Articles tagged "Salmon Arm"
Mapping a world-wide worry: 黨ýstudent charts coronavirus spread in real-time
February 4, 2020
Sean Heddle was looking for a career change after an injury left him unable to work as a concrete construction foreman. He could never have imagined that his foray into the study of geographic information systems (GIS) would see him building a real-time map of a global public health emergency. Heddle, who hails from Kelowna, is currently enrolled in the GIS Certificate course at Okanagan College in Salmon Arm. His professor, Shelley Desautels, recently issued an assignment to her class, inviting students to build a digital map of ...
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Bannock taco day fundraiser returns to fuel student success at 黨ýSalmon Arm Campus
January 20, 2020
A popular fundraiser that provides emergency aid for students at Okanagan College’s Salmon Arm campus is this week. Community members are invited to join students and staff for a delicious lunch for a good cause. Bannock tacos will be served in the Gathering Place on campus, 2552 10th Ave NE, Salmon Arm, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22. The lunch is by donation. The event is led by Caroline Chartier, Indigenous Transition Planner for the campus and ingredients are supplied by the College’s Indigenous Services departme...
Read more...OC’s Salmon Arm campus flies Secwepemcúl̓ecw flag permanently
September 24, 2019
Okanagan College Media Release A Secwepemcúl̓ecw flag has found a permanent home at Okanagan College’s Salmon Arm campus after a historic ceremony today. Representatives of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, Splatsin Indian Band, Neskonlith Indian Band, Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band and Adams Lake Indian Band and Okanagan College gathered today for a flag raising ceremony recognizing the traditional unceded territories of the Secwepemc. “Reconciliation is about action, not words. Today’s raising of the Secwepemc flag signals O...
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黨ýstudent learns and leads as part of Launch-a-Preneur
March 8, 2019
The student has become a teacher in Shuswap Launch-a-Preneur. The Salmon Arm-based business competition has helped propel Laureen Shannon, a fourth-year Business student at Okanagan College, on a business development trajectory fuelled by community connections. "I love this program. Once you’re in a launch, you’re in it for life,” Shannon explains. "We always follow up how they are doing, cross-promoting their business." She began her studies in Office Administration, which capped off with a six-week practicum working with the Sa...
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