Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux will be modelling a Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) student’s designs for women in wheelchairs at the university’s annual graduate fashion show, held at the River Rock Casino on April 24. Read more….
Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) Faculty of Community and Health Studies has been renamed the Faculty of Health, a change effective as of April 1. The new name coincides with the faculty’s only non-health-focused program – the Special Education Teaching Assistant program – moving to the Faculty of Arts. Read more….
Montreal, QC – KPU fashion student Nicole Boyer was the only designer outside of Quebec to be awarded one of five grand prizes at TÉLIO’s annual fashion show for Canada’s top design students, held in Montreal last week. Read more…..
Metro Vancouver, B.C. – From increasing the durability of sports fields and buildings, to mitigating the effects of climate change: When it comes to sustaining cities and life within them, several local experts agree that succeeding will in part fall to those with backgrounds in horticulture. Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) school of horticulture recently hosted an industry discussion, inviting local professionals to weigh in on the role horticulture will play in planning for the future……….
For the past two years, we have worked to develop native beneficial fungi to help control pests and diseases of BC crops and landscapes while protecting the environment. The process to a new commercial product is long but this project, in partnership with local agricultural industries, grower associations, and with partial funding contributions from federal and provincial governments involves students. What is the research about? Download the pdf report KPU Fungi Control
Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s CIR:CLE Cycle, 2013 Non-profit organization member: “I want to get Canada to pass a Disability Act. How can I get news coverage for something like that?” Faculty member: I teach a course in Journalism at KPU that covers off-cycle media. Maybe we could bring this question into the classroom? As interim Director of CIR:CLE (The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research: Community Learning Engagement), Larissa Petrillo has introduced a new concept to facilitate community service learning projects at Kwantlen … Continued
Native soil+dwelling beneficial fungi control plant diseases For the past two years, we have worked to develop native beneficial fungi to help control pests and diseases of BC crops and landscapes while protecting the environment. The process to a new commercial product is long but this project, in partnership with local agricultural industries, grower associations, and with partial funding contributions from federal and provincial governments involves students. What is the research about? Download PDF
Competing in a six-hour garden building event which involved working from a prescribed landscape plan, two Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Horticulture students took gold in the provincial Skills Canada—Skills BC—competition, held April 17 in Abbotsford. As part of the challenge, fourth-year student Kevin O’Connor, enrolled in KPU’s Landscape Apprenticeship Program, and first-year student Jason Thompson, enrolled in KPU’s Turf Management Diploma Program, installed paving stones, basalt stone walls, a water feature, a flag stone pathway and an extensive planting system. … Continued
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) is thrilled to share the news of a $12 million gift from Shannon and Chip Wilson and lululemon athletica to build a new School of Design located at the Richmond campus. The gift is to be matched by the Province of British Columbia and KPU, creating a $36 million facility that will inspire innovation and leadership. “We are enormously grateful to Shannon, Chip, lululemon and the Province for this investment,” said Dr. Alan Davis, KPU president … Continued
Fourth year nursing students from Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) discussed the challenges that come with change with Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux, on November 20, 2012, at the Langley campus. “It’s important for government to engage the next generation because they are our leaders of tomorrow,” said Minister Cadieux. “Even as an elected politician, initiating change doesn’t come easily; so, I want to impress upon the students that, while one person can be the force of change, … Continued
