Stories of Partnership: Central Okanagan Food Bank and UBC Okanagan's Faculty of Management

We are excited to share the fourth episode of our Stories of Partnership podcast series, produced in collaboration between UBC Okanagan's and UBC Vancouver's offices of Community Engagement. This session was recorded virtually in November 2024, as part of the UBC Community Engagement Network.Our guests, Trevor Moss, CEO of the Central Okanagan Food Bank, and Dr. Eric Li and Dhorea Ramanula from UBC’s Faculty of Management, sat down with UBC Okanagan’s Community Engagement Strategist, Angela Han, to talk about how their partnership began and has evolved, and share key practices that have helped them sustain their work over time. They also deeply explore the important role of research for nonprofits, as well as mutual benefits and ripple effects for universities, and speak about how flexibility and frank, proactive communication are a bedrock for healthy, reciprocal partnership.“Stories of Partnership” is a Q&A series by the Community Engagement Network (CEN) that is dedicated to shining a light on examples of reciprocal community-university partnerships. These Q&As are meant to centre the experiences of community partners and foster a culture of continuous learning within community engagement and community engagement practices.