Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and B.C. Premier David Eby announced an agreement in principle on a 10-year health care funding deal. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

VIDEO: Trudeau, Eby announce $27 billion B.C. health care deal

The PM and premier in Langley to announce 10-year pact

 

KPU millwright instructor Erick Medina works in the millwright shop at the KPU Tech campus in Cloverdale. (Photo submitted)

Virtual millwright event coming to KPU

Growing trade sparking wider interest

 

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VIDEO: ‘A man of remarkable resilience,’ Jim Byrnes given honorary KPU degree in Surrey

‘After some trouble in my life, I turned it around and I showed up,’ musician/actor says

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Quanah Style, described as “Canada’s most infamous two-spirit trans artist,” headlines Surrey’s new Wake Up! music festival on Thursday, Feb. 23. (Photo: twitter.com)

Sounds of social justice at Surrey’s new Wake Up! music festival, Feb. 23 at KPU

Free admission at the evening concert, first of its kind at the university

Quanah Style, described as “Canada’s most infamous two-spirit trans artist,” headlines Surrey’s new Wake Up! music festival on Thursday, Feb. 23. (Photo: twitter.com)
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WATCH: KPU’s ‘O Canada’ video remixes anthem with rarely-heard lyrics, graphic-novel look

Created for online convocation ceremonies, the 2020 video has ‘become part of cultural fabric at KPU’

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Students at the Future Business Leaders conference at KPU’s Surrey campus Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Submitted photo)

Search symptoms, find doctors: A winning app at Future Business Leaders event in Surrey

40 students in ‘mini case competition’ at KPU’s Surrey campus

Students at the Future Business Leaders conference at KPU’s Surrey campus Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (Submitted photo)
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Free menstrual products coming to all washrooms at Kwantlen Polytechnic University campuses

Until now, KPU had menstrual products available in the bookstore for a charge

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Natalie Wood-Wiens (left), manager of Indigenous services at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), and Zena Mitchell, associate vice-president of enrolment services and registrar, with an example of a hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-language parchment. (Submitted photo)

KPU’s new grad parchments feature both English and the language spoken by Kwantlen First Nation

The hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language can already be seen in more places around KPU

Natalie Wood-Wiens (left), manager of Indigenous services at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), and Zena Mitchell, associate vice-president of enrolment services and registrar, with an example of a hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓-language parchment. (Submitted photo)
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‘Planetary Maintenance Engineers’ talk in Surrey with historian/journalist Gwynne Dyer

Also, the KPU-backed KDocsFF film festival returns to in-person events for the first time since 2020

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A look inside the new gender-neutral accessible changing station at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Surrey campus. (submitted photo)

New accessible changing station at KPU Surrey gives wheelchair users a lift to toilet, table

‘It’s really significant,’ says Dr. Fiona Whittington-Walsh

A look inside the new gender-neutral accessible changing station at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Surrey campus. (submitted photo)
Kim Baird. (File photo)

‘Reconciliation 101’ talk in Surrey with former chief of Tsawwassen First Nation

‘We’re still in the truth-telling of reconciliation,’ says Kim Baird, guest speaker at Nov. 7 event

Kim Baird. (File photo)
Cloverdale’s KPU Tech campus lit in orange to recognize the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. (Submitted photo: KPU)

Surrey buildings turn orange for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

KPU campuses to close Friday (Sept. 30) ‘for remembrance, reflection, action and learning’

Cloverdale’s KPU Tech campus lit in orange to recognize the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. (Submitted photo: KPU)
Ciska Jans’ “The Aftermath” deals with her experience of being sexually assaulted by someone with genital herpes who passed it on to her. The work is featured in “Untitled,” an exhibit created by Bachelor of Fine Arts students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey. (Photo: Tom Zillich)

Graduating KPU art students celebrate first in-person show in 2 years, in Surrey

‘Untitled’ exhibit features works by 8 artists at campus in Newton

Ciska Jans’ “The Aftermath” deals with her experience of being sexually assaulted by someone with genital herpes who passed it on to her. The work is featured in “Untitled,” an exhibit created by Bachelor of Fine Arts students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey. (Photo: Tom Zillich)
Brian Nadjiwon studied at Kwantlen Polytechnic University prior to his death in 2020. (Contributed photo: KPU)

New KPU scholarship remembers Delta man who ‘couldn’t achieve his dream’ in geological sciences

Less than 2 years after his death, the Brian Nadjiwon Scholarship will support Indigenous students

Brian Nadjiwon studied at Kwantlen Polytechnic University prior to his death in 2020. (Contributed photo: KPU)
KPU’s Surrey campus. (Now-Leader file photo)

Classes at KPU Surrey cancelled until 4 p.m. after ‘unfounded’ phone threat

Police say there was an ‘unspecified threat received’

KPU’s Surrey campus. (Now-Leader file photo)
With more than 37,000 deaths from COVID-19 in Canada, a new exhibit is coming to Kwantlen Polytechnic University to commemorate the pandemic and the thousands of seniors who died in long-term care. (Submitted photo: KPU)

KPU hosts ‘one of Canada’s first public commemorations of the pandemic’ in Surrey

‘COVID in the House of Old’ tells the story of 7 individuals in long-term care whose lives were altered

With more than 37,000 deaths from COVID-19 in Canada, a new exhibit is coming to Kwantlen Polytechnic University to commemorate the pandemic and the thousands of seniors who died in long-term care. (Submitted photo: KPU)
Artist Jim Adams pictured in 2017 in his home studio in White Rock. (File photo: Tom Zillich)

White Rock artist set to discuss work as part of Kwantlen talk

Jim Adams will be part of KPU Third Age Learning series in March

Artist Jim Adams pictured in 2017 in his home studio in White Rock. (File photo: Tom Zillich)
First World War soldier William James Taylor is profiled by his great-grandson, student Connor Mitchell, in the “KPU Remembers” project. This photo of Taylor is from the video Mitchell created to tell the story of his ancestor’s last battle at Mount Sorrel, Ypres, in 1916.

VIDEO: Students’ ‘KPU Remembers’ website shows First World War experiences of Canadian soldiers

In time for Remembrance Day, written reports and ‘excellent’ videos posted to website, instructor says

First World War soldier William James Taylor is profiled by his great-grandson, student Connor Mitchell, in the “KPU Remembers” project. This photo of Taylor is from the video Mitchell created to tell the story of his ancestor’s last battle at Mount Sorrel, Ypres, in 1916.
Jean Garnett in her home in Steveston. (Photo: Eseosa Eweka-Valentine)

A talk about TALK: Meet Jean Garnett, a face of Third Age Learning at Kwantlen

‘What I get out of volunteering in terms of learning new things, meeting new people, and the satisfaction of a job well done, more than outweighs the time and effort I put in’

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Jean Garnett in her home in Steveston. (Photo: Eseosa Eweka-Valentine)