CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND UBC’S RESPONSE: For updates, FAQs and resources, visit ubc.ca.
For UBC Okanagan-specific updates, visit ok.ubc.ca/covid19.
For Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences student updates, visit fass.ok.ubc.ca/covid-19.
Latest News
- Master’s student captures top prize at UBCO’s 3MT final
- UBC Okanagan to offer Canada’s first bachelor’s degree of Indigenous language fluency
- Should government have the ability to make vaccination mandatory?
- UBCO’s substance use clinic accepting new patients virtually
- Philosopher shines light on dark world of misinformation
- UBCO economist says private security systems bar others from protection
Upcoming Events
By order of the Provincial Health Officer (PHO), in-person UBC events — both indoors and outdoors — are suspended. Events are required to be held virtually with only essential staff on site in-person to support the virtual event delivery and broadcast. The order came into effect November 19, 2020 at midnight and will be kept in place until further notice based on direction from the PHO. Visit ubc.ca for information updates on COVID-19 and UBC’s response.
Research
Our faculty and students pursue ideas that advance knowledge and improve lives.
Featured RESEARCHer
Leanne ten Brinke, Assistant Professor, Psychology
A recent study examining perceptions of power suggests that individuals with lower socioeconomic statuses are more likely to have a negative view of policy or decision-makers.
PROGRAMS
The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers both discipline-based and interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Featured Program
Bachelor of Nsyilxcn Language Fluency
Achieve advanced proficiency levels in Nsyilxcn while learning about multiple ways to contribute to the language’s recovery and revitalization efforts in your communities.
PEOPLE
Dedicated and supportive staff, accomplished faculty members, and a collection of high-caliber undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Featured Doctoral Student
Lindsay Harris, Doctoral Student, Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
FASS Doctoral candidate Lindsay Harris uses ethnography to fight food insecurity in the Thompson-Okanagan.
