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  <title>Get paid to work Touchdown Kelowna festival  </title>
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  <description>As part of the Touchdo</description>
  <pubDate>Thursday, May 14, 2026 - 15:22</pubDate>
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  <title>Okanagan College hosting 2nd student-led community Pride kick-off celebration</title>
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  <description>Okanagan College, together with students from the OC Pride Community, is proud to host the second community Pride celebration at Okanagan College’s Kelowna campus on May 26 from 4 to 8 p.m.</description>
  <pubDate>Thursday, May 14, 2026 - 12:08</pubDate>
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  <title>Enactus Okanagan College Crowned National Champion, Advancing to World Championships in Brazil</title>
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  <description>Enactus Okanagan College has been named the 2026 Enactus Canada National Champion after defeating more than 45 universities and colleges from across the country at the Enactus Canada National Expos</description>
  <pubDate>Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - 10:20</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Enactus Okanagan College Crowned National Champion, Advancing to World Championships in Brazil</dc:creator>
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  <title>Okanagan College welcomes alum Ashley Ramsay as Director of Entrepreneurship</title>
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  <description>Okanagan College (OC) is pleased to announce Ashley Ramsay as the new Director of Entrepreneurship within the Hall School of Business and Entrepreneurship.</description>
  <pubDate>Monday, May 11, 2026 - 09:28</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Okanagan College welcomes alum Ashley Ramsay as Director of Entrepreneurship</dc:creator>
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  <title>New Red Dot Players production Marion Bridge opens tonight!</title>
  <link>https://www.okanagancollege.ca/news/new-red-dot-players-production-marion-bridge-opens-tonight</link>
  <description>The Red Dot Players’ latest performance opens tonight, featuring a cast and production crew filled with Okanagan College students, employees, alumni and community members.</description>
  <pubDate>Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 09:24</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>New Red Dot Players production Marion Bridge opens tonight!</dc:creator>
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  <title>Volunteers wanted! Support BC Lions games and festival in Kelowna</title>
  <link>https://www.okanagancollege.ca/news/volunteers-wanted-support-bc-lions-games-and-festival-in-kelowna</link>
  <description>When the&amp;nbsp;BC Lions play two regular season CFL games&amp;nbsp;in Kelowna this summer, a team of volunteers&amp;nbsp;will&amp;nbsp;be</description>
  <pubDate>Tuesday, May 5, 2026 - 08:37</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Volunteers wanted! Support BC Lions games and festival in Kelowna</dc:creator>
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  <title>OC students bring home hardware from 2026 Skills Canada BC Provincial Competition</title>
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  <description>Okanagan College (OC) students delivered a standout performance at the 2026 Skills Canada BC Provincial Trades and Technology Competition, earning multiple medals across trades and technology</description>
  <pubDate>Friday, May 1, 2026 - 10:51</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>OC students bring home hardware from 2026 Skills Canada BC Provincial Competition</dc:creator>
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  <title>Okanagan College students make powerful connections to enhance wildfire response</title>
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  <description>Quinn Stanhope knows firsthand that in a wildfire situation, every moment matters.&amp;nbsp;</description>
  <pubDate>Wednesday, April 29, 2026 - 14:17</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Okanagan College students make powerful connections to enhance wildfire response</dc:creator>
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  <title> Coyotes remain on top in Canadian College Baseball Conference</title>
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  <description>The 2026 season has quickly turned into a statement campaign for the Okanagan College Coyotes (17-3), who have established themselves as one of the most complete teams in the conference.</description>
  <pubDate>Friday, April 24, 2026 - 11:35</pubDate>
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  <title>Okanagan College’s Jill of All Trades inspires the next generation — and the results are already showing</title>
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  <description>In grade eight, Sophie Heuston walked into a hands-on skilled trades event and was introduced to the electrical trade for the first time.</description>
  <pubDate>Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 15:30</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Okanagan College’s Jill of All Trades inspires the next generation — and the results are already showing</dc:creator>
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  <title>Okanagan 2036: CEOs to Share Vision for the Future of the Valley </title>
  <link>https://www.okanagancollege.ca/news/okanagan-2036-ceos-to-share-vision-for-the-future-of-the-valley</link>
  <description>What will the Okanagan look like in 2036?</description>
  <pubDate>Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - 09:43</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Okanagan 2036: CEOs to Share Vision for the Future of the Valley </dc:creator>
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  <title>Progressive leader joins College in top human resources role</title>
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  <description>Okanagan College (OC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Taryn McGregor as OC’s new College Human Resources Officer.</description>
  <pubDate>Friday, April 17, 2026 - 14:44</pubDate>
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  <title>OC Cultivates returns to celebrate Okanagan food, wine and tourism </title>
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  <description>Learning never tasted so good as Okanagan College’s celebrated event series, OC Cultivates, returns on May 7, inviting the community to campus to experience and learn about our local gastronomy and</description>
  <pubDate>Thursday, April 16, 2026 - 14:41</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>OC Cultivates returns to celebrate Okanagan food, wine and tourism </dc:creator>
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  <title>Refreshed programming coming to OC when new building opens</title>
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  <description>With just over a year until the opening of the new Centre for Food, Wine and Tourism at Okanagan College, excitement is building and the College is hard at work with local industry partners t</description>
  <pubDate>Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - 10:33</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Refreshed programming coming to OC when new building opens</dc:creator>
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  <title>Okanagan College professor with astronaut candidacy reflects on humanity’s return to deep space</title>
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  <description>As astronauts head back to Earth after travelling around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, a professor at Okanagan College is helping bring the moment closer to home.</description>
  <pubDate>Thursday, April 9, 2026 - 08:25</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Okanagan College professor with astronaut candidacy reflects on humanity’s return to deep space</dc:creator>
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  <title>Kelowna City of Gastronomy announces next steps, community engagement opportunities</title>
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  <description>The work of advancing Kelowna’s new international designation as a City of Gastronomy through the UNESCO Creative Cities Network is moving into its next phase, with the formation</description>
  <pubDate>Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 13:05</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Kelowna City of Gastronomy announces next steps, community engagement opportunities</dc:creator>
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  <title>Okanagan College celebrates student ingenuity at annual Student Showcase</title>
  <link>https://www.okanagancollege.ca/news/okanagan-college-celebrates-student-ingenuity-at-annual-student-showcase</link>
  <description>Okanagan College student Mariah Matthews is looking forward to showcasing what she has learned in her interdisciplinary studies around gender and psychology at Okanagan College’s fourth annual OC S</description>
  <pubDate>Thursday, April 2, 2026 - 09:45</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Okanagan College celebrates student ingenuity at annual Student Showcase</dc:creator>
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  <title>Okanagan College grad gains recognition as Canada’s Young Professional of the Year  </title>
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  <description>When Gurleen Gang left Nairobi, Kenya, for Canada a decade ago, he had a&amp;nbsp;dream of becoming&amp;nbsp;a civil engineer.</description>
  <pubDate>Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - 12:45</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Okanagan College grad gains recognition as Canada’s Young Professional of the Year  </dc:creator>
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  <title>Okanagan College CCAA bronze medalist builds success on and off the ice</title>
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  <description>Lauren Cochrane came to Okanagan College (OC) unsure of her path.</description>
  <pubDate>Tuesday, March 24, 2026 - 10:45</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Okanagan College CCAA bronze medalist builds success on and off the ice</dc:creator>
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  <title>Okanagan College, Niagara College sign agreement to strengthen wine education</title>
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  <description>Two colleges from Canada’s top wine and agricultural regions — Okanagan College and Niagara College — have signed a memorandum of understanding that will expand the availability of world-class wine</description>
  <pubDate>Thursday, March 19, 2026 - 09:02</pubDate>
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