UBC SE-Change Lab

It's officially summer! Have you spotted any smúkʷaʔxn (also known as Arrowleaf Balsamroot or Okanagan sunflowers) around campus?

Know a UBC Okanagan student who is graduating this month? Congratulate them and send your best wishes on social media with . https://graduation.ok.ubc.ca/

UBC Okanagan launches signature event dedicated to debate of contested ideas - UBC Okanagan News Inaugural debate to present the opposing sides of artificial intelligence

Dr. Jacques-Olivier Pesme, Director of the UBC Wine Research Center, is watching the world change through a wine glass: https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2023/04/17/red-or-white-green-how-wine-making-fits-into-earth-day/

Does BC Have a Wine Identity? Join us on April 26 (10am-11:45am PDT) at the Vancouver International Wine Festival (VIWF) where a panel of academic and industry leaders will explore this topic. Event is open to the public and trade members.

Taste BC and international wines to generate phrases and descriptors that evoke the wine’s regional identity. Be part of this event as BC develops its wine image globally.

Meet panel members: Charles Goemaere, Managing Director, Champagne Committee (France); Stéphanie Marchand-Marion, Oenology Professor, Bordeaux Institute of Vine and Wine; and from UBC, Simone Castellarin, Associate Director, Wine Research Centre and Merje Kuus, Professor of Geography. UBC Faculty of Management Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science

Tickets online via VIWF site:
https://www.eztix.co/ezkiosk/en/1792200

The ICI Town Hall is Tuesday, April 4 from 1:00pm-2:30pm. Join Paul van Donkelaar, Associate Vice-Principal, Research and Michael Burgess, Associate Provost, Strategy, to hear about the Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Innovation (ICI) building and connect with colleagues. Learn more and register at: https://events.ok.ubc.ca/event/ici-town-hall/

Join faculty, staff, and students on March 13 at the second UBC Okanagan Teach-In on Climate and Justice. Learn more and register at: https://sustain.ok.ubc.ca/policies/cap/teach-in/

Join .ubco for the annual Roger W. Gale Symposium on March 1-2, 2023. Learn more and register at: https://epp.ok.ubc.ca/about/roger-w-gale-symposium/

UBCO events will explore issues of social change - UBC Okanagan News History and Sociology department relaunches speaker series with four upcoming talks

UBCO Downtown: Meet Your New Neighbours

Chris Martin (), Dianne Gereluk, and Bruce Maxwell have co-authored a new textbook, Professional Ethics and Law in Education: A Canadian Guidebook. Check it out at: https://books.google.ca/books?id=Kx6gEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover =onepage&q&f=false

The 2022 UBC Wine Leaders Forum took place in Napa Valley California. Three days of experiential learning, discussions, and sharing for participants from the BC wine industry. Key issues addressed with winery owners and winemakers, Napa Valley Vintners, and stakeholder organizations in Napa were: sustainable practices, iconic wines, food and wine pairing, and farmworker health and housing.