UBC Engineering teams sweep podium at Simon Cox Student Design Competition
Students from UBC Okanagan and UBC Vancouver recognized for assistive technologies designed to improve lives and advance accessibility Student innovation, empathy and engineering ingenuity were on full display as teams from UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science claimed top honours at the 11th Annual Simon Cox Student Design Competition. Held on April 25 at the Blusson ICORD Centre in Vancouver, the competition challenged post-secondary students from across British […]
Students tackle global challenges at inaugural UBCO Map the System competition
Students, mentors, faculty and community members recently gathered at UBC Okanagan for the inaugural UBCO Map the System competition, a day focused on systems thinking, sustainability and exploring some of the world’s most complex challenges. Hosted through the School of Engineering’s Technology Entrepreneurship program, the event invited interdisciplinary student teams to investigate deeply rooted social, […]
Making change in a complex world: UBCO students invited to Map the System
Making change in a complex world: UBCO students invited to Map the System The world’s most pressing challenges cannot be solved through a single lens. Human rights. Climate change. Waste management. Urban resilience. These are issues shaped by interconnected systems—where policy, economics, environment, infrastructure and human behaviour all intersect. This spring, UBC Okanagan students are invited to take on those complexities through the inaugural UBCO Map the System […]
Startup Sprint offers a weekend of innovation and impact
Registration is now open for Startup Sprint 2026, an intensive, high-energy weekend experience held from Mar. 13-14, 2026. This event is designed to help participants transform ideas into impact-driven ventures by tackling real-world challenges at the intersection of STEM, entrepreneurship, and society. Startup Sprint 2026 is free and open to anyone in the community who […]
Developing the leaders of tomorrow
Two fourth-year leadership courses at UBC Okanagan, one in engineering and the other in nursing, have developed a joint module to provide students with an opportunity to collaborate outside their respective disciplines.
Roots are taking shape for UBC Okanagan’s Indigenous Micro-Forest
New funding from UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Fund (ISI Fund) will enable relationship building with the Syilx Okanagan People in support of establishing an Indigenous-inspired natural space for teaching and learning