Okanagan College alumna aims for a career at the intersection of sport and health care
July 9, 2026
Morgan Taylor has known since she was a little girl that she was meant to help people — she just needed to figure out exactly what that looked like for her. Drawn to health care and sport, Taylor hemmed and hawed between nursing and something more connected to athletic life. It wasn't until a practicum placement during an accelerated psychiatric nursing program that the direction became clear. "We were told to go shadow someone," Taylor said. "I found someone who was a therapist assistant that had graduated from Okan...
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Outdoor learning space takes root at North Glenmore Elementary in partnership with Okanagan College
July 6, 2026
It started with a patch of unused school ground and an idea. When North Glenmore Elementary School teacher Erin Burton secured funding through the BC Parks Foundation’s Learning by Nature Program to transform a corner of her school’s grounds, she made a phone call she wasn’t sure would go anywhere. She reached out to the Trades and Apprenticeship Department at Okanagan College (OC). Turns out, it was the right call. More than 30 of OC’s Trades Sampler students — high school students from School District 23 (SD23) exploring car...
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Okanagan College alumna named BCHL Athletic Therapist of the Year
June 26, 2026
Whether she is working on the ice or on the field, Cassidy Findlay is at the top of her game.Findlay, currently the Athletic Therapist for the West Kelowna Warriors, was recently named the BC Hockey League’s (BCHL) Athletic Therapist of the Year for 2025-26. It is a significant recognition for the Certified Athletic Therapist, who traces the foundation of her success directly back to her time in OC’s Kinesiology diploma program. Findlay came to OC knowing she wanted to work in health care related to sport. What she didn’t know ...
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Okanagan College carpentry students bring their skills to the Shuswap community
June 18, 2026
Okanagan College (OC) Carpenter Foundation students are no strangers to rolling up their sleeves and getting to work beyond the shop floor. This year, students framed a duplex for Gardom Lake Kids Camp and Retreat Centre near Enderby, and constructed 30 raised garden beds for the Shuswap Food Action Society’s John McLeod Memorial Garden in Salmon Arm — real projects that put technical skills to work while contributing to community infrastructure.The project at Gardom Lake Kids Camp and Retreat Centre — a summer camp and outdoor educ...
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Okanagan College student pours her heart out and into her work
June 18, 2026
In the quiet privacy of her home studio, student-artist Julia Harley is building a body of work that is heartfelt, visceral and uncomfortably magnetic. Her watercolor painting, titled Pour Your Heart Out, which she shared at the OC Student Showcase this year, is just one example. It depicts an elegant, classic domestic scene of a tea party, but the focal point strays from the traditional politeness and high society of a tea party. In place of the traditional porcelain teapot sits an anatomically accurate human heart, dripping blood ...
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Okanagan College expands computer information systems degree with new options to address demand for tech talent
June 15, 2026
Okanagan College is expanding its Bachelor of Computer Information Systems (BCIS) degree with three new options beginning in September 2026: Cybersecurity, Data Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and an Honours Degree. The additions give students a more direct path to some of B.C.'s fastest-growing and highest-demand technology careers.The expansion responds directly to labour market signals. According to the B.C. Labour Market Outlook 2025, professional, scientific and technical services — which encompasses computer syste...
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