UBC’s Okanagan campus community is saddened to learn of the sudden death of Devyn Gale, a third-year School of Nursing student. wildland firefighter this summer, lost her life battling a wildfire near Revelstoke on Thursday, July 13. “Our UBC Okanagan campus is devastated,” says Dr. Lesley Cormack, Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UBC’s Okanagan campus. “As a student in the third-year nursing student cohort, Devyn had strong connections with her fellow students and her instructors,” says Dr. Tarrant. The nursing faculty will connect fellow third-year students with Student Wellness in the coming days.

Source: CBC News July 15, 2023 12:47 UTC