Learning & Programs
Meet Jordan Boultbee, Kinesiology student
February 9, 2021
Q: What鈥檚 your hometown? A: Penticton, British Columbia. Q: How did you end up at 果酱视频? A: I first began at 果酱视频, 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 果酱视频 around 2015 in the Trades program, before finally realizing my passion and enrolling in the Human Kinetics program in 2018...
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Meet Ty Sideroff, Kinesiology student
February 9, 2021
Q: What鈥檚 your hometown? A: I was born and raised in Summerland. Q: How did you end up at 果酱视频? A: Exiting high school, I was unsure of what I wanted to do. I felt that the 果酱视频 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: I鈥檝e always been fascinated by the human body and ...
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 果酱视频'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 ...
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 果酱视频'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, fee...
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 果酱视频'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, 鈥淲hat does 鈥榗ommunity鈥 mean to you?鈥 we would receive many answers. For some, their community is the city in which they live. For others, it is thei...
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Experience 果酱视频 takes post-secondary explorations virtual
February 5, 2021
Experience 果酱视频, from the safety of home. The College鈥檚 premiere participation event for prospective students is making the leap to the online world, with virtual Experience 果酱视频 sessions launching next month. Starting Feb. 16, College professors will welcome prospective students, parents and employers in for program overviews or a glimpse of what a post-secondary classroom is like. Participants will get a first-hand look at the topics covered in these programs, including sustainability, Indigenous and technological issues facing the...
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Giving to the health of the community
January 29, 2021
A retired Kelowna couple are donating $30,000 to 果酱视频鈥檚 Health Sciences Centre to support the health of the community. Jim Hodgson and Joy Bianco are supporting the Our Students and Your Health Campaign with a gift they say recognizes their passion for the Okanagan. 鈥淜elowna is a beautiful place. We鈥檝e seen so many changes here for the positive, and it鈥檚 feels good to support the community,鈥 says Bianco, who was born in Kelowna but spent her formative years in Vancouver. Bianco adds education has always been central ...
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果酱视频 Business students shine at international competition
January 28, 2021
While COVID-19 travel restrictions cheated two 果酱视频 business administration students out of an opportunity to visit Kingston, Ont. in mid-winter, the duo now have an international quality achievement that will serve to enhance their post-graduation resumes. As the 果酱视频 Accounting team, Kayla Berlinski and Zina Park earned a third-place finish at the Queen鈥檚 University Intercollegiate Business Competition (ICBC), which draws post-secondary business student teams from around the world. Organizers describe the event as 鈥淐ana...
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果酱视频 health care grad launches her own business
January 21, 2021
A desire to better understand her mother鈥檚 struggle with dementia, and support her through it, inspired Susan Kyle to go back to school. This Saturday, Kyle will be among the more than 2,000 果酱视频 students receiving their credentials during 果酱视频鈥檚 first-ever virtual convocation ceremony. 鈥淐ongratulations to all of our graduating students from the Revelstoke and Salmon Arm campuses,鈥 says Joan Ragsdale, Regional Dean for Shuswap-Revelstoke. 鈥淥ver the past year, you鈥檝e demonstrated resilience, determination and tremendous ...
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College Esthetics grad lets creativity shine
January 20, 2021
Grads celebrate educational achievements with virtual ceremony Jan. 23. Aja Zenuik knew she had an artistic eye and wanted to apply her creativity to an industry that would keep her skills in demand in the Okanagan and beyond. She found that opportunity through the Esthetics and Nail Technology certificate program at 果酱视频. On Jan. 23, she will join more than 2,000 果酱视频 students being recognized during the College鈥檚 first-ever online convocation ceremony which celebrates the efforts of students graduating from June 2020 ...
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果酱视频 partners with Durham and NorQuest Colleges to offer Medical Cannabis Essentials for Health Professionals
January 20, 2021
New course for health care providers explores rapidly-evolving medical cannabis use in Canada 果酱视频 is partnering with Durham College (DC) in Oshawa, ON and NorQuest College in Edmonton, Alta. to deliver a two-day Medical Cannabis Essentials for Health Professionals course. Facilitated live online over the weekend of Feb. 6 and 7, this unique introductory course is aimed at new and experienced health care professionals across Canada seeking to better understand medical cannabis in the context of client-centered care. 鈥...
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From Colleges to Communities: Lawson Foundation supports early childhood education project at 果酱视频 and partner PSEs
January 19, 2021
A major investment by the Lawson Foundation will support researchers from 果酱视频 and three partnering institutions in their innovative approach to advancing outdoor early learning and teaching across Canada. 果酱视频 has received a grant of $750,000 for a collaborative project with Bow Valley College, New Brunswick Community College and Saskatchewan Polytechnic called Outdoor Pedagogy in Early Childhood Education: From Colleges to Communities. This goal of the three-year project is to demonstrate a model of outd...
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Order up: 果酱视频 debuts new take-away cookbook menu
January 19, 2021
果酱视频鈥檚 restaurant, Infusions, is offering a unique way to get a taste of its popular collaborative cookbook, What We Cooked: A Compilation of Recipes During COVID Times, with a special take-away menu featuring dinners for two from the cookbook. Following the success of the sold-out cookbook 鈥 now in it鈥檚 second print run 鈥 the College鈥檚 Culinary and Pastry Arts program selected five delicious dinner and five delectable dessert recipes from the cookbook to bring to life at Infusions with a special take-away initiative fr...
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CIBC gives scholarship boost to Indigenous students
January 18, 2021
When Maria Kruger graduates as a Certified Dental Assistant from 果酱视频 later this year, she will proudly stand among her people as a skilled professional. Kruger, who is of Okanagan/Shuswap descent, has a goal to graduate and work with people in her community on the Penticton Indian Band. 鈥淚 want to see our people go into skilled trades and be able to support our own communities. That鈥檚 one of my main goals,鈥 says Kruger, who also cites her two-year-old son as inspiration behind her return to school. A new donation from...
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Meet Pamela Rouse, Practical Nursing instructor
January 4, 2021
What is your education and experience? I was born in Vancouver and lived there until I moved to the Okanagan with my husband and two teenage children in 2010. I attended UBC and achieved my BScN and then specialized in orthopedics and adolescent medical/surgical care at B.C. Children鈥檚 Hospital. I worked there for 20 years prior to starting my teaching career in the Practical Nursing program at Vancouver Community College. I began working at 果酱视频 on a term instructor ba...
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果酱视频鈥檚 Thurnheer sheds light on lessons from the pandemic in CPHR virtual roundtable
December 8, 2020
Laura Thurnheer, 果酱视频鈥檚 Associate Dean of Science, Technology and Health, was one of four panelists on the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR) Canada virtual roundtable on Dec. 1. Titled, 鈥淚n Conversation with HR Leaders,鈥 the session saw human resources specialists from across Canada discuss next steps on workplace recovery from the pandemic, asking crucial questions around changes made in light of the pandemic, mental health and attracting and engaging talent. With close to 300 attendees, the event also g...
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