This paper describes and explains the takeover of a regional post-secondary institution in British Columbia, Canada by one of the world's ‘top forty’ universities: the transnational University of British Columbia (UBC). By mapping connections between the University of British Columbia and the provincial and national political and economic elite and bourgeoisie, the authors establish the takeover of UBC Okanagan as a classic example of neoliberalism that firmly places UBC within the corporate power structure of the ‘Silicone Vineyard’ region of British Columbia.
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