AWARDS AND FUNDING            

SUPPORTING STUDENTS          

Recent academic bulletins and announcements:

Congratulations Grads!

UBCO’s largest graduating class marks 20 years of growth

Campus honours 2,600 graduates and Indigenous language program milestones

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Academic Initiatives

Experience & Involvement Hub (EIH) launching in Fall 2025

The Experience & Involvement Hub (EIH) is a new, centralized platform designed to support student learning and development at UBC Okanagan. Launching in Fall 2025, the EIH will help students discover, track, and reflect on a wide range of curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular Experiential Education and student involvement opportunities.

The EIH offers a valuable tool to enhance the impact of experiential education by connecting student participation to core competencies and learning outcomes. The implementation team is currently collecting event and activity information from across campus in preparation for September 2025 launch. Faculty and staff who facilitate student learning opportunities are encouraged to connect and contribute to this exciting initiative.

Learn about Experiential Education at UBC Okanagan

Academic Priorities Survey: Help shape UBCO's academic future

We are at a significant juncture in UBC Okanagan’s journey. As we look ahead to the next 20 years, we are asking important questions about who we are academically and who we want to become. To support this, we're seeking your input on the draft academic priorities through this short survey before June 30.

Take the Survey

Explore teaching and learning innovation at the ALT-2040 Showcase

Join us at the ALT-2040 Showcase on June 18 from 2 to 4 pm to discover innovative learning transformation projects, spark your ideas, and be the first to hear details about the Fund’s upcoming call this fall.

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Community and Resources

UBC Okanagan celebrates 19 years of teaching awards

We are proud to celebrate teaching excellence each year and recognize those who make a lasting impact on teaching and learning within our academic community. Thank you to all who joined us in May for our annual Teaching Awards Ceremony to celebrate the many significant contributions to teaching and learning, including the 2024/25 UBC Okanagan Teaching Award recipients, Open Educational Resources Excellence and Impact award recipients and Outstanding Instructors.

Learn more about the award recipients

Get to know 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.

About Marie-Elssa

UBC Okanagan celebrates faculty authors and editors

In April, UBC Okanagan hosted Books of the Year, a celebration that recognizes the remarkable achievements of our campus community members who published books and creative works in 2024. 

View the list of 2024 authors

Resource Highlights

Using the UBC Curriculum MAP for course design

UBC’s Curriculum MAP supports course design and curriculum mapping using the principles of constructive alignment in a step-by-step process. Faculty are able to map course learning outcomes to Program Learning Outcomes, Ministry Standards and UBC Strategic Priorities. The tool also has a Syllabus Generator feature which follows Senate guidelines.

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Academic integrity in teaching and learning

Academic integrity is important for producing new knowledge through writing, speaking or creative pursuits in academic work. Instructors are responsible for setting clear expectations around academic integrity in their courses. Learn more about teaching and learning with integrity and how to incorporate academic integrity in your classroom. 

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Developing a teaching portfolio

The Centre for Teaching and Learning can assist faculty in developing teaching portfolios or dossiers, which serve as a valuable resource for evaluating teaching quality, supporting tenure and promotion submissions and fostering continuous improvement in teaching and learning.

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Awards & Funding

Dr. W. Stephen McNeil receives 3M National Teaching Fellowship

UBC Okanagan Assistant Professor is among 10 Canadian educators honoured with the prestigious teaching fellowship in 2025. 

This award marks the first time an instructor from UBC Okanagan has received a 3M National Teaching Fellowship.

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Teaching & Learning Award Opportunities 

 

UBC Opportunities 

Supporting Students

Unlocking Creative Potential Through Media Studies

Bachelor of Media Studies student Mikah Assaly shares insights from her time in the program, highlighting the meaningful experiences, creative growth, and professional opportunities she’s encountered along the way.

Watch & Read: Mikah’s Story

Stranger Things: How Netflix teaches economics

A new study co-authored by UBC Okanagan’s Dr. Julien Picault shows how scenes from hit shows like Narcos and Stranger Things can help students grasp complex economic concepts—from cartels and market control to creative destruction and inflation.

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Study: AI is here to stay, let students embrace the technology

A new study from UBC Okanagan says students appear to be using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) responsibly, and as a way to speed up tasks, not just boost their grades.

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More stories of student support and success from UBC Okanagan 

 

REHAN'S READS

If you're interested in innovation and the future of entrepreneurship, I highly recommend Zero to One by Peter Thiel. It’s a thought-provoking read on building truly original ideas in a rapidly changing world.