The mission of the Okanagan Institute is to contribute to the quality of creative engagement in the Okanagan through publications, events and collaborations.
OUR EVENTS ARE THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF SOCIAL MIXER AND STIMULATING DISCUSSION. - JOIN US! A pan-Okanagan initiative - events in Vernon, Kelowna and Penticton in association with Okanagan College and Okanagan Regional Library. MAY 24 IN KELOWNA
Plants OnFire PREPARING FOR NATURAL AND OTHER DISASTERS »Thursday 24 May 2012, 5 pm » Bohemian Café, 524 Bernard Avenue, Kelowna
Join us for an informative and critical discussion about measures our communities are - and we can - take to prepare for the worst.
»For more information, click HERE. »$2 at the door. Refreshments are available. »Seating is limited, please reserve yoursHERE
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People Worth Knowing Dave Rossi of Community Futures North Okanagan uses a modified critical thinking model to develop effectiveness and teach reasoning skills to youth. This successful employment program helps to develop thoughtfulness, intellectual maturity, independence and self reliance.
A Growing Vision. Short documentary about growing spaces in the Okanagan, featuring interviews with urban farmers including SPIN farmer Curtis Stone of Green City Acres. Written and directed by Ethan Foster, produced by Denise Kenney.
There will be a choral production of T.S. Eliots' "Choruses from the Rock" on Friday, June 1st and Saturday, June 2nd at St. Michael and All Angels Cathedral, 608 Sutherland Ave. Kelowna. The show starts at 8pm with a reception to follow. Admission is by donation with all proceeds going to the Cathedral Building Fund.
We're delighted to be involved in the Okanagan Wetlands Regenerative Alliance. To learn more about, and get involved in, this critical forward-looking project, click HERE.
OUR NEWS INITIATIVES The Okanagan Media Alliance is dedicated to bringing together those working to create a resilient society, by producing guides to the good things in life: organic agriculture, sustainability, conscious consumerism, fair commerce, the creative arts.
FREE WEEKLY FRESHSHEET NEWS & VIEWS YOU CAN USE Freshsheet reports and interprets events and trends, covers the extraordinary challenges and opportunities we face, and the emergence of a new culture of local resilience. »For more, click HERE
BE THE DIFFERENCE NEXT OKANAGAN MAKING SENSE OF CHANGEAT A RETAILER NEAR YOU Next Okanagan is a 128 page print publication for people who want to be told different stories than the ones they hear every day. About people worth knowing, and ideas worth spreading. »For more, click HERE
The Okanagan Institute is a group of creative professionals that has gathered around the goal of providing events, publications and services of interest to enquiring minds in the Okanagan. We partner with individuals, organizations, institutions and businesses to achieve optimal creative and social impact.
Our mission is to ignite cultural transformation, catalyze collaborative action, build networks and foster sustainable creative enterprises. We invite the participation by all members of the creative community.
The Okanagan Institute is a Pan-Okanagan Collaboratory that Promotes Local Creative Engagement.
OUR EVENTS ARE THE PERFECT COMBINATION OF SOCIAL MIXER AND STIMULATING DISCUSSION. - JOIN US! 
