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Kylee Seddon-Johnstone
Meet Kylee Seddon-Johnstone, SBT graduate

January 19, 2022

Q: What is your name? A: Kylee Seddon-Johnstone Q: What are your pronouns? A: She / Her / Hers Q: Where is your hometown and where are you located now? A: I grew up in Naramata, B.C., left for 10 years after high school and then returned back to Naramata to raise my two girls. I’m currently working out of my home office. Q: What did you take at OC? When did you graduate?  A: I took the Sustainable Building Technology Diploma (formerly known as the Sustainable Construction Manage...

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David Sawatzky
Meet David Sawatzky, SBT graduate

January 19, 2022

Q: What is your name?   A: David Sawatzky Q: What are your pronouns? A: He / Him / His Q: Where is your hometown and where are you located now? A: Originally from Kelowna, B.C., now I am located in Coldstream, B.C. where I am working on projects in the central and north Okanagan. Q: What program did you take at OC? When did you graduate? A: I completed the Sustainable Building Technology Diploma (formerly Sustainable Construction Management Technology Diploma) in April 2017 at ...

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Brendon Gray
Meet Brendon Gray, SBT graduate

January 19, 2022

Q: What is your name? A: Brendon Gray Q: Where is your hometown and where are you located now? A: I’m a second generation born and raised Kelowna resident.   Q: What program did you take at OC?  A: Electrical Apprenticeship and Sustainable Building Technology (SBT). Q: What is your current position? A: Principal at Egnite Sustainability and Registered Energy Advisor. Q: Why did you choose your program at OC? How does it relate to what you’re doing now? A: It was a forward-th...

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Logos of SAIT, Kanaka Bar Indian Band and Okanagan College
Partners launch resilient housing solutions project at Kanaka Bar to assist with rebuild of fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C., region

January 13, 2022

Kanaka Bar Indian Band, SAIT, Okanagan College, Foresight Canada and Seko Construction partner to harness innovation to provide options for the rebuild of the region Kanaka Bar, B.C. (Jan. 13, 2022) — Patrick Michell, Chief of the Kanaka Bar Indian Band, announced today they have entered into an agreement with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) on a pilot project focused on climate-resilient housing options for evacuees who lost their homes in the June 30, 2021 Lytton, B.C., wildfire. The project is expected to reveal susta...

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Growing Green Earth Day
OC doing its part to reduce emissions

April 22, 2021

As the world’s leaders gather on Earth Day 2021 to discuss steps to battle climate change, Okanagan College is pointing to recent statistics that demonstrate how far its energy savings efforts are advancing B.C.’s sustainability agenda. Calculations completed this week show that OC has reduced its total overall greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 44 per cent since 2007 – this in the face of an overall growth in space of 44 per cent in the same period. The calculations show that OC has managed to decrease its per-square-metre emissions by more...

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SCMT Professor Ashley Lubyk in the virtual classroom space set up on campus.
Meet Ashley Lubyk, Sustainable Building Technology Professor

March 19, 2021

Q: What is your education and background? A: I have a Master in Building Science from Ryerson University (Toronto), and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Calgary. In the 11 years between degrees, I worked in various capacities in the ENGO sector and ran a small natural building company, building straw bale houses and teaching hands-on workshops all across Western Canada. Q: What is your area of interest? A: It’s in working toward a future whereby human activity is a for...

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SCMT Professor Marty Paradine takes a break outdoors
Meet Marty Paradine, SBT Professor

December 9, 2020

Q: What is your education and background? A:  My education is as follows: B.Sci. in Mechanical Engineering (University of Manitoba) M.Sci. in Renewable Energy (Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany) MBA (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden) Certified Energy Manager (Association of Energy Engineers) Professional Engineer (APEGBC) I have worked in the mining, oil and gas industries as an engineer and operations manager, before moving into my area of passion - susta...

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SCMT Professor Brian Rippy leans on a sustainable wood building
Meet Brian Rippy, SBT Professor

December 9, 2020

Q: What is your education and background? A: Undergrad in Civil Engineering and Bio Resources, and a Master's in Sustainable Design. Q: What is your area of interest? A: Beautiful, healthy and regenerative buildings. Q: When did you know you had found your discipline? A: When I discovered the impact that the built environment has on our planet, social fabric, health and wellness. Q: Why did you choose to work at Okanagan College? A: It presented an opportunity to develop a program ...

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Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence building at the Penticton campus
Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence

December 2, 2020

Students at the Penticton campus experience education and training in one of the most sustainable educational buildings in Canada: the Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation. They are learning in one of the world's greenest buildings; a structure that is as much a lesson in itself as it is a place to learn. It is a building that incorporates made-in-B.C. innovation as much as it serves to promote it. In 2015, ...

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The Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence at the Penticton campus
Okanagan College joins Mohawk and other institutions across Canada to form Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery

September 24, 2020

Eight colleges, institutions, CEGEPs to support new climate-resistant economy Okanagan College is joining forces with a group of colleges, institutions, polytechnics and CEGEPs from across Canada to educate a post-pandemic workforce to support a new climate-focused economic recovery. The group of eight climate-action leading institutions from all regions of the country have launched an initiative called Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery. The group will champion projects across Canada to support a recovery that delivers good jobs, i...

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