AVÌìÌà Water Engineering Technology students recognized
October 21, 2020
Three AVÌìÌà students were honoured recently by Environmental Operators Certification Program (EOCP) with the organization’s annual Outstanding Student Awards. Presented to students who have displayed distinctive leadership and meritorious service in the water and wastewater industry, the award, which includes a cash prize, was disbursed in early October to Ruben Kubbenga, Daniel Soroka and Peter Wilson. All three students are enrolled in the Water Engineering Technology Diploma program at the College’s Kelowna campus and have se...
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Meet Ayla Kilic, Political Science Professor
October 20, 2020
What is your education and area of interest? I have a BA in Political Science, MBA in Human Resources Management, Istanbul University-Turkey; MA and a PhD in Political Science and International Relations, Bosporus University, Istanbul (Turkey). My primary research and teaching foci are global politics, global political economy, global governance, human security, ethnic politics, gender politics and religion and politics. My broader area of expertise is West Asia. Next to the ...
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Textbook project celebrated during Open Access Week
October 20, 2020
Students at AVÌìÌà have many reasons to celebrate Open Access Week – more than a million in fact. Since 2013, access to open education resources (OERs) and free access e-texts through the College’s library has saved students more than $1 million and that number continues to pick up the pace with each semester. A new OER developed by Okanagan School of Business Professor Michael Orwick is just one of those resources that is enhancing access to information and improving student outcomes, all while saving students money. “We used ...
Read more...Meet Priscillia Lefebvre, Sociology Professor
October 19, 2020
What is your area of interest, research and/or creative work? I have a PhD in Sociology with a specialization in Political Economy from Carleton University. My research examines mental health within the context of the neoliberal restructuring of work and cuts to public funding around health care, social assistance and post-secondary education. I examine experiences of stress, worry and struggle within the political context of e...
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Meet Chris Newitt, Psychology Professor
October 19, 2020
What is your area of interest? I have a PhD in Developmental Psychology from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver). My research interests are in social and moral decision making and the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education. How did you know you had found your discipline? I found Psychology in second year. Initially I was interested in ground water sciences, but I took Psychology as an elective and things changed for me. I gravitated to...
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Meet Kerry Gilbert, Creative Writing Professor
October 19, 2020
When did you know you had found your discipline? When I took my first Creative Writing class with John Lent, at what was then Okanagan University College, I knew that I had found my ‘zing.’ Why did you choose to work at AVÌìÌÃ? I told John Lent, when I was a first year student, that I wanted to come back to take his job when he retired. What do you like the most about the work you do? I love to see student excitement and growth. Favourite teaching experience? ...
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Meet Ed Henczel, Communications Professor
October 19, 2020
What is your area of interest, research and/or creative work? I’m a communications professor with a masters of journalism. I focus my research/teaching on mass and social media and how it’s used to influence public perception When did you know you had found your discipline? I was working for a news organization in Kamloops. I started the day doing a tour of the local prison, then I interviewed the mayor (a former journalist) and spent the evening covering a Kamloops B...
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Meet Michael Saad, Communications Professor
October 19, 2020
What is your areas of interest? I teach in the Communications Department. I have a Master of Arts in Communication from the University of Ottawa. My area of interest is identity development and relationship dynamics through digital space. I seek to understand how our ‘technoself’ is increasingly influencing our real-world decisions. When did you know you had found your discipline? After teaching my very first course. To see the students improve their skills and reach new heights...
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College hosting region-wide virtual open house
October 16, 2020
Participants eligible for $5,000 tuition giveaway While the pandemic means prospective students can’t stop by to explore campuses physically this fall, AVÌìÌà is pulling out all the stops to host an interactive virtual open house to ensure students can still get questions answered. On Sunday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., future students, parents, high school counsellors and anyone looking to learn more about the College and its programs will have a chance to experience OC from the comfort of home. All those interested can...
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TD invests in health care equipment for students
October 15, 2020
A gift from TD Bank will ensure students entering health care professions are practising on state-of-the-art equipment. TD is donating $15,000 to AVÌìÌÃ’s Our Students, Your Health campaign towards a new Health Sciences Centre on the Kelowna campus. The gift will support new equipment for the nursing lab, which will be used by future Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses and Health Care Assistants. “Part of creating better health outcomes for patients is to provide aspiring health care professionals with the right training, tools,...
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