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A student looking out over the Okanagan landscape during fieldwork

People / student profiles

Meet the
people

Explore the students who chose to share a little about their work, interests, and online presence.

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01 / FIELD RECORD

Where the cohort
met.

These photographs show the group during a Woodhaven field session: working outside, walking through the forest, and talking under the cabin shelter.

Students gathered around a table outside the Woodhaven cabin
WOODHAVEN / OUTDOOR TABLEStudents working together outside the cabin.
The cohort walking and talking among the trees at Woodhaven
WOODHAVEN / FOREST WALKStudents walking through the forest.
Students listening to a discussion beneath the Woodhaven cabin shelter
WOODHAVEN / CABIN SHELTERA group discussion under the cabin shelter.
02 / STUDENTS WHO OPTED IN

Meet the people
who opted in.

These are the people who chose to step into the unknown — to work with uncertainty, stay curious, and make something of the experience together.

01 / PROFILECLARA
Portrait of Clara

Clara

UBCO MDes / 2026

“I’m interested in transforming concepts into impactful projects that connect people and inspire engagement.”

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02 / PROFILESAMI
Portrait of Sami by the water

Sami

UBCO MDes / 2026

“I’m interested in human–computer interaction and using video-game-based world-building to sell experiences.”

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03 / PROFILEGREGORY
Portrait of Gregory Gaves

Gregory

UBCO MDes / 2026

“I’m an information designer and MDes student interested in how people understand complex systems — and how design can give them a way in.”

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03 / SHAINA'S PROJECT

Shaina / project feature

Letters to a
Future Peer.

Letters to a Future Peer is a welcome ritual connecting incoming MDes students with alumni through a personalised letter, creating a first bridge into the community, someone to turn to, and a culture of care they can one day pass forward.

MEET SHAINA / LINKEDIN ↗
Shaina standing in a mountain landscape
PROJECT FEATURE01
SHAINA / PROFILELetters to a Future Peer
04 / ASANA'S PROJECT

Asana / project feature

Town
Square.

Asana Hues is working toward creating ‘Town Square’, a social enterprise concept developed through the MDes program at UBC Okanagan, using design research, field interviews, and systems thinking to investigate the barriers preventing small Okanagan farms from accessing organic certification and the local buyers ready to source from them. The research proposes a farm-facing consulting and education model — offering on-farm mentorship, certification navigation, peer learning, and buyer-matching — to build a more resilient, locally-rooted organic food system in the Okanagan and beyond.

VISIT ASANAHUES.CA ↗
Asana Hues working on a painting outdoors
PROJECT FEATURE02
ASANA / TOWN SQUAREBuilding a local food system.
05 / SHARED CONTEXT
The cohort gathered inside the Woodhaven cabin
WOODHAVEN / CABINStudents talking inside the cabin.
The cohort gathered outside the Woodhaven cabin
WOODHAVEN / OUTSIDEStudents working outside the cabin.
The campus valley beyond the field site
UBCO / CAMPUS VIEWThe wider setting around the studio.