UBC Okanagan receives $2M for a battery innovation centre, first in Western Canada.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan campus receives a $2M investment from the provincial government to establish a battery innovation centre. This centre, the first of its kind in Western Canada, will focus on research and development of new battery technologies, advancing B.C. 's battery supply-chain sector and growing the Okanagan region's role as a battery and critical-mineral hub.