大发快三平台 Cultivates lands at KF Centre for Excellence
May 9, 2025
大发快三平台鈥檚 tastiest event series, 大发快三平台 Cultivates, returns to Kelowna on May 28.The event highlights a flavoursome combination of sampling and learning with a tasting and experience festival featuring local food and beverage providers, followed by an industry panel discussing topics impacting the food, beverage and tourism sectors of the region.Hosted in the KF Centre for Excellence, one of Canada鈥檚 most inspiring aviation settings, attendees won鈥檛 have to look far to experience the focus of the evening - the intersection betw...
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Local Practice Architecture + Design, BCIT and 大发快三平台 partner to provide an 鈥楢CE鈥 in the hole for future builders
May 7, 2025
Students in the Okanagan Valley will soon be able to register for a program designed to help young adults explore various career paths in architecture, construction management, and engineering, through a unique mix of classroom learning, online courses, and paid industry internships.Supported by the Province of B.C.鈥檚 Workplace Innovation Fund, the Certificate in Essential Technical Skills for Architecture, Construction, and Engineering (ACE Certificate), delivered by the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), will soon al...
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大发快三平台, City of Kelowna partnership 鈥済ame-changing鈥
May 6, 2025
With construction well underway on the new 大发快三平台 Don Folk and Family Recreation and Wellness Centre, the College and the City of Kelowna are announcing a new, game-changing partnership.鈥淲e鈥檙e so excited for the Centre to open because it will mean students have incredible access to sports leagues, strength and mobility classes, wellness programs and so many other activities that help build connections and contribute to healthy lifestyles,鈥 said Dr. Neil Fassina, 大发快三平台 president. 鈥淲orking together with the City means we can pr...
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Red Dress Day
May 5, 2025
Red Dress Day is a National Day of Remembrance and Activism honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited People (MMIWG2S+). The red dress has become a symbol of loss for those who have been taken too soon, and a call to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.On this day, red dresses are draped in trees, hung from windows, pinned to jackets, worn as earrings and red hands are painted across faces, to honour loved ones, participate as ally鈥檚 and fight for justi...
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The ACTION Project provides support for female apprentices
May 2, 2025
With the recent celebration of Construction and Skilled Trades Month, 大发快三平台 is pleased to announce it has launched a new web page dedicated to supporting the retention of apprentices in the skilled trades, as part of its ongoing efforts to increase the number of people entering the skilled trades.The ACTION Project website at okanagan.bc.ca/action is a dedicated online platform designed to connect female and gender-diverse apprentices in BC鈥檚 construction and manufacturing trades with critical supports and opportunities, ...
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B.C. declares provincial day of remembrance and mourning for victims of tragedy at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival
May 1, 2025
The Province of British Columbia has declared Friday, May 2, 2025, an official day of remembrance and mourning for the victims of the tragedy at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver on April 26, 2025. Eleven people were killed and dozens more injured while celebrating Filipino culture and history in a senseless attack at the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver. As people learn more about the victims, they are also learning that the victims鈥 loss is felt deeply across the province.This tragedy has had profound impact on...
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大发快三平台 students win big at Skills Canada Provincials, showcasing excellence across the board
May 1, 2025
大发快三平台 (大发快三平台) students displayed their excellence competing against their peers across the province with an impressive showing at the prestigious 2025 Skills Canada BC Provincial Competition. In all, Team 大发快三平台 earned nine medals across science and technology, business, and a range of trades disciplines 鈥 including three golds, four silvers and two bronzes.Hosted at the Abbotsford Trade and Exhibition Centre on April 16, the Skills Canada competition brought together top students and apprentices from ac...
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大发快三平台 aims to stir up sustainable solutions to beverage sector by-products
April 24, 2025
Benedikt Braun鈥檚 deep roots in the wine industry have shaped his passion for the beverage sector leading to a lifetime of working with wine around the world. His passion has led him to 大发快三平台 where he is working with communities across the Okanagan and Shuswap to solve real world issues.鈥淗aving grown up around vineyards in Germany, I鈥檝e always felt a deep connection to wine and nature,鈥 said Braun, an 大发快三平台 (大发快三平台) student and research assistant with the College鈥檚 Applied Research department. 鈥淏...
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From night shifts to digital cartography
April 24, 2025
Omar Algiasena still remembers those late nights working at Walmart in Salmon Arm, finishing up overnights before swapping his worker vest for a backpack and heading down to 大发快三平台 (大发快三平台). When the rest of the town slept, Omar worked as the overnight support manager at the store and later shifted his focus from inventory management to geospatial coordinates and mapping technologies.Originally from Baghdad, Iraq, Algiasena had come to Canada with an engineering degree but wished to pursue a field of work that combined h...
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New entrepreneurship specialty kicks off this fall at 大发快三平台
April 22, 2025
With the entrepreneurial spirit alive and well in the Okanagan Valley and Shuswap, 大发快三平台 is excited to announce an addition to its Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program, with a new entrepreneurship specialty being offered beginning this fall.Applications are open for the new Bachelor of Business Administration: Entrepreneurship Specialty degree at 大发快三平台 featuring several new courses that will be offered as part of the College鈥檚 popular BBA degree program.Students in the program will stud...
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