Indigenous Awards drives support for ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students
February 24, 2021
Kamloopsā Austin MacArthur moved to Kelowna to attend ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās Automotive Service Technician program to unlock a lifelong dream of becoming a mechanic ā a dream fueled in part by the Irving K. Barber BC Scholarship Societyās Indigenous Student awards. MacArthur is one of over 600 BC Indigenous students who shared more than $2.2 million in awards from the Society in support of post-secondary studies. The Societyās Indigenous Award program is one of six award programs and was created to assist in removing barriers to higher educati...
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College and Monashee applied research projects seeks participants
February 16, 2021
An applied research project by ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē and Monashee Health Collective, a local allied health professional clinic, is in need of participants to help guide the creation of a cutting-edge new tool to enhance communication between patients and health care professionals. Funded by a grant from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the goal of the project is to launch a prototype holistic wellness app. āWe are looking for people to participate in this research project to investigate the impact of a new health...
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ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students get primed for financial success
February 16, 2021
A local partnership with a non-profit company, Launch Financial Education Society (Launch Okanagan), is powering up to help ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students boost their financial literacy this spring. Starting March 2, ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē students will benefit from a free financial literacy program hosted online by Launch Okanagan. The Primer for Life series is an interactive, five-week program that offers students a chance to learn about their relationship with money, consumerism, budgeting, saving and credit. A number of ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Business students ...
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A date with ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē: A Valentineās dinner surprise
February 9, 2021
Last minute Valentineās day plans arenāt always the most memorable, but ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ēās restaurant, Infusions, has a solution for you this Saturday that offers an unforgettable dining twist ā everything is a surprise. What do we know about this surprise evening? Infusions Restaurant is opening its doors this Saturday, Feb. 13, to offer diners a Valentineās culinary adventure to remember, where they wonāt know what dish is coming out next. Diners will sit down for a five-course dinner menu created by ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē Pastry Arts chef Danny Capadouca...
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Meet Aleena Isobe, Criminal Social Justice student
February 9, 2021
Q: Whatās your hometown? A: Vernon, B.C. I grew up here and Iāve always been so grateful for the natural beauty that surrounds us. Q: How did you end up at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: I had always planned to do a couple years of college before going to university so I had time to adjust to the differences between high school and post-secondary, so I chose a local college that had courses that interested me. Q: How did you choose your program? A: Iāve always been fascinated by...
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Meet Jordan Boultbee, Kinesiology student
February 9, 2021
Q: Whatās your hometown? A: Penticton, British Columbia. Q: How did you end up at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: I first began at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē, back in 2013 the year following my graduation. I was playing junior hockey for the Penticton Vees, but wanted to keep my mind sharp, so I enrolled in a few college-level courses. I returned to ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē around 2015 in the Trades program, before finally realizing my passion and enrolling in the Human Kinetics program in 2018. Q: Ho...
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Meet Ty Sideroff, Kinesiology student
February 9, 2021
Q: Whatās your hometown? A: I was born and raised in Summerland. Q: How did you end up at ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē? A: Exiting high school, I was unsure of what I wanted to do. I felt that the ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē in Penticton was a low-risk, high-reward option. Staying local was important to me, but it was also hard to argue with small class sizes, hands-on labs and affordable tuition. Q: How did you choose your program? A: Iāve always been fascinated by the human body and how it w...
Read more...What is community evaluation? Sociology Professor Priscillia Lefebvre explains
February 8, 2021
Sociology Professor Priscillia Lefebvre is one of the instructors involved in ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē's new Applied Bachelor of Arts: Community Research and Evaluation. Here, she describes how an inclusive evaluation process brings community and researchers together. Community evaluation helps us to understand how well a social program is working. It involves researching and collecting information about important aspects of a program, such as the e...
Read more...Why is research important? Psychology Professor Stephanie Griffiths explains
February 8, 2021
Psychology Professor Stephanie Griffiths is one of the instructors involved in ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē's new Applied Bachelor of Arts: Community Research and Evaluation. Here, she describes how research encourages us to think differently in order to arrive at new perspectives. Research helps us to make sense of the world by testing our predictions about how things work. As a psychologist, I am most interested in how people think, feel a...
Read more...What is community? Professor Olivia Sullivan offers a definition
February 8, 2021
Social Work Professor Olivia Sullivan is one of the instructors involved in ĀŅĀ×ŗ£½Ē's new Applied Bachelor of Arts: Community Research and Evaluation. Here, she provides insight into a definition of community that enables acts of solidarity and connection. If we asked any group of people, āWhat does ācommunityā mean to you?ā we would receive many answers. For some, their community is the city in which they live. For others, it is their close ...
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