ELEVATE delights guests and fuels the next generation of culinary talent
October 16, 2025
Okanagan College (OC) hosted a night of mentorship, creativity and inspiration as alumni, instructors, and students joined forces with some of the region’s most celebrated chefs for Elevate: An Okanagan Experience.The Oct. 4 event transformed the Kelowna campus into a vibrant piazza alive with flavour, artistry, and community spirit, all in support of OC’s future Centre for Food, Wine and Tourism.The evening showcased the best of Okanagan’s culinary scene, with locally renowned chefs — many of them College alumni or former instructo...
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Okanagan College recognizes grads at convocation and commencement ceremonies
October 16, 2025
Members of the media are invited to attend Fall Convocation and Commencement ceremonies at Okanagan College’s campus in Kelowna as 200 students will attend graduation ceremonies before joining the workforce. Kelowna:Saturday, Oct. 18, 202510:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.Centre for Learning Atrium, Okanagan College Kelowna Campus1000 K.L.O. Rd, Kelowna Who:Students from programs in Arts, Business, Health and Social Development, Science and Technology, Trades and Continuing Studies will be joined by friends, family...
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Red Dot Players roll back the years with toe-tapping Chautauqua 1925
October 8, 2025
Pack your curiosity and warm up your singalong voice: the Red Dot Players are inviting audiences to step back exactly a century for Chautauqua 1925, an old-time musical revue written and directed by retired Okanagan College Education Technology Coordinator, Mike Minions.Performances will light up the Okanagan College Theatre in Kelowna from October 23–26.Part history lesson, part front-porch jam session, Chautauqua 1925 recreates the magic of the travelling chautauquas that [4] criss-crossed North America in the earl...
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The future is calling — and Â黨´«Ã½is making it easier to answer. Apply for free this October.
October 6, 2025
This month, Okanagan College (OC) is rolling out the welcome mat for Free Application Nights across each of its four campuses. Future students have the chance to go on tours, meet the people behind the programs and support systems at the College, ask all the questions — and apply for free. Yes free. Because Okanagan College wants to make it as easy as possible to apply to programs at campuses in Penticton, Kelowna, Salmon Arm and Vernon or online. Plus, attendees who apply during the events will also be entered into a dra...
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Justice Institute of British Columbia begins EMR and Paramedic training at OC's Vernon campus
October 1, 2025
Paramedic and emergency medical responder students are fully immersed in their Justice Institute of BC (JIBC) programs this fall, located at Okanagan College’s Vernon campus, beginning their training to enter the workforce and support the health care system. JIBC students led a simulation as part of a welcome event at the campus Oct. 1.Thanks to a new five-year lease agreement with Okanagan College, JIBC is expanding access to its Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) and Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) training in the Interior ...
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New mentorship platform goes live for Â黨´«Ã½trades students and industry mentors
September 23, 2025
With more than 500 new and returning Okanagan College (OC) trades and apprenticeship students attending the College this fall, a new online mentorship platform is now live, to connect students with mentors who can support them on their journey to a meaningful – and well-paid – career in the skilled trades.The Â黨´«Ã½Trades Network is an easy-to-use online platform that connects apprentices of all genders with industry leaders for one-on-one mentorship along with other tools for success including educational resources, training and netwo...
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New canning line, enhanced services for the beverage industry, open at Okanagan College research lab
September 10, 2025
Designed to support the beverage industry with research and development, the BC Beverage Technology Access Centre (BC BTAC) at Okanagan College (OC) has completed a $1.2-million renovation, adding even more services available to the beverage industry throughout the Okanagan Valley and the province.A new beverage canning line is open at OC’s Penticton campus, providing the beverage industry with opportunities to experiment with small batch beverage innovation. The line is in addition to other testing services provided at BC BTAC, whe...
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Unusually Good Food is coming home to the community
August 28, 2025
What started as a small idea in a classroom at Okanagan College (OC) has grown into something truly unusually good. And now, the team of Â黨´«Ã½students whose entrepreneurial start-up took off into a legitimate business is giving the enterprise back to the community that made it possible.The Enactus Okanagan College team is proud to announce that the Unusually Good Food Company is being licensed to Okanagan Beverage Co., the same team that helped the students bring their juice dreams to life from day one.“This is a full-circle moment, a...
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Former Â黨´«Ã½prof involved in new documentary
August 25, 2025
B.C. is Burning is a powerful 45-minute documentary, co-produced by former Â黨´«Ã½business faculty member Rick Maddison.The documentary explores the causes and consequences of British Columbia’s escalating wildfire crisis, and the science-based solutions that could help protect our forests and communities. There is a public screening at the Mary Irwin Theatre, Kelowna – Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m.Click here for tickets and more information. ...
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Okanagan College Foundation debuts ELEVATE: an Okanagan experience
August 21, 2025
A pair of local legendary chefs will lead two powerhouse teams in a culinary competition at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus this fall, as a new feature event from the Okanagan College Foundation will bring a battle of flavours and an evening of sensory delight to campus.Mark your calendars – on Saturday, Oct. 4, Chef Rod Butters and Chef Bernard Casavant will transform the Kelowna campus into a vibrant, first-class piazza for the inaugural ELEVATE — a tantalizing fundraising event that celebrates the region’s culinary and artistic...
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