2021 Researcher of the Year Awards

17 May, 2021

The Researcher of the Year Awards recognize and celebrate excellence in research and creative scholarly activity at UBC Okanagan. The Researcher of the Year event brings the campus research community together and provides opportunities for faculty, staff and senior administrators to celebrate research excellence.

Here are the 2021 Researchers of the Year:

  1. Julian Cheng, Natural Sciences and Engineering
  2. Eric Li, Social Sciences and Humanities
  3. Jonathan Little, Health

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