Associate Provost, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti-Racism Call for Nominations
As we continue to foster a campus community centred on inclusive excellence and anti-racism, the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic is pleased to announce a search for the next Associate Provost, IDEA at UBC Okanagan.
Celebrating UBC Okanagan’s 2023 Teaching Award Recipients
Each year, we recognize exemplary role models who make a significant impact on the culture of teaching and learning on our campus with the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation.
Interdisciplinary courses foster a personalized learning approach
Interdisciplinary learning provides an exciting opportunity for students to develop new skills and connect ideas and information from different skill sets to work harmoniously towards a single goal. However, interdisciplinary courses can be challenging for instructors to offer a great experience for every student. This challenge led Dr. Bowen Hui to bring together interdisciplinary collaborators from the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, the School of Engineering, School District 22 and UBC Vancouver to support “Developing Learning Modules to Support Personalized Pathways,”— an ALT-2040-funded project seeking to create flexible learning modules for the HCI course.
Staff Profile: Meet Laura Prada
Laura Prada has worked in higher education for more than 12 years in student services and teaching and learning. In her current role, she currently supports academic programs and reviews in the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic.
Staff Profile: Meet Janet Kalesnikoff
Meet Janet Kalesnikoff Role: Senior Manager, Strategic Projects Janet Kalesnikoff joined the Office of the Provost in 2019 as Senior Manager, Strategic Projects. She completed her undergraduate (BSc) and graduate training (Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine) at UBC Vancouver, and postdoctoral training (Pathology/Immunology) at Stanford University. She held various administrative roles at Stanford University, where she […]
2022 UBC Okanagan Teaching Excellence & Innovation Awards Recipients
Each year, we recognize exemplary role models who make a significant impact on the culture of teaching and learning on our campus with the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation.
Asian Heritage Month 2021
As you know, the month of May is Asian Heritage Month. It comes to us amidst significant adversities: the unprecedented rise of anti-Asian racism, the scepter of the unrelenting pandemic, the humanitarian crisis in India and so on.