Campus Wide Services
Student Discounts
When you are living on a student budget every penny counts. That’s why we are proud to offer another one of our extremely popular services available FREE to all of our members: the Student Discount Program!
The easiest way to access these discounts is with the brand new Deals App!
Deals is available on Apple and Android absolutely free. Simply create an account with your student ID, and you’re ready to go! Just show your ID number at the point of purchase. The best part is, since this app is presented by the BCFS (a BC-wide organization), it shows you what discounts are available nearby, no matter where you are in BC.
Do you own a business, and are interested in offering a discount? Learn how here!
Health and Dental Plan
Your Health and Dental plan helps cover part of the costs from a wide range of medical services, from dentistry to massage therapy. Your coverage is through Green Shield Canada. All OCSU members who are enrolled in full time studies are covered (3 or more college level classes).
For more details, please see our Health and Dental page.
Student Clubs and Initiatives
Are you a student who has an excellent project in mind that could help benefit the campus community? Are you a group of students who are fundraising to start a new a service or attend a conference? If you are an Okanagan College Students’ Union member and have a great initiative that would help benefit the campus community, we encourage you to apply for our Student Initiatives program. Please see our Student Clubs and Initiatives page for further details on how to apply!
Free Handbook/Dayplanner
Every year, the OCSU hands out over five thousand handbooks/dayplanners to students absolutely free! This is achieved by partnering with the British Columbia Federation of Students – BCFS. This project allows the OCSU to deliver a quality handbook with full colour pages, better quality paper with unique cover art and local flavour.
The handbooks are also a testimony to the OCSU’s commitment to sustainability; they are printed on 100% post consumer recycled material with vegetable dyes. Even the binding is recyclable!
What You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
- Details of who we are and the services we provide to our members
• The in’s and out’s of our Health and Dental plan
• Monthly and yearly calendars
• A course timetable
• Information on your membership in the British Columbia Federation of Students
• Campus activities and events
• Campaign details
• Details on the Deals App and a list of businesses offering discounts in the area
Come to your Students’ Union office to get your free handbook today!
Frosh and Safer Sex Supplies
Each of our offices has a diverse supply of useful items for college students. We encourage members to just come in and grab what they need. Everything is free, and there is never any judgement for any item you might take.
Some of the things we have include:
- Free frosh items, such as pens and lanyards (while supplies last)
- Safer sex supplies available to our members. These items include internal and external condoms, lube, and dental dams.
- Menstrual hygiene products
Grade Appeals
If you feel you have been unfairly treated in the assessment of your performance in a course, or that the determination of your final course grade is inconsistent with the grading methodology outlined in your course syllabus, it is your right to request a formal review of your course work or final grade.
What we can do
The OCSU can help you wade through the Okanagan College grade appeal policy and guide you step by step through the grade appeal process.
The OCSU can appoint a Student Representative to sit beside you as a student observer, in a non-voting capacity, throughout the review process. This Student Representative will ensure you are being treated fairly during the appeal process.
What we cannot do
The OCSU cannot expedite the Okanagan College appeal process.
The OCSU cannot determine or influence the instructors who make up the appeal committee, although we will ensure that you are treated in a non-biased and fair manner throughout the appeal process.
If you would like advice on how to proceed with a grade appeal, feel free to stop by the OCSU office on your campus and set up a confidential meeting with one of your Student Representatives.
Okanagan College policy on General Appeals on Academic Standing can be found here
Faxing
Faxing can be expensive! Each office of the OCSU has a fax machine available for use for student related faxing. If you need to send off information for your student loan, for a summer work placement, or to apply to another college or university, we can help you fax for cheap.
How To Fax:
- Determine what you’re faxing and where it’s going.
- Come to any of our offices.
- Fill out a cover sheet, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Prices
Local: $0.25 per page
Long Distance: $0.50 per page
International: $1.00 per page
Kelowna Services
The Office
Please note that our office is currently closed as our staff works remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Located conveniently just off the main entrance from KLO road, our office is in room H125. Here are some the things you can do there:
- Buy bus passes (we sell monthly and semester passes, as well as sheets of 10 tickets)
- Print (from usb stick only; file must be in .pdf format)
- Photocopy (our printing and photocopying is the cheapest on campus)
- Pick up free frosh supplies like our handbook and pens
- Pick up free safer sex supplies and menstrual hygiene products
- Access the campus lost and found
We accept cash, debit, MasterCard, and Visa for all our transactions.
The Students’ Union is open from 8:00am to 3:00pm, Monday to Friday (including throughout the Summer) and closed for lunch from 11:30am-12:00pm. We are also closed for all statutory holidays.
Please note that our office is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please contact us for inquiries.
Bus Passes
Please note that bus passes are not currently available for purchase as our office is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Student Bus Passes are sold through the Kelowna Office (Room H125) at a discounted student rate offered through the city of Kelowna. We sell semester bus passes, monthly bus passes and sheets of 10 tickets.
Printing and Photocopying
We have a Xerox machine that our members may use to print and photocopy college-related documents. Our prices are the lowest on campus!
To print, your document must be saved onto a USB stick and saved as a .pdf file. If you do not have a USB, we have a few that we can lend out.
Prices:
The prices listed are the cost per page.
Black and white:
- Letter size – $0.05
- Legal size – $0.10
- Tabloid – $o.25
Colour:
- Letter size – $0.10
- Legal size – $0.15
- Tabloid size – $0.35
The Pantry
In August 2018 the OCSU opened the Pantry, a foodbank service located on the Kelowna campus! Our Pantry is in room A149. Through partnerships with the Kelowna Community Foodbank and Okanagan College we were able to bring this much needed service to students facing food security issues.
After years of lobbying the institution on the importance of students’ mental well being and fighting hard for a foodbank, we were recently able to secure a location on campus. The OCSU Pantry is the first step in a movement towards increasing Health and Wellness services for Okanagan College students.
Please note that the Pantry is currently closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
OC Serves Up
In July 2020, we partnered with RBC Royal Bank of Canada, Sysco, and Okanagan College to bring students in need with free lunches. Unchanged: In July 2020, we partnered with RBC Royal Bank of Canada, Sysco, and Okanagan College to bring students in need with free lunches.
Every day the OC Culinary and Pastry Arts students create 50 delicious and nutritious meals to hone their skills. The dishes are then given out to other OC students who have applied to the OC Serves Up program, completely free of charge!
Students can apply for the program by emailing us at OCServesUp@ocsu.ca with their first name, last name, and student number. A representative from OCSU will email them back with a confirmation, and if the application is successful, the student is able to pick up their lunch from the patio outside Infusions restaurant on the KLO campus. The program runs Monday through Friday and the meals can be picked up between 11:30am and 1:00pm on those days. There is currently no limit to how many times a student can apply, although they may only do so once per day.
Poster Boards
The OCSU manages several poster boards all over the Kelowna campus. We have over 15 general posting boards, as well as a dedicated housing board and a job board.
General Poster Boards
Check them out if you’re looking to get informed about our events, other student events, and great deals for students at local businesses. We welcome students, community members, and local businesses to post. All posters must be approved at our office prior to posting.
Housing Board
We have a housing board where you can view and post accommodations. It is located in the Health building, near our office (H125). Students, staff, faculty and community members are all welcome to post.
If you would like to post a listing but are unable to make it onto campus, please email the details of your listing to laitinen@ocsu.ca
Job Board
Our job board is the place to check if you’re looking for employment. Located in the Student Services building, to the left behind DeBeans, it is frequently updated with student job opportunities.
How To Post A Poster?
- Read our Poster Board Policy, also available at our offices.
- Design your poster.
- Come to our office to get an approval stamp.
- Post approved posters.
Ping Pong and Board Game Rentals
Looking for a fun way to unwind between classes? We have ping pong tables in the S and T buildings that you are welcome to use! Bring your own paddles, or visit us in H125 to sign one out.
We also have a LOT of board games and card games that you are welcome to borrow, including Cards against Humanity, Telestrations, Catchphrase, and loads more!
Penticton Services
Locker Rentals
Please note: The OCSU will not offer lockers for the fall semester as we are doing a complete renovation on them. We are looking forward to offering a new and improved locker service in the near future!
Choose an empty locker and place your own lock on it to claim it as your own. You may use this locker for a day, a week or the whole year.
Be sure to empty your locker before the end of your time here at Okanagan College. Annual lock cutting/emptying occurs every year in the last week of August to get ready for the next school year. Your lock and contents will be removed at this time if you have not done so yourself.
The Harbour
The Harbour is a brand new service that we are so excited to offer to our members. It is a safe space, food bank, and sexual health centre. More details coming soon!
Board Game Rentals
Please note that our office is currently closed as our staff work remotely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
If you’re looking to kill some time between classes, why not sign out a board game from our office? Pop by PE C14 to see what we’ve got!
Salmon Arm Services
Lunch Once a Month
Each month, the Salmon Arm office supplies a free lunch to 10 students. Please visit our office or email loftus@ocsu.ca for details.
Ping Pong Tables
Have some fun between classes by checking out our ping pong table in the Student Lounge!
