The university announced it will move its wine research centre (WRC) to the Okanagan campus from Vancouver.

'When encouraged to be kind, they surpassed expectations.'

Last month, disturbing video was released of university nursing student Mona Wang being dragged while handcuffed during a mental-health wellness check.

During a rare press conference Thursday morning, RCMP Southeast District Chief Supt. Brad Hougli said he was “deeply concerned” when he saw a surveillance video showing part of a wellness check conducted by an RCMP officer.

UBC Okanagan engineering students and professors are researching how to improve the efficiency and cost associated with charging electric vehicles.

The petition was started after video surveillance surfaced showing Const. Lacy Browning dragging UBC Okanagan nursing student Mona Wang down a carpeted hallway.

"When we've asked the RCMP to do wellness checks, they respond promptly, appropriately. I don't have concerns," said UBCO's director of health and wellness.

“I was on the floor already, so why does she feel the need to kick me while I'm already down?” Wang told Global News on Wednesday.

Mona Wang alleges in her civil claim that a police officer handcuffed her and dragged her down a hallway, after finding her lying on the bathroom floor.

A UBC Okanagan nursing student has filed a civil claim against the RCMP for how she was allegedly treated by Const. Lacy Browning.