sentences:  The current site of UBC Okanagan was originally used by Okanagan University College, which had been founded in 1989 (in principle) as a part of a plan by the government to improve access to post-secondary education in the Southern Interior British Columbia.Originally, degrees were awarded in partnership with other universities, but by 1995, the university college began granting degrees in its own name.In the late 1990s, Okanagan University College began lobbying efforts to gain full university status.