Two School of Engineering students receive prestigious scholarships
Each year, the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) awards scholarships to 72 outstanding SPIE Student Members based on their potential contribution to optics and photonics, or a related discipline.
Recognizing the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a day to reflect on and recognize the lives that were lost and impacted by the residential school system.
New faculty bring expertise in digital health, smart cities, and microbial ecosystems
The School of Engineering welcomes four new faculty on July 1. The new research faculty bring a wealth of experience in digital health, smart structures, smart transportation, and microbial ecosystems.
Open Letter from Indigenous Caucus – Time to Reflect
Hopefully, our letters this month have led you to reflect and contemplate how you can contribute to reconciliation.
Open Letter from Indigenous Caucus – Understanding the Indigenous perspective
From the perspective of the School of Engineering Indigenous Caucus, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is an important document, and serves as a framework towards reconciliation.
Open Letter from Indigenous Caucus – Recent history
As the UBC Okanagan Engineering Indigenous Caucus, we think it is important to build awareness about these tough subjects, and maintain a dialogue to uncover what we can do as engineers, and aspiring engineers, to seek out reconciliation while ending a negative cycle.
Alumni Profile – Christopher Collier, PhD
Christopher Collier is a graduate of the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus School of Engineering and an assistant professor at the University of Guelph