KPU unveils sweet suite of courses with no-cost textbooks
Metro Vancouver, B.C. – Students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) are about to save thousands of dollars on their education, thanks to dozens of courses that don’t require expensive, commercial...
View ArticleKPU celebrates its apprentices during Apprenticeship Recognition Week Nov. 5-11
Metro Vancouver, B.C. – Ryan Ferguson can’t remember a time in his life when he didn’t have a love of cars.“At home, there are photos of me as a little kid pushing around toy cars,” said Ferguson, 26....
View ArticleProduct design student is inventing a sustainable future
How does a former mining engineering student become a zero-waste entrepreneur?She reinvents herself.Alisa Yao is a fourth-year product design student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) Wilson...
View ArticleKPU geographer makes surprising discovery about B.C.’s prehistoric glacier
Melting glaciers are a bit of a specialty for Dr. Johannes Koch.The Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) geography instructor has been studying glacier history for nearly two decades because glaciers...
View ArticleMeet Margot Van Sluytman and Glen Flett, her father’s murderer
Margot Van Sluytman met the man who killed her father, and then she forgave him.Van Sluytman and her father’s murderer Glen Flett are coming to Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) on Nov. 24 to share...
View ArticleEat, drink and be merry at KPU-Science World Speaker Series talk
Do we really first eat with our eyes?
View Article4.0 GPA? Whatever. KPU to admit 6 Surrey students on portfolios alone
A single letter grade doesn’t tell the whole story.
View ArticleKPU student places third in singing competition with Mongolian folk song
Music comes naturally to James Gonzalez, but learning to sing in Mandarin took a little more practice.A music student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), Gonzalez won third prize at the 2017 B.C....
View ArticleWhy do we have to keep having conversations about relationship violence?
Relationship violence is never OK.In the wake of the Matt Lauer and Harvey Weinstein allegations, sexual assault and domestic violence has been the trending topic of conversation on social media with...
View ArticleKPU historian unearths the history of punk in Vancouver
Think history is boring?Dr. Eryk Martin proves it’s anything but by bringing his research into drug culture, punk and heavy metal, and feminist science fiction into the classroom at Kwantlen...
View ArticleWilson School of Design set to broaden students’ horizons with new...
Design students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) will soon be in a new high-tech facility that will drive their budding design, creative and business goals to the next level, announced Melanie...
View ArticleBusiness and criminology instructor shares his new dystopian novel at KPU Reads
The U.S. government is lying to its populace. Fantasy or nonfiction?Criminology and business instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) and award-winning author, Dr. Ari Goelman, recently...
View ArticleWritten in ice: glaciers and climate change at next KPU-Science World talk
Glacier cover is now less than 60 per cent of what it was 300 years ago.Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) geographer Dr. Johannes Koch explains why that matters at the next KPU-Science World...
View ArticleKPU goes smoke-free
Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) new smoke-free policy is a breath of fresh air.The university is poised to become only the third post-secondary institution in B.C. to ban smoking on its...
View ArticleMisogyny in the world of Islamic sport: KDocs free screening
Misogyny, your time is up.“I want to tell girls that fear is taught. That you are born free and you are born brave. I want to show them that this is what you are worthy of,” states Maria Toorpakai in...
View ArticleKPU launches new lecture series for Black History Month
A new Black History Month speaker series highlights research being doing in B.C. on issues that relate to the black community.February is Black History Month in Canada, and although it is not as big an...
View ArticleNanotechnology and the quest to free ourselves from fossil fuels
Is nanotechnology the answer to the looming energy crisis?Join visiting professor Dr. Federico Rosei at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) Melville Centre for Dialogue on Feb. 6 for his talk on...
View ArticleNew business mentorship program a collaboration between KPU, RCC & Vancity
Behind most great career success stories stands a great mentor.Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) School of Business, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce (RCC) and Vancity credit union believe in the...
View ArticleWalking the walk on the interfaith path to peace
Interfaith harmony is possible and Martin Shoemaker and Ethan Vanderleek aren’t satisfied with just preaching to the choir. They’re going to walk the walk.Shoemaker and Vanderleek are chaplains at...
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