Recognizing the 2025/26 Outstanding Instructors
At UBC Okanagan, we are committed to recognizing and celebrating the outstanding contributions of our educators, and it is with great pleasure that we announce the recipients of the 2024/25 Outstanding Instructor awards.
Celebrating Teaching Excellence: Announcing the 2025/26 recipients of UBC Okanagan Teaching Awards
Dear colleagues, Teaching shapes the overall academic experience. It influences how ideas are examined, how understanding develops, and how students grow intellectually. The impact of excellent teachers extends far beyond the classroom and into professional life. UBC Okanagan is proud to recognize educators whose teaching reflects a strong commitment to student learning. Through their work, classrooms become spaces for thoughtful discussion, inclusion and academic growth. We are pleased to announce the 2026 recipients of […]
Staff profile: Meet Marie-Elssa Morency
Marie-Elssa Morency joined the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic in February 2025, bringing a wide range of experience in the public health sector, with a strong focus on health systems transformation and strategic planning
Celebrating UBC Okanagan Authors and Editors
We are pleased to recognize the remarkable achievements of our campus community members who published books and creative works in 2024.
Celebrating Teaching Excellence: Announcing the 2024/25 recipients of UBC Okanagan Teaching Awards
We are pleased to announce the 2024/25 recipients of the Killam Teaching Prize and the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation:
Staff profile: Meet Carlos Diaz Molina
Meet Carlos Diaz Molina Role: Workday Student Go-Live Support Coordinator Carlos Diaz Molina joined the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic in November 2024, bringing his previous experience as a Workday Support Specialist with the School of Engineering to support the software implementation campus-wide. Carlos supported members of UBC Okanagan’s campus community for a […]
Recognizing the 2024/25 Outstanding Instructors
At UBC Okanagan, we are committed to recognizing and celebrating the outstanding contributions of our educators, and it is with great pleasure that we announce the recipients of the 2024/25 Outstanding Instructor awards.
Staff profile: Meet Sara Minchenko
Sara Minchenko has been a member of UBC Okanagan’s campus community for a number of years. Prior to joining the Office of the Provost in 2023 as Administrative Assistant, Sara earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2012 as well as previously held roles with Campus Housing.
Staff profile: Meet Kristen Brooke
Kristen Brooke joined UBC in November 2020, bringing experience from the local government and non-profit sectors to the world of academia as Communications Coordinator for the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic.
Announcing the 2024 Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations (ALT-2040) Fund projects
This year, we are pleased to announce eight outstanding new projects being funded by the Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations (ALT-2040) Fund that will directly impact teaching and learning at UBC Okanagan.