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Graphic design students are using their skills to fundraise for a good cause this holiday season.
Holiday cards designed by @kwantlenu.bsky.social students are available at select London Drugs locations, with all proceeds going to the BC Childrenβs Hospital.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/11...
For the past four years @kwantlenu.bsky.social has hosted a Bike-A-Thon for mental health.
βIn the trades campus and trades in general thereβs a sense of got to be a tough guy and I think breaking through that right on ground level makes a big difference.β
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/11...
Land awakening ceremony at KPU Surrey.
A land awakening ceremony led by Indigenous Elders marked the start of construction for a new child care centre at the Surrey campus of @kwantlenu.bsky.social.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/11...
Cover and inside page of Piling Canada magazine.
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.
Read the full story: www.pilingcanada.ca/digital/2025...
More than 200 ceramic poppies are sprouting in the courtyard at KPU Surrey for Remembrance Day.
Titled βGarden of Poppies,β 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...
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...
KPU English instructor Dr. Kelly Doyle in the main campus square outside Bilkent University in Turkiye.
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 β Turkish horror.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/10...
Fine arts student Susan Pellaers stands outside in the KPU Surrey courtyard.
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...
@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...
@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...
Dr. Cory Pedersen, Tina Jensen-Fogt and Jennifer Palma.
Globalβs 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...
Dr. Barnabe Assogba and Ashpreet Kaur.
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...
@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...
Wilson School of Design instructor Lesley Pollard (right) with daughter Lyla at Vancouver Fashion Week.
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.
www.vanfashionweek.com/industry-ori...
Poster showing a mushroom in hand. Text: Wild Spaces, Fungi Forest Walk. Open to students, staff & faculty. October 21, 3pm, KPU Surrey.
Only a couple spots left! Fungi Forest Walk next Tuesday at KPU Surrey.
Register:
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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.
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...
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...
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...
Construction cranes tower above a hospital construction site in Cloverdale.
@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...
Scotiabank presents a $240,750 donation to KPU. From left: Erin Lee, Prospective Student Support Specialist at KPU; Drew Dennis, Advancement Officer, Major Gifts at KPU; Steve Lewarne, Executive Director, Office of Advancement and Alumni Affairs at KPU; Jenifer Lee, District Vice President, Greater Vancouver South, Scotiabank; and Stephen Gaskin, Senior Vice President, BC & Yukon Region, Scotiabank.
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...
KPU will expand its cutting-edge research for B.C.βs 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...
An artist's rendering of KPU Surrey campus housing.
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...
@kwantlenu.bsky.social is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Lekeytenβs journey as Elder in Residence.
Over the past decade, Lekeyten has been instrumental in supporting and encouraging Indigenous students, and in shaping KPUβs path towards reconciliation.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
Dr. John Yang prepares herbs inside the herbal dispensary.
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...
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...
Contributors to a new Wilson School of Design journal at the launch event.
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...
A future @kwantlenu.bsky.social alum is being recognized for her leadership and advocacy on mental health.
Mehreen Mundi, who is graduating from KPU with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Minor in Counselling, is receiving KPU's 2025 Future Alumni Award.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
Gavin Paul portrait. Inset photo: Book cover of Growing Old in the Anthropocene.
In Growing Old in the Anthropocene, @kwantlenu.bsky.social English instructor Dr. Gavin Paul searches for glimmers of hope and beauty. His new book is a collection of 15 personal essays that dive into topics of memory, fatherhood and a life devoted to reading.
Read more: www.kpu.ca/news/2025/09...
