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Dr Bonnie Henry and Greta Thunberg to receive honorary degrees from UBC

Dr. Bonnie Henry and Greta Thunberg to receive honorary degrees from UBC A pair of very notable names headline a list of people who will be receiving honorary degrees from UBC this spring. Dr. Bonnie Henry and Greta Thunberg are among 18 individuals who will be honoured by the university in May. “I am delighted to bestow honorary degrees to Dr. Henry and Ms. Thunberg, along with all of our remarkable recipients this spring,” said Santa J. Ono, UBC president and vice-chancellor. “Dr. Henry and Ms. Thunberg have served as leading voices in the midst of two of the most significant crises we collectively have ever faced: the global pandemic and climate change.”

Osoyoos Chief Clarence Louie to receive honorary UBC degree | iNFOnews | Thompson-Okanagan s News Source

Image Credit: SUBMITTED / UBC April 01, 2021 - 10:53 AM The Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band will be receiving an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia at convocation this spring. Chief Clarence Joseph Louie has been awarded the honorary degree for his economic and cultural contributions, according to a UBC media release. “Since his election in December of 1984 as Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band of the Okanagan Nation, Clarence Joseph Louie has consistently emphasized economic development as a means to improve his people’s standard of living,” reads the release. READ MORE: 

Desert Centre, Nk Mip Cultural Centre get projects funded  - The Turtle Island News

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Osoyoos Desert Centre is getting a new boardwalk and the Nk’Mip Cultural Centre is getting new programming and funds to construct a pit house thanks to economic recovery funding for tourism. A Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program (CERIP) grant from the province to the tune of $834,789 announced recently will go towards replacing the 1.5-kilometre boardwalk at the Desert Centre. “We are absolutely thrilled about this. It is just incredibly great news for us and really, really will have a significant impact on the Osoyoos Desert Centre of course,” said Jayme Friedt, managing director with the Osoyoos Desert Society.

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