Academic calendar
Summer Session Term 2 runs Jul 6, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
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Campus language
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Showing 17 of 17 terms
A
- AVP
- Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (often referred to by its older acronym or service context).
B
- B-Lot
- The large, often-congested main parking lot that is a frequent topic of student complaint.
C
- Cascades
- The Cascades, a cluster of townhouse-style student residences.
- Comms
- The Commons, often used to refer to the cafe and study space within the Teaching and Learning Centre.
K
- Kelownafornia
- A common local term used by students to describe the sunny, beach-heavy lifestyle of the surrounding city.
M
- Monashee
- Monashee Place, typically referring to the upper-year apartment-style housing.
P
- PAC
- Physical Activity Centre, the main athletics and recreation department/building.
- Picnic
- Picnic, a quick-service food outlet located in the University Centre.
- Pritchard
- The Pritchard Dining Hall, the primary all-you-care-to-eat facility on campus.
S
- SCS
- Student Community Support, the student-led campus security and safety initiative.
- Simi
- Similkameen Place, the oldest residence building on campus.
- Skeena
- Skeena Residence, known among students for being the campus's first 'Passive House' high-performance building.
- Sunshine
- Sunshine Café, a food outlet located in the Administration building known for breakfast and lunch.
- SUO
- Student Union Okanagan, the representative body for all undergraduate students.
T
- The Hangar
- The fitness centre and gym facility located within the PAC.
- The Hill
- The nickname for the UBCO campus itself, due to its elevated location overlooking the valley.
- The Well
- The Well Student Pub, the campus bar and restaurant located in the University Centre.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- ADM
- The Administration Building, where registrar and financial services are located.
- ASC
- Arts and Sciences Centre, housing various lecture halls and labs.
- Canvas
- The primary online learning management system where professors post course materials and assignments.
- EME
- Engineering, Management and Education building, the largest academic building on campus.
- Fipke
- The Charles E. Fipke Centre for Innovative Research.
- LIB
- The Library, often used interchangeably with the Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) which it connects to.
- RHS
- Reichwald Health Sciences Centre, primarily used by the Southern Medical Program.
- Salto
- The electronic key system used for residence and building access; students 'fob' in using their ID.
- Spark
- The official name of the UBCO student orientation program held at the start of the year.
- StudentCard
- The official multi-purpose UBC identification card used for library, gym, and meal plan access.
- U-Pass
- The universal transit pass loaded onto the student ID card for unlimited local bus use.
- UNC
- University Centre, the hub for student services, the SUO, and the campus pub.
- Workday
- The administrative platform used for course registration, tuition payments, and viewing grades.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Summer Session Term 2 runs Jul 6, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 17 approved campus terms and 13 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.