Okanagan College Students’ Union
Local 1 of the British Columbia Federation of Students
OCSU is the membership organization of over 8000 students at Okanagan College across the Kelowna, Penticton, and Salmon Arm campuses. We provide students with advocacy, services, campaigns, and events year round. We work hard to ensure students’ voices are heard and we strive to support students in the best means possible while achieving their educational goals.
We respectfully acknowledge that our places of work are on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Syilx/Okanagan people & Secwepemc Shuswap people.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR HEALTH & DENTAL PLAN MEMBERS
Green Shield Canada workers represented by Unifor Locals 240 & 673 are currently striking. As a result, their call centres are CLOSED.
However, online services (like submitting claims) remain unaffected. Services that are provided by AGA Benefit Solutions (like opting out or adding dependents) will not be affected. We will post updates as we receive them.
Meet the team
OCSU is run by an elected team of student representatives and dedicated staff who are passionate about social justice, student advocacy, and a positive campus community.
Our Mandate
The Okanagan College Students’ Union operates under three specific mandates. We aim to ensure that post-secondary education is of high quality, publicly funded, and we hold education decision makers and stakeholders accountable to students. OCSU strives to achieve these goals through providing the students of Okanagan College with advocacy, services, and events.
Events
Fostering campus community
Promoting stress relief and mental health on campus
Education about important campaigns and causes
Empowering students
Free food
Advocacy
Social justice & fair access campaigns
Lobbying government officials
Lobbying college administrators
Providing support with grade appeals and academic & non-academic challenges
Services
Free supplies like handbooks, water bottles, and pens
Safer sex supplies, menstrual hygiene products, and hand sanitizer
Extended Health & Dental benefits for eligible students
Local & BC-wide student discounts
Subsidual services such as legal aid
