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About OC

We transform lives and communities

Welcome to Okanagan College

Learners are at the heart of everything we do at Okanagan College. Across our campuses we provide flexible, hands-on learning led by industry-experienced instructors. Our programs span the arts, business and entrepreneurship, health, science and tech and skilled trades, preparing learners for meaningful careers and lifelong learning. Guided by our mission to transform lives and communities, we work alongside regional partners to respond to local needs, support innovation and help build a resilient future for the Okanagan and beyond.

Fast facts

  • 15,900+ students attend OC each year
  • 7,988 full-time equivalent students
  • 1,515 Indigenous students 
  • 18 students make up the average class size

Okanagan College respectfully acknowledges that the Penticton, Kelowna and Vernon campuses are located on the lands of the Syilx Okanagan People and the Salmon Arm campus is located on the lands of the Secwépemc People. We honour our relations and hold up their knowledge, welcoming all to our house of learning.

Indigenization

Meet our community

Photo of Cemone Bredeson, Plumbing and Piping Instructor at Okanagan College
Meet Cemone Bredeson
Plumbing and Pipefitting Instructor
Business Administration professor Roger Wheeler at the top of Machu Picchu
Meet Roger Wheeler
Business Professor
English and Fine Arts Professor Corinna Chong enjoys a break in nature.
Meet Corinna Chong
National winner of CBC short story prize
Brian White, Biology Professor
Meet Bryan White
Biology Professor
Saige Girouard
Meet Saige Girouard
2021 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal award recipient
Rosanne Ting-Mak Brown
Meet Rosanne Ting-Mak Brown
Bachelor of Business Administration alumna
Communications Professor Michael Saad
Meet Michael Saad
Communications Professor
Sean McFetridge
Meet Sean McFetridge
Business Administration Alumnus
Criminal Social Justice Diploma student Janet McLeish
Meet Janet McLeish
Criminal and Social Justice student

Initiatives

Five hands holding a hand drum upside down tying the hide on the drum.
Indigenization
Handprint with the words "I pledge" over an orange background
Our commitment to reconciliation
Rooftop solar panels on the Centre of Excellence building
Sustainability
instructor and student reviewing results in a lab
Applied Research
Students connect in conversation
Wellness
Progressive pride flag. Red = Life, Orange = Healing, Yellow = New ideas, Green = prosperity, Blue = Serenity, Violet = Spirit, Black and Brown = people of colour and White, Blue and pink = trans community
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice

Governance and administration

Okanagan College is governed, like all other colleges in the province, by the College and Institute Act of British Columbia. The act sets up dual responsibility for the College through its Board of Governors and its Education Council.

Plans, policies and reports

Board of Governors

The Board of Governors has the sole responsibility for the management, administration and control of the property, revenue, expenditures, business and affairs of the institution.

Board of Governors

Education Council

Education Council is responsible for curriculum content, academic standards and policies.

Education Council

Senior Administration

Senior administration is responsible for directing Okanagan College’s operations, under the guidance of the Board of Governors.

Senior Administration

Work here

Our employees have an unparalleled enthusiasm for bringing out the best from the more than 20,000 people who take courses or programs through our four regional campuses. This devotion to quality learning means employees here can expect the same for themselves. 

At Okanagan College we see careers not as destinations, but pathways to something richer, something deeper. Professional development isn’t simply an idea here. It’s who we are. More than 1,200 employees choose to work at Okanagan College, making this College one of the largest employers in the region.

Careers Human Resources
Salmon Arm campus from a bird's eye view
Salmon Arm
Vernon campus from a bird's eye view
Vernon
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Kelowna
Penticton campus of Okanagan College from a bird's eye view.
Penticton