtual event
CATEGORIES:Centre for Scholarly Communication,College of Graduate Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260812T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260812T183000
DTSTAMP:20260708T215642Z
CREATED:20260708T215642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T215642Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defence: Never a Day Too Late: Ethics\, Resistance\, and the Contradictions of Human and Animal Euthanasia in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road
DESCRIPTION:Jessica Beaudin\, supervised by Dr. Jodey Castricano\, will defend their thesis titled “Never a Day Too Late: Ethics\, Resistance\, and the Contradictions of Human and Animal Euthanasia in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English. \nAn abstract for Jessica Beaudin’s thesis is included below. \nDefences are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Registration is not required for in-person defences. \nAbstract\nThis project draws upon representations of both human and Animal euthanasia in Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel\, The Road\, (2006) to examine euthanasia as a political and ethical phenomenon which is both determined by and reproduces human exceptionalism in the form of the human/Animal divide. Set in the aftermath of an ambiguous and irremediable apocalypse\, The Road explores the notion of killing as a kindness\, where death is the only way to escape threats of sexual violence\, cannibalism\, and exposure. This project thus engages McCarthy’s novel at the intersections of literary studies\, companion species euthanasia and Canada’s evolving Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program to argue that the idea of a ‘good death’ has been ontologized\, such that both humans and Animals are made vulnerable to a form of death that I argue few would knowingly choose for themselves. Oriented by the theoretical tenets of Critical Animal Studies\, I argue that human exceptionalism forms the foundation for multiple and contradictory frameworks of euthanasia\, as well as their discrepant ethical imperatives. These speciesist imperatives\, what I call the commonsense ethics of euthanasia\, contradictorily compel us to end the life of a suffering Animal and yet prolong and legislate the life of a suffering human. My reading of The Road is thus twofold: I consider how representations of euthanasia reflect and reproduce the assumptions of human exceptionalism\, while also exploring how reading resistantly might carve space to challenge assumptions about death\, within and beyond the text. Chapter one serves as terminological and conceptual table-setting\, articulating the muddiness of euthanasia across the human/Animal divide\, as well as the theoretical and disciplinary orientations of this work. Chapter two situates Animal euthanasia in the context of the philosophical discourse of the question of the animal\, connecting the anomalous dog on the road in McCarthy’s novel–and the man’s instinct to euthanize him–with the broader cultural ease and obligation of Animal euthanasia. Such ease emerges from a denial of the experience or awareness of death to Animals–or even of conscious life–and a cultural fixation on suffering as a justification for Animal euthanasia. Chapter three considers how resistance to the forthcoming Medical Assistance in Dying where Mental Disorder is the Sole Underlying Condition program (MAiD MD-SUMC) reflects and reproduces cultural fables regarding human sanctity. Attending to how the novel represents the woman and her desire to die as a failure in her role as a mother and as a human\, I connect cultural resistance to the existential autonomy implicit in the logics of MAiD MD-SUMC with the still-taboo notion of desiring death. I argue that the woman’s failure to live for the boy becomes a modus by which the novel critiques the choice to die\, a textual resistance in line with broader cultural resistance to Beaudin 4 human death. In so doing\, I note that resistance to human death is rooted in the same ideological tenets of human exceptionalism that render Animals always already killable.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/thesis-defence-never-a-day-too-late-ethics-resistance-and-the-contradictions-of-human-and-animal-euthanasia-in-cormac-mccarthys-the-road/
LOCATION:Fipke Centre (FIP)\, 3247 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260813T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260813T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T190057Z
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SUMMARY:Instructional Skills Workshop for Faculty and Postdocs
DESCRIPTION:The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is an internationally certified program designed to increase teaching effectiveness and encourage reflection on teaching practice. In a supportive atmosphere\, new and experienced educators try new teaching approaches and sharpen existing skills. \nAs part of the workshop format and requirements\, participants design and conduct three 10-minute lessons and receive verbal and written feedback from their peers and a video recording of their teaching. In addition\, there are opportunities for individual and facilitated reflection on one’s teaching practices. \nThis program’s success relies on active participation and collaboration of all participants who\, as a team\, work together to support each other in enhancing their teaching effectiveness. Participation is limited to six individuals. A certificate of completion will be awarded to each participant. \nPlease note: Participants are required to be present for all four days of the ISW. \nRegister now
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/instructional-skills-workshop-for-faculty-and-postdocs-2/2026-08-13/
LOCATION:UBC Okanagan\, 3333 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Teaching and Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260813T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260813T180000
DTSTAMP:20260805T155658Z
CREATED:20260717T173228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260805T155658Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defence: Regionalized life cycle inventory and assessment of conventional and potential alternative malting barley production practices in Western Canada
DESCRIPTION:Lauren McNeil\, supervised by Dr. Nathan Pelletier\, will defend their thesis titled “Regionalized life cycle inventory and assessment of conventional and potential alternative malting barley production practices in Western Canada” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Sustainability theme. \nAn abstract for Lauren McNeil’s thesis is included below. \nDefences are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Registration is not required for in-person defences. \nAbstract\nWestern Canada has a reputation for producing high-quality malting barley due to favourable climate and growing conditions. However\, malting barley production has been documented as a significant contributor to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of beer manufacturing. With Canada announcing its intention to reduce GHG emissions by 45% below 2005 levels by 2030\, it is imperative to assess and mitigate the environmental impacts of malting barley production. Further\, since conventional inorganic N fertilizer manufacturing is consistently reported as a major contributor to the life cycle impacts of field crop production\, it is necessary to explore the mitigation potential of alternative\, inorganic N fertilizer production processes. To establish baselines of the resource intensity and environmental impacts of Canadian malting barley production\, and to inform and track future emission reduction measures\, the goals of this research project were to a) develop regionalized life cycle inventories (LCIs) for malting barley production in the Canadian Prairie provinces; b) conduct ISO 14044-compliant cradle-to-gate life cycle assessments (LCAs) at the provincial\, ecozone and regional level and for major malting barley varieties; and c) perform a scenario analysis to determine the mitigation potential of green ammonia fertilizer manufacturing for the Canadian malting barley industry. \nVariety CDC Copeland\, Alberta and Ecozone 12 represented the lowest impacts across the greatest number of impact categories. Nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing\, field-level emissions and energy usage for field operations were major contributors to overall life cycle environmental impacts and resource intensity\, with field-level emissions contributing > 40% to global warming\, stratospheric ozone depletion\, fine particulate matter formation\, eutrophication and acidification. The scenario analysis demonstrated that the transition to green ammonia fertilizer production could reduce global warming and fossil resource scarcity impacts for the malting barley product system by 10% and 25%\, respectively. However\, trade-offs were identified for water\, land and energy usage\, as well as increased toxicity impacts of up to 60%. In the near-term\, mitigation efforts should prioritize demand-side strategies to reduce nitrogen fertilizer usage on farm. It is also recommended to investigate the nitrogen-use efficiency of major malting barley varieties and to breed new nitrogen-efficient varieties.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/thesis-defence-regionalized-life-cycle-inventory-and-assessment-of-conventional-and-potential-alternative-malting-barley-production-practices-in-western-canada/
LOCATION:Fipke Centre (FIP)\, 3247 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defence: Training Strategies for Deep Learning-Based Breast Cancer Risk Prediction from Mammography
DESCRIPTION:Teymur (Tim) Mammadov\, supervised by Drs. Rasika Rajapakshe and Mohamed Shehata\, will defend their thesis titled “Training Strategies for Deep Learning-Based Breast Cancer Risk Prediction from Mammography” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science. \nAn abstract for Tim Mammadov’s thesis is included below. \nDefences are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Registration is not required for in-person defences. \nAbstract\nBreast screening remains the standard of care for early detection of breast cancer. The screening program in BC consistently identifies at least 88% of cancers\, however\, the abnormal call rate (ACR) remains above the national target. Abnormal mammograms require further procedures\, which may or may not confirm presence of breast cancer. High ACR suggests that a number of healthy patients are recalled for additional tests\, which causes unnecessary stress and inflicts extra costs. Automated AI (artificial intelligence) systems could assist radiologists in reducing the number of false positives by providing individual risk assessments based on mammography images. Machine learning is already widely used for cancer detection\, but the research surrounding deep learning models designed for estimating the risk of future cancers is still limited. \nIn this thesis\, a modern deep learning model was developed using patient mammograms to predict the risk of cancer within five years after a screening exam. This model relies on state-of-the-art (SOTA) architecture and attempts to achieve reliable performance on local data. To that end\, a large cohort of patient data from British Columbia (BC) was curated for vision-based learning. It includes 1.8 million images from over 200\,000 patients\, making it comparable to other large-scale SOTA datasets found in the literature. The model achieves 0.92 [0.89-0.94] and 0.78 [0.76-0.80] ROC AUC for year one and five predictions\, compared to 0.84 [0.80-0.88] and 0.76 [0.73-0.78] achieved by pre-trained SOTA in the respective years. These results can be attributed to thorough data curation\, two-stage training\, and\nthe informed implementation of the SOTA architecture.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/thesis-defence-training-strategies-for-deep-learning-based-breast-cancer-risk-prediction-from-mammography/
LOCATION:Arts and Sciences Centre (ASC)\, 3187 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260817T170000
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SUMMARY:Dissertation Defence: Manipulation of stimulation frequency to optimize electrically-evoked muscle output
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Paish\, supervised by Drs. Chris McNeil and Neil Eves\, will defend their dissertation titled “Manipulation of stimulation frequency to optimize electrically-evoked muscle output” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology. \nAn abstract for Alexander Paish’s dissertation is included below. \nExaminations are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Registration is not required for in-person exams. \nAbstract\nTo assess intrinsic neuromuscular properties (e.g.\, muscle contractility and neuromuscular propagation)\, neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) is commonly applied over a muscle belly or nerve to evoke muscle responses with limited influence from the central nervous system. Repetitive\, intermittent electrically-evoked muscle contractions are used to evaluate fatigability (force loss) of a single muscle or muscle group. Moreover\, NMES is used in clinical rehabilitation\, primarily to limit muscle atrophy for people with a comprised ability to perform voluntary contractions. Although NMES has been clinically validated\, stimulation parameters\, such as pulse-width\, duty-cycle\, and frequency\, can be optimized to increase the amount of ‘work’ completed during the stimulation protocol. To limit discomfort (i.e.\, generate the desired muscle force with a relatively low current)\, repetitive NMES is typically applied at a frequency ≥30Hz. However\, this approach could be detrimental to muscle output as higher frequencies are purported to exacerbate force loss to a greater degree than low frequencies. In a clinical setting\, greater time-under-tension should enhance the benefits of NMES\, which means that high-frequency stimulation could undermine its efficacy. Additionally\, as high-frequency (i.e.\, ≥30Hz) NMES involves non-physiological activation rates that are two- to three-fold higher than those of the central nervous system (CNS)\, its utility in assessing fatigability within a research setting may be limited. Therefore\, to better inform future application of the technique\, further investigation is needed to determine the optimal stimulation frequency for minimizing force loss in settings using NMES. Accordingly\, the studies of this dissertation systematically manipulated stimulation frequency to characterize muscle fatigability\, with the aim of limiting force loss from intermittent NMES. Even when frequency was ~1 Hz higher\, a lower stimulation frequency better attenuated force loss compared to higher frequencies. Furthermore\, the results indicate that a shorter interpulse interval\, rather than the total number of pulses delivered\, is the primary determinant of the greater evoked force decline observed at high vs. low stimulation frequencies. Future work should aim to implement the current findings in a clinical setting in an effort to reduce force loss and improve time-under-tension for individuals relying on NMES for health-related benefits.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/dissertation-defence-manipulation-of-stimulation-frequency-to-optimize-electrically-evoked-muscle-output/
LOCATION:Engineering\, Management\, and Education Building (EME)\, 1137 Alumni Ave\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Faculty of Health and Social Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T110000
DTSTAMP:20260618T155112Z
CREATED:20260421T155603Z
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Weekly Writing Community
DESCRIPTION:Tired of solo writing sessions? Craving a supportive environment to fuel your creativity? Look no further than our weekly writing community\, tailored for the UBC Okanagan community. \nYour projects\, your progress\nBring your own research and writing projects to the table! The writing community provides dedicated time for you to focus on your individual writing goals. Get ready to boost your productivity and make progress on your writing projects\, all within a supportive community environment. \nWhat you’ll experience:\nEach session is dedicated to your independent writing time. You can look forward to writing alongside others who\, like you\, are independently working on their own writing projects and goals. \nHighlights of the community:\n\nYour time to write: Join our weekly sessions with your writing and research materials ready\, and take full advantage of this opportunity to write without distractions.\nWrite together: Achieve your individual writing goals alongside other members of the UBCO community.\nGuided structure: Participate in the Pomodoro technique\, expertly facilitated by the Centre for Scholarly Communication.\nInclusivity: From undergraduates to faculty\, everyone in the UBCO community is welcome.\n\nYou’re invited to be part of this enriching community that builds community and fosters productivity. Register now and come prepared to amplify your writing endeavours. Let’s turn solitary writing into a group effort and make getting things done a community experience. \nRegister now \nQuestions? Please contact the CSC at csc.ok@ubc.ca.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/tuesday-weekly-writing-community-3/2026-08-18/
LOCATION:Online virtual event
CATEGORIES:Centre for Scholarly Communication,College of Graduate Studies,Library
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T130000
DTSTAMP:20260618T161736Z
CREATED:20260519T160626Z
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SUMMARY:Dissertation Defence: Multifunctional Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber/Butadiene Rubber Nanocomposites Enabled by Molybdenum Disulfide–Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Nanofillers
DESCRIPTION:Seyed Rasoul Mousavi\, supervised by Dr. Mohammad Arjmand\, will defend their dissertation titled “Multifunctional Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber/Butadiene Rubber Nanocomposites Enabled by Molybdenum Disulfide–Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Nanofillers” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering. \nAn abstract for Seyed Rasoul Mousavi’s dissertation is included below. \nExaminations are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. This examination will be offered in hybrid format.  Registration is not required to attend in person; however\, please email mohammad.arjmand@ubc.ca to receive the Zoom link for this exam. \nAbstract\nThis thesis investigates the progressive structural engineering of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)-based nanomaterials as multifunctional fillers for acrylonitrile butadiene rubber/butadiene rubber (NBR/BR) nanocomposites\, aiming to simultaneously enhance wear resistance\, frictional reliability\, mechanical durability\, and advanced functional performance. Conventional fillers such as carbon black typically require high loading levels\, which can increase stiffness\, reduce flexibility\, and hinder the development of broader multifunctional properties. This limitation underscores the need for alternative filler systems that can effectively balance structural reinforcement with advanced functional performance for demanding industrial applications. \nInitially\, exfoliated\, partially oxidized MoS2 nanosheets were synthesized to improve filler dispersion and interfacial compatibility within the rubber matrix. These nanosheets significantly enhanced crosslink density\, tensile strength\, tear resistance\, thermal stability\, and wear resistance\, demonstrating that structural modification of MoS2 can effectively improve tribological and mechanical performance while preserving flexibility. \nTo further improve reinforcement and introduce functional properties\, atomic-scale Fe substitution was applied to pre-intercalated MoS2 nanosheets\, generating sulfur vacancies and increased nanosheet polarity. Hybridization of these Fe-substituted nanosheets with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) created synergistic conductive filler networks that improved mechanical strength\, hardness\, tear resistance\, frictional performance\, and wear resistance\, while introducing stable\, low-voltage electrothermal functionality at room temperature\, under elevated humidity\, and in extreme cold conditions. \nFinally\, MoS2/nitrogen-doped carbon hetero-nanosheets were synthesized and combined with CNTs to achieve broader multifunctionality. This advanced hybrid system provided balanced mechanical and tribological performance while delivering reliable antistatic behavior across varying humidity levels\, along with strong long-term oil resistance across multiple industrial oils\, temperatures\, and prolonged immersion periods. \nOverall\, this thesis demonstrates that progressive structural engineering of MoS2\, from exfoliation and oxidation to atomic defect modification and carbon hybridization\, systematically transforms MoS2 from a tribological reinforcement filler into a highly versatile multifunctional platform for advanced rubber nanocomposites. These findings establish practical design strategies for next-generation rubber materials that simultaneously meet the increasing industrial demands for durability\, frictional stability\, conductivity\, environmental resistance\, and multifunctional performance.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/dissertation-defence-multifunctional-acrylonitrile-butadiene-rubber-butadiene-rubber-nanocomposites-enabled-by-molybdenum-disulfide-carbon-nanotube-hybrid-nanofillers/
LOCATION:Engineering\, Management\, and Education Building (EME)\, 1137 Alumni Ave\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,School of Engineering
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T190057Z
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SUMMARY:Instructional Skills Workshop for Faculty and Postdocs
DESCRIPTION:The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is an internationally certified program designed to increase teaching effectiveness and encourage reflection on teaching practice. In a supportive atmosphere\, new and experienced educators try new teaching approaches and sharpen existing skills. \nAs part of the workshop format and requirements\, participants design and conduct three 10-minute lessons and receive verbal and written feedback from their peers and a video recording of their teaching. In addition\, there are opportunities for individual and facilitated reflection on one’s teaching practices. \nThis program’s success relies on active participation and collaboration of all participants who\, as a team\, work together to support each other in enhancing their teaching effectiveness. Participation is limited to six individuals. A certificate of completion will be awarded to each participant. \nPlease note: Participants are required to be present for all four days of the ISW. \nRegister now
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/instructional-skills-workshop-for-faculty-and-postdocs-2/2026-08-18/
LOCATION:UBC Okanagan\, 3333 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Teaching and Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T133000
DTSTAMP:20260723T151322Z
CREATED:20260723T151322Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defence: Accountability Follows the Money
DESCRIPTION:Mhamoda Moli\, supervised by Dr. David Geary\, will defend their thesis titled “Accountability Follows the Money: The Intermediary Paradox and the Structural Limits of Southern-Led Development” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies – Global Studies theme. \nAn abstract for Mhamoda Moli’s thesis is included below. \nDefences are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Registration is not required for in-person defences. \nAbstract\nThe international aid system continues to struggle to meet its localization targets\, including the Grand Bargain’s commitment to channel 25% of humanitarian funding to local actors. One reason for this shortfall is that localization is often defined primarily by an organization’s geographic origin\, thereby equating a Southern identity with structural independence. This thesis challenges that assumption through an empirical study of BRAC\, the world’s largest Southern-origin non-governmental organization (NGO). While BRAC Bangladesh has achieved a high degree of financial sovereignty\, generating approximately 90% of its budget domestically\, its East African operations remain heavily dependent on European development finance institutions. To understand why\, I ask: Why does the BRAC model function as a grassroots catalyst in Bangladesh but operate as a structural intermediary in East Africa? \nTo address this question\, I develop the concept of the Intermediary Paradox\, a condition in which a Southern-origin organization functions as a Northern-accountable intermediary in international contexts. Drawing on Resource Dependence Theory and Institutional Isomorphism\, the study demonstrates how reliance on external sources of capital encourages Southern organizations to adopt Northern administrative and governance frameworks. This process contributes to ‘policy decoupling’ and reinforces the ‘Southern Comprador’ dynamic. Methodologically\, the research combines fifteen semi-structured interviews with a forensic analysis of corporate annual reports\, donor agreements\, and organizational documents. The findings suggest that meaningful localization requires a fundamental shift from measuring geographic identity to fostering financial autonomy. Drawing on the experience of BRAC Bangladesh\, I argue that the localization agenda is more likely to succeed when the international aid architecture prioritizes the development of self-sustaining financial models for local organizations. Building secure and independent revenue streams is a critical mechanism for enabling local actors to withstand geopolitical volatility and achieve long-term organizational sustainability.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/thesis-defence-accountability-follows-the-money/
LOCATION:University Centre (UNC)\, 3272 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T133000
DTSTAMP:20260731T174708Z
CREATED:20260731T174708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T174708Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defence: Radio Recombination Line Forecasts with the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector (CHORD)
DESCRIPTION:Duncan Cameron-Steinke\, supervised by Dr. Alex Hill\, will defend their thesis titled “Radio Recombination Line Forecasts with the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector (CHORD)” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Mathematics. \nAn abstract for Duncan Cameron-Steinke’s thesis is included below. \nDefences are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Registration is not required for in-person defences. \nAbstract\nThe Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector (CHORD) is a 512-dish radio interferometer telescope under construction at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) near Penticton\, British Columbia. This work estimates the capabilities of CHORD for detecting Radio Recombination Lines (RRLs) in the frequency range of 300-1500 MHz. This work analyzes the Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) present at DRAO and finds that 79 Hydrogen Alpha RRL transitions are likely to be detectable. This work derives the theoretical sensitivity of CHORD to diffuse sources and explores the expected signal-to-noise gains by stacking multiple RRLs. We propose site locations to add additional dishes as part of Extension CHORD\, and find that adding 32 dishes across two locations can improve angular resolution by 44% while decreasing sensitivity by 25%. Finally\, we take published results of the Survey of Ionized Gas in the Galaxy Made with the Arecibo Telescope (SIGGMA)\, and estimate CHORD’s detection capabilities given those results. We find that CHORD should have the sensitivity to match each of SIGGMA’s detections using four observing days and can improve upon each SIGGMA detection in both sensitivity and angular resolution after 9 observing days.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/thesis-defence-radio-recombination-line-forecasts-with-the-canadian-hydrogen-observatory-and-radio-transient-detector-chord-2/
LOCATION:Arts and Sciences Centre (ASC)\, 3187 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260818T130000
DTSTAMP:20260713T220105Z
CREATED:20260710T151447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260713T220105Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Atlas Open House
DESCRIPTION:An enormous\, 25-by-35-foot\, Indigenous territorial map of what we now call Canada will be on display in the University Centre Ballroom (UNC 200) on August 18 from 11 to 1 pm for all visitors to view. This event hopes to assist in further learning about the historical contexts and traditional territories of Indigenous Peoples. \nThe Canadian Geographic Indigenous Peoples of Canada Atlas “re-maps” and “de-maps” (Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada\, 2023) colonial versions of traditional Indigenous territories to decolonize maps and mapping\, providing an opportunity to view the geography of what we call Canada from the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples. \nAll members of the campus community are welcome and no registration is required.  \nQuestions? Contact Naim Cardinal\, Education Facilitator in Indigenous Program and Services\, at naim.cardinal@ubc.ca.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/indigenous-atlas-open-house-4/
LOCATION:University Centre (UNC) – Ballroom\, 3272 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Indigenous Programs and Services
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260819T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260819T130000
DTSTAMP:20260807T220416Z
CREATED:20260728T170840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T220416Z
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SUMMARY:UBC Okanagan Centralized Co-op Program Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking to gain valuable real-world experience while pursuing your academic studies? \nJoin us for an informative virtual session where you can learn about exciting undergraduate co-op education opportunities that bridge the gap between classroom learning and practical work experience. Co-op offers a unique approach to enrich your education\, allowing you to explore different fields and industries while developing essential skills for your future career. \nThis session is specifically designed to help guide you through the application process for the upcoming August 1 to September 15 admission period. \nLearn more about admission eligibility\, program requirements\, application tips and more at this information session!   \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/ubc-okanagan-centralized-co-op-program-info-session/
LOCATION:Online virtual event
CATEGORIES:Academic and Career Development,Career Development,Co-op Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260820T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260820T130000
DTSTAMP:20260623T155917Z
CREATED:20260623T155714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260623T155917Z
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SUMMARY:Dissertation Defence: A Geotechnical Permeable Reactive Barrier Based on a Novel Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Magnetic Polymer Composite for Microplastics Interception in Complex Matrices
DESCRIPTION:Mahmoud Babalar\, supervised by Dr. Sumi Siddiqua\, will defend their dissertation titled “A Geotechnical Permeable Reactive Barrier Based on a Novel Metal Organic Framework (MOF) Magnetic Polymer Composite for Microplastics Interception in Complex Matrices: Synthesis\, Characterization\, Adsorption\, Regeneration\, and Breakthrough Studies” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering. \nAn abstract for Mahmoud Babalar’s dissertation is included below. \nExaminations are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Please email sumi.siddiqua@ubc.ca to receive the Zoom link for this exam. \nAbstract\nMicroplastic (MPs) contamination is an emerging environmental and geotechnical problem because persistent polymeric particles can migrate through landfill leachate\, soils\, drainage systems\, and groundwater pathways while interacting with other contaminants. Conventional barriers\, adsorbents\, and filtration systems are often limited by incomplete retention\, fouling\, clogging\, poor durability\, and weak compatibility with subsurface flow. This thesis develops an integrated treatment pathway for microplastic interception through five connected research chapters that progress from geotechnical review to material synthesis\, membrane filtration\, and permeable reactive barrier application. The second research chapter reviews geotechnical approaches for microplastic mitigation\, including permeable reactive barriers\, geotextiles\, landfill liners\, hydraulic barriers\, vegetative systems\, monitoring methods\, and smart detection tools\, and identifies the need for reactive media that can retain MPs while maintaining hydraulic performance. The third research chapter develops PMACZ\, a polymer-coated magnetic activated biochar zeolite composite\, as the central reactive material. PMACZ is characterized using SEM\, EDS\, BET\, zeta potential\, VSM\, XRD\, FTIR\, and TGA\, then tested for adsorption of fluorescent polystyrene MPs with particle sizes of 2 µm and 15 µm. The adsorption results show maximum capacities of 736 mg/g and 769 mg/g for 2 µm and 15 µm particles\, respectively. Kinetic modelling follows a pseudo-second-order model with R² of 99%\, while isotherm analysis shows agreement with the Langmuir model with R² values of 80% and higher. Optimization indicates maximum adsorption near pH 4\, with optimum temperatures of 28 °C and 24 °C for 2 µm and 15 µm particles\, respectively\, and regeneration is maintained for at least four cycles. The fourth research chapter translates PMACZ into modified PES membrane systems for microplastic and PCB 209 removal from synthetic landfill leachate\, achieving complete microplastic rejection in tested conditions and PCB 209 removal up to 99.67%. The fifth research chapter advances the membrane design into a dual-layer architecture using PMACZ\, MOF functionality\, and self-assembled mesoporous silica\, improving smaller particle rejection\, repeated cycle stability\, and fouling resistance. The sixth research chapter converts PMACZ into a granular permeable reactive barrier medium and evaluates breakthrough behaviour\, longitudinal retention\, hydraulic response\, and barrier scale stability under column flow. Overall\, this thesis demonstrates that PMACZ can function as a multifunctional reactive platform across adsorption\, membrane filtration\, and permeable reactive barrier systems\, linking microplastic removal with hydraulic durability and geotechnical applicability.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/dissertation-defence-a-geotechnical-permeable-reactive-barrier-based-on-a-novel-metal-organic-framework-mof-magnetic-polymer-composite-for-microplastics-interception-in-complex-matrices/
LOCATION:Online virtual event
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,School of Engineering
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260820T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260820T160000
DTSTAMP:20260611T190057Z
CREATED:20260611T190057Z
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SUMMARY:Instructional Skills Workshop for Faculty and Postdocs
DESCRIPTION:The Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) is an internationally certified program designed to increase teaching effectiveness and encourage reflection on teaching practice. In a supportive atmosphere\, new and experienced educators try new teaching approaches and sharpen existing skills. \nAs part of the workshop format and requirements\, participants design and conduct three 10-minute lessons and receive verbal and written feedback from their peers and a video recording of their teaching. In addition\, there are opportunities for individual and facilitated reflection on one’s teaching practices. \nThis program’s success relies on active participation and collaboration of all participants who\, as a team\, work together to support each other in enhancing their teaching effectiveness. Participation is limited to six individuals. A certificate of completion will be awarded to each participant. \nPlease note: Participants are required to be present for all four days of the ISW. \nRegister now
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/instructional-skills-workshop-for-faculty-and-postdocs-2/2026-08-20/
LOCATION:UBC Okanagan\, 3333 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centre for Teaching and Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260820T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260820T130000
DTSTAMP:20260618T155248Z
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SUMMARY:UBC MD Admissions Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Discover how the Southern Medical Program is training the next generation of doctors at UBC Okanagan and in hospitals\, community health centres\, and family practice clinics across the Interior Health region. \nLearn about the admission requirements\, evaluation criteria\, and admissions pathways for the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s MD Undergraduate Program. \nInformation sessions are hosted virtually via Zoom. Please contact Carri Folk\, Student Affairs and Admissions Coordinator at carri.folk@ubc.ca to register.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/ubc-md-admissions-info-session/2026-08-20/
LOCATION:Online virtual event
CATEGORIES:Southern Medical Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260821T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260821T140000
DTSTAMP:20260804T202857Z
CREATED:20260731T174928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T202857Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defence: Influencing Cybersecurity Awareness Using CyberGuard VR
DESCRIPTION:Yiqi (Jason) Xu\, supervised by Dr. Ifeoma Adaji\, will defend their thesis titled “Influencing Cybersecurity Awareness Using CyberGuard VR: An Immersive Environment for Social Engineering and Cross-Site Scripting Training” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science. \nAn abstract for Yiqi (Jason) Xu’s thesis is included below. \nDefences are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. This defence will be held in hybrid format. Registration is not required to attend in person; however\, please email ifeoma.adaji@ubc.ca to request the Zoom link for the defence. \nAbstract\nCybersecurity education needs to support human-facing judgement and\, for some topics\, introductory technical reasoning. Learners may need to recognize social-engineering attempts while also developing a basic understanding of how web vulnerabilities such as cross-site scripting (XSS) arise. This thesis presents CyberGuard VR\, a Meta Quest 2 prototype built in Unity that combines these areas in one immersive training environment. CyberGuard VR includes phishing\, privacy and security\, XSS recognition\, feedback\, navigation\, and simulated social-engineering conversations. Some dialogue interactions use large-language-model support for flexible responses. The design gives learners a safe setting to practise recognizing suspicious cues\, refusing unsafe disclosure\, and connecting technical choices to security consequences. The prototype was evaluated through an exploratory controlled pretestposttest study with 21 matched participants. Twelve participants used CyberGuard VR\, and nine completed active non-VR cybersecurity learning activities using existing online resources. Ten common knowledge items measured immediate learning; post-session questionnaires and open-ended responses captured user experience and design feedback. Both conditions were associated with immediate knowledge improvement. The VR group increased from 0.78 to 0.93 on the ten common items\, while the control group increased from 0.83 to 0.98. A baseline-adjusted comparison did not show a clear advantage for either condition\, partly because post-training scores were close to the maximum possible score. Results were clearest for phishing\, privacy\, multi-factor authentication\, and social engineering decision items. The XSS findings are preliminary because only two common XSS items were available and control-group exposure to the XSS Game varied\, but they still inform technical redesign. Participants rated CyberGuard VR positively\, while noting barriers involving navigation\, instructions\, readability\, controls\, comfort\, and explanations. The findings do not show VR superiority over active non-VR training\, but support CyberGuard VR as a promising complementary tool for scenario-based cybersecurity education and future evaluation.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/thesis-defence-influencing-cybersecurity-awareness-using-cyberguard-vr/
LOCATION:Arts and Sciences Centre (ASC)\, 3187 University Way\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260821T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260821T170000
DTSTAMP:20260706T213713Z
CREATED:20260706T213713Z
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SUMMARY:Dissertation Defence: Circulating large extracellular vesicles as biomarkers of vascular\, immune\, metabolic\, and exercise-related physiology in humans
DESCRIPTION:Garett Jackson\, supervised by Dr. Jonathan Little\, will defend their dissertation titled “Circulating large extracellular vesicles as biomarkers of vascular\, immune\, metabolic\, and exercise-related physiology in humans” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology. \nAn abstract for Garett Jackson’s dissertation is included below. \nExaminations are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Registration is not required for in-person exams. \nAbstract\nExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-bound particles released by cells that carry surface markers and molecular cargo reflective of cellular activation\, stress\, and intercellular communication. Large EVs within the 200-900 nm size range are commonly associated with plasma membrane-derived microvesicles (MVs)\, although definitive biogenesis cannot be assigned without direct confirmation. This thesis examined circulating large EV/MV profiles as biologically informative signatures of vascular\, immune\, metabolic\, and exercise-related physiology. \nThree complementary studies were conducted. First\, circulating MV concentration\, phenotype\, and microRNA (miRNA) cargo were compared between healthy young males and females. Second\, the same general analytical framework was applied to individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and healthy controls to determine whether cardiometabolic disease was associated with altered circulating MV profiles. Third\, a randomized controlled trial examined whether six weeks of lactate-threshold-based aerobic exercise training altered fasting circulating MV concentration\, surface phenotype\, and MV-associated miRNA cargo in healthy young adults. Across studies\, EVs/MVs were characterized using complementary approaches including size exclusion chromatography (SEC)\, tunable resistive pulse sensing (TRPS)\, high-sensitivity flow cytometry\, and reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). \nIn healthy adults\, total MV concentration and MV-associated miRNA cargo were comparable between sexes\, but females had higher platelet-derived MV concentration in plasma. In T2D\, circulating MV profiles reflected a disrupted cardiometabolic environment\, characterized by higher total MV concentration\, elevated immune-\, platelet-\, endothelial-\, phosphatidylserine-\, and Annexin A1-associated MV subpopulations\, and increased MV-associated miR-155. In response to chronic aerobic exercise training\, resting MV profiles were comparatively stable\, with no statistically significant adjusted between-group effects observed for MV concentration\, surface phenotype\, or MV-associated miRNA cargo. However\, tendencies for differences in selected leukocyte-associated MV phenotypes may warrant further investigation in future exercise trials. \nCollectively\, this thesis demonstrates that circulating large EV/MV profiles provide information beyond particle abundance alone. Surface phenotype and molecular cargo appear especially important for interpreting biological relevance\, as they may provide insight into cellular origin\, activation state\, inflammatory signaling\, and vascular stress in humans. These findings support continued investigation of EV/MV concentration\, phenotype\, and cargo as complementary tools for understanding physiological variation\, cardiometabolic disease\, and exercise adaptation.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/dissertation-defence-circulating-large-extracellular-vesicles-as-biomarkers-of-vascular-immune-metabolic-and-exercise-related-physiology-in-humans/
LOCATION:Reichwald Health Sciences Centre (RHS)\, 1088 Discovery Avenue\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1V 1V7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Faculty of Health and Social Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260822T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260822T180000
DTSTAMP:20260615T154321Z
CREATED:20260615T154321Z
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SUMMARY:alumNIGHTS: Kelowna—Summer roller night
DESCRIPTION:Roll into seasonal fun with an evening on wheels! Enjoy roller skating and rollerblading with fellow alumni\, friends and family at Central Sports Club in the heart of Kelowna. New to skating? Instructors will help you get started. Snack on pizza and pop as you glide the night away at this lively alumni UBC Summer Series social! \nTickets\n$15 each\, including admission\, rentals\, pizza and soft drinks. Tickets must be purchased by a UBC alum (including up to four non-alumni guests) by Wednesday\, August 19\, 2026\, or until capacity is reached. \nParticipants must sign a waiver in person before participating. Helmets are required while roller skating or rollerblading. Rental sizes are limited—register early to secure your size. Attendees are welcome to bring their own equipment. \nRoll Mates Skate Co. instructors will be on site to assist beginners. \nComplimentary pizza and soft drinks from Central Kitchen and Bar will be served. Additional food and beverages will be available for purchase. \nRegister Now \nQuestions? Please contact ok.alumni@ubc.ca. \n 
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/alumnights-kelowna-summer-roller-night/
LOCATION:Central Sports Club\, 1155 Ellis St\, Kelowna\, BC\, V1Y 1Z5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:alumni UBC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260824T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260824T130000
DTSTAMP:20260626T163856Z
CREATED:20260626T163856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260626T163856Z
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SUMMARY:Thesis Defence: Robust Optimization Reformulations for Support Vector Machines under Label and Feature Uncertainty
DESCRIPTION:Sadra Nejati\, supervised by Dr. Heinz Bauschke and Dr. Amir Ardestani-Jaafari\, will defend their thesis titled “Robust Optimization Reformulations for Support Vector Machines under Label and Feature Uncertainty” in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Mathematics. \nAn abstract for Sadra Nejati’s thesis is included below. \nDefences are open to all members of the campus community as well as the general public. Please email heinz.bauschke@ubc.ca or amir.ardestani@ubc.ca to receive the Zoom link for this defence. \nAbstract\nClassification models are widely used in machine learning to assign labels to observations based on their features. However\, in many real-world applications\, training data are affected by uncertainty. Labels may be incorrect due to annotation errors\, subjective judgments\, or recording mistakes\, while feature values may be perturbed due to measurement errors\, sensor noise\, or preprocessing. These sources of uncertainty can reduce the reliability and generalization performance of classification models. \nThis thesis develops robust optimization formulations for Support Vector Machines under label and feature uncertainty. First\, a compact reformulation is proposed for label-uncertain SVMs with cardinality-bounded label perturbations. Compared with an existing mixed-integer formulation\, the proposed model reduces the number of binary variables from 2n to n\, while preserving the same robustness guarantees. Computational experiments on synthetic and real-world datasets show that this compact formulation significantly reduces solver runtime\, especially for larger datasets. \nSecond\, this thesis develops a column-and-constraint generation framework for structured label uncertainty. This approach allows additional linear constraints to be imposed on admissible label perturbations\, making it possible to model group restrictions\, application-specific rules\, and monotonicity requirements. Numerical experiments demonstrate that the proposed framework can handle more flexible uncertainty structures while remaining computationally tractable. \nThird\, feature uncertainty is studied by introducing a global uncertainty set that constrains the total perturbation budget across the full feature matrix. Unlike row-wise uncertainty sets\, which perturb each observation independently\, the proposed global model allows perturbations to be distributed across the dataset. A column-and-constraint generation algorithm is developed to solve the resulting two-stage robust optimization problem. Computational results show that the proposed feature-uncertain formulation is more conservative and computationally demanding\, but provides stronger robustness under feature perturbations and improved out-of-sample performance in several experiments. \nOverall\, this thesis contributes efficient and flexible robust optimization methods for SVM classification under uncertain training data. The proposed formulations improve computational performance for label uncertainty and provide broader modelling flexibility for structured label and feature uncertainty.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/thesis-defence-robust-optimization-reformulations-for-support-vector-machines-under-label-and-feature-uncertainty/
LOCATION:Online virtual event
CATEGORIES:College of Graduate Studies,Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260825T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260825T110000
DTSTAMP:20260618T155112Z
CREATED:20260421T155603Z
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SUMMARY:Tuesday Weekly Writing Community
DESCRIPTION:Tired of solo writing sessions? Craving a supportive environment to fuel your creativity? Look no further than our weekly writing community\, tailored for the UBC Okanagan community. \nYour projects\, your progress\nBring your own research and writing projects to the table! The writing community provides dedicated time for you to focus on your individual writing goals. Get ready to boost your productivity and make progress on your writing projects\, all within a supportive community environment. \nWhat you’ll experience:\nEach session is dedicated to your independent writing time. You can look forward to writing alongside others who\, like you\, are independently working on their own writing projects and goals. \nHighlights of the community:\n\nYour time to write: Join our weekly sessions with your writing and research materials ready\, and take full advantage of this opportunity to write without distractions.\nWrite together: Achieve your individual writing goals alongside other members of the UBCO community.\nGuided structure: Participate in the Pomodoro technique\, expertly facilitated by the Centre for Scholarly Communication.\nInclusivity: From undergraduates to faculty\, everyone in the UBCO community is welcome.\n\nYou’re invited to be part of this enriching community that builds community and fosters productivity. Register now and come prepared to amplify your writing endeavours. Let’s turn solitary writing into a group effort and make getting things done a community experience. \nRegister now \nQuestions? Please contact the CSC at csc.ok@ubc.ca.
URL:https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/tuesday-weekly-writing-community-3/2026-08-25/
LOCATION:Online virtual event
CATEGORIES:Centre for Scholarly Communication,College of Graduate Studies,Library
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