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Piling Canada magazine interviewed @kwantlenu.bsky.social faculty member Dr. Michael Poon about KPU's new Diploma in Engineering Physics and how it opens doors for students pursuing a degree or entering the science and technology workplace.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Piling Canada magazine interviewed @kwantlenu.bsky.social faculty member Dr. Michael Poon about KPU's new Diploma in Engineering Physics and how it opens doors for students pursuing a degree or entering the science and technology workplace.
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More than 200 ceramic poppies are sprouting in the courtyard at KPU Surrey for Remembrance Day.
Titled “Garden of Poppies,” the art installation is a collab between @kwantlenu.bsky.social instructor Ying-Yueh Chuang and international student Claudia Shen.
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Titled “Garden of Poppies,” the art installation is a collab between @kwantlenu.bsky.social instructor Ying-Yueh Chuang and international student Claudia Shen.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
More than 200 ceramic poppies are sprouting in the courtyard at KPU Surrey for Remembrance Day.
Titled “Garden of Poppies,” the art installation is a collab between @kwantlenu.bsky.social instructor Ying-Yueh Chuang and international student Claudia Shen.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/11...
Titled “Garden of Poppies,” the art installation is a collab between @kwantlenu.bsky.social instructor Ying-Yueh Chuang and international student Claudia Shen.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/11...
What if there was a jacket that could handle various temperatures, with just one layer? A student at the Wilson School of Design at @kwantlenu.bsky.social has designed just that.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/11...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
What if there was a jacket that could handle various temperatures, with just one layer? A student at the Wilson School of Design at @kwantlenu.bsky.social has designed just that.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/11...
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Internationally-trained professionals can benefit from streamlined pathways to education and employment, thanks to a new partnership between @kwantlenu.bsky.social and Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS) Society.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Internationally-trained professionals can benefit from streamlined pathways to education and employment, thanks to a new partnership between @kwantlenu.bsky.social and Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS) Society.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
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Horror film researcher and @kwantlenu.bsky.social instructor Dr. Kelly Doyle regularly watches a slew of scary cinema, but lately her focus has been a unique subgenre — Turkish horror.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Horror film researcher and @kwantlenu.bsky.social instructor Dr. Kelly Doyle regularly watches a slew of scary cinema, but lately her focus has been a unique subgenre — Turkish horror.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
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Now on display at @kwantlenu.bsky.social library locations are 49 artworks created by KPU students from various fields of study. The ongoing exhibition aims to foster student creativity and strengthen community within the university.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Now on display at @kwantlenu.bsky.social library locations are 49 artworks created by KPU students from various fields of study. The ongoing exhibition aims to foster student creativity and strengthen community within the university.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
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@kwantlenu.bsky.social criminologist Dr. Lisa Monchalin has been awarded a Canada Research Chair in Wrongful Convictions.
Her research will examine miscarriages of justice and false accusations in Canada, particularly those affecting Indigenous Peoples.
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Her research will examine miscarriages of justice and false accusations in Canada, particularly those affecting Indigenous Peoples.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
@kwantlenu.bsky.social criminologist Dr. Lisa Monchalin has been awarded a Canada Research Chair in Wrongful Convictions.
Her research will examine miscarriages of justice and false accusations in Canada, particularly those affecting Indigenous Peoples.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Her research will examine miscarriages of justice and false accusations in Canada, particularly those affecting Indigenous Peoples.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
@kwantlenu.bsky.social researcher Cayley Velazquez has been named a Canada Research Chair in Race, Food and Health.
Velazquez will receive $600,000 in federal funding to research food security among the Black, African and Caribbean population in Surrey, B.C.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Velazquez will receive $600,000 in federal funding to research food security among the Black, African and Caribbean population in Surrey, B.C.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
@kwantlenu.bsky.social researcher Cayley Velazquez has been named a Canada Research Chair in Race, Food and Health.
Velazquez will receive $600,000 in federal funding to research food security among the Black, African and Caribbean population in Surrey, B.C.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Velazquez will receive $600,000 in federal funding to research food security among the Black, African and Caribbean population in Surrey, B.C.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Global’s Jennifer Palma interviewed Dr. Cory Pedersen and student researcher Tina Jensen-Fogt from @kwantlenu.bsky.social about a study that uncovered a link between symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and how women experience partnered sex.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Global’s Jennifer Palma interviewed Dr. Cory Pedersen and student researcher Tina Jensen-Fogt from @kwantlenu.bsky.social about a study that uncovered a link between symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and how women experience partnered sex.
globalnews.ca/video/114842...
globalnews.ca/video/114842...
An everyday cooking ingredient could be a useful treatment for COVID-19 and help ward off infection, a @kwantlenu.bsky.social student has found.
Could garlic-derived allicin become part of future drug development to treat or prevent infections like COVID-19?
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Could garlic-derived allicin become part of future drug development to treat or prevent infections like COVID-19?
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
October 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
An everyday cooking ingredient could be a useful treatment for COVID-19 and help ward off infection, a @kwantlenu.bsky.social student has found.
Could garlic-derived allicin become part of future drug development to treat or prevent infections like COVID-19?
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Could garlic-derived allicin become part of future drug development to treat or prevent infections like COVID-19?
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
@kwantlenu.bsky.social brewed success at the 2025 BC Beer Awards.
Competing against professional brewers from across the province, Paul Virtue, a recent KPU brewing graduate, earned a second-place prize in the Belgian Strong Ale category.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Competing against professional brewers from across the province, Paul Virtue, a recent KPU brewing graduate, earned a second-place prize in the Belgian Strong Ale category.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
@kwantlenu.bsky.social brewed success at the 2025 BC Beer Awards.
Competing against professional brewers from across the province, Paul Virtue, a recent KPU brewing graduate, earned a second-place prize in the Belgian Strong Ale category.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Competing against professional brewers from across the province, Paul Virtue, a recent KPU brewing graduate, earned a second-place prize in the Belgian Strong Ale category.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Lesley Pollard, a Fashion and Technology instructor at the Wilson School of Design at @kwantlenu.bsky.social, has been recognized for her contributions to the fashion industry with a Vancouver Fashion Week Industry Originator Award nomination in Teaching.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Lesley Pollard, a Fashion and Technology instructor at the Wilson School of Design at @kwantlenu.bsky.social, has been recognized for her contributions to the fashion industry with a Vancouver Fashion Week Industry Originator Award nomination in Teaching.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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John Ohler chats with @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social about a collaborative beer honouring John Mitchell, one of the pioneers behind B.C.'s craft beer industry. Proceeds from beer sales are being donated to the John Mitchell Scholarship at @kpubrew.bsky.social.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
John Ohler chats with @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social about a collaborative beer honouring John Mitchell, one of the pioneers behind B.C.'s craft beer industry. Proceeds from beer sales are being donated to the John Mitchell Scholarship at @kpubrew.bsky.social.
Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Decolonizing education is the aim of a new online guide at @kwantlenu.bsky.social. Developed by KPU instructor Dr. Lee Beavington, the website provides inspiration and resources for decolonizing practices related to teaching and learning.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Decolonizing education is the aim of a new online guide at @kwantlenu.bsky.social. Developed by KPU instructor Dr. Lee Beavington, the website provides inspiration and resources for decolonizing practices related to teaching and learning.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
A @kwantlenu.bsky.social led project has helped increase mental health resiliency and wellbeing for more than 200 youth in Uganda.
With over 70% of Ugandan youth experiencing poor mental health, the project has filled a much-needed gap since launching in 2022.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
With over 70% of Ugandan youth experiencing poor mental health, the project has filled a much-needed gap since launching in 2022.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
October 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A @kwantlenu.bsky.social led project has helped increase mental health resiliency and wellbeing for more than 200 youth in Uganda.
With over 70% of Ugandan youth experiencing poor mental health, the project has filled a much-needed gap since launching in 2022.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
With over 70% of Ugandan youth experiencing poor mental health, the project has filled a much-needed gap since launching in 2022.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Beekeepers across B.C. are testing their hives for a highly infectious disease that if left untreated, can destroy honeybee colonies.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Beekeepers across B.C. are testing their hives for a highly infectious disease that if left untreated, can destroy honeybee colonies.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
@kwantlenu.bsky.social is offering skills training to construction workers helping build a new hospital next to the KPU Tech campus in #Cloverdale. It's a partnership with EllisDon, which is designing and building a new hospital and cancer centre for #SurreyBC.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
@kwantlenu.bsky.social is offering skills training to construction workers helping build a new hospital next to the KPU Tech campus in #Cloverdale. It's a partnership with EllisDon, which is designing and building a new hospital and cancer centre for #SurreyBC.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Scotiabank is renewing its support for @kwantlenu.bsky.social with a $240k donation to fund the KPU Scotiabank Strive Dual Credit Program, supporting up to 315 students in partnership with Lower Mainland school districts such as @surreyschools.bsky.social.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Scotiabank is renewing its support for @kwantlenu.bsky.social with a $240k donation to fund the KPU Scotiabank Strive Dual Credit Program, supporting up to 315 students in partnership with Lower Mainland school districts such as @surreyschools.bsky.social.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
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KPU will expand its cutting-edge research for B.C.’s agriculture sector thanks to a $1-million investment from Genome BC.
Through this partnership, the Applied Genomics Centre will now be known as the Applied Genomics Centre supported by Genome BC.
Learn more:
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Through this partnership, the Applied Genomics Centre will now be known as the Applied Genomics Centre supported by Genome BC.
Learn more:
www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
October 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
KPU will expand its cutting-edge research for B.C.’s agriculture sector thanks to a $1-million investment from Genome BC.
Through this partnership, the Applied Genomics Centre will now be known as the Applied Genomics Centre supported by Genome BC.
Learn more:
www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Through this partnership, the Applied Genomics Centre will now be known as the Applied Genomics Centre supported by Genome BC.
Learn more:
www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
More than 350 new student beds and a dining hall are coming to the Surrey campus of @kwantlenu.bsky.social. The eight-storey building will add over 350 student beds and a 160-seat dining hall.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
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September 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
More than 350 new student beds and a dining hall are coming to the Surrey campus of @kwantlenu.bsky.social. The eight-storey building will add over 350 student beds and a 160-seat dining hall.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
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@kwantlenu.bsky.social is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Lekeyten’s journey as Elder in Residence.
Over the past decade, Lekeyten has been instrumental in supporting and encouraging Indigenous students, and in shaping KPU’s path towards reconciliation.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
Over the past decade, Lekeyten has been instrumental in supporting and encouraging Indigenous students, and in shaping KPU’s path towards reconciliation.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
September 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
@kwantlenu.bsky.social is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Lekeyten’s journey as Elder in Residence.
Over the past decade, Lekeyten has been instrumental in supporting and encouraging Indigenous students, and in shaping KPU’s path towards reconciliation.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
Over the past decade, Lekeyten has been instrumental in supporting and encouraging Indigenous students, and in shaping KPU’s path towards reconciliation.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
Patients of the Student Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic at @kwantlenu.bsky.social now have access to herbal remedies through a new state-of-the-art herbal dispensary.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Patients of the Student Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic at @kwantlenu.bsky.social now have access to herbal remedies through a new state-of-the-art herbal dispensary.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
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Today, @kwantlenu.bsky.social held its annual Reconciliation Flag raising ceremony to honour the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families and communities.
For resources and support, visit: www.kpu.ca/indigenous-c...
For resources and support, visit: www.kpu.ca/indigenous-c...
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Today, @kwantlenu.bsky.social held its annual Reconciliation Flag raising ceremony to honour the lost children and survivors of residential schools, their families and communities.
For resources and support, visit: www.kpu.ca/indigenous-c...
For resources and support, visit: www.kpu.ca/indigenous-c...
The Wilson School of Design at @kwantlenu.bsky.social has launched a new journal underscoring the diverse ways research comes to life in design. "Assembly" shares a curated collection of projects, critical essays, reflections and visual explorations.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
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September 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Wilson School of Design at @kwantlenu.bsky.social has launched a new journal underscoring the diverse ways research comes to life in design. "Assembly" shares a curated collection of projects, critical essays, reflections and visual explorations.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...