September 8, 2022
A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor; Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan
Today we join the global community in mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Flags on our campuses will be lowered to half-staff in recognition of her decades-long service as Queen of Canada and Head of State.
We all play a role in protecting ourselves and those around us, and making our campus safe. Participate in the annual ShakeOut drill on Oct. 17, and learn more about the risks in our community and what UBC is doing to plan ahead.The Great BC ShakeOut is an annual province-wide earthquake drill for everyone to practice how to protect themselves and be better prepared in the event of an earthquake. UBC offers a number of tools to help ensure you receive alerts in urgent situations:
We all play a role in protecting ourselves and those around us, and making our campus safe. Participate in the annual ShakeOut drill on Oct. 17, and learn more about the risks in our community and what UBC is doing to plan ahead.The Great BC ShakeOut is an annual province-wide earthquake drill for everyone to practice how to protect themselves and be better prepared in the event of an earthquake. UBC offers a number of tools to help ensure you receive alerts in urgent situations:
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Seed Program helps you explore and understand the impact of pedagogical choices by providing graduate research specialists, collegial collaborations, and complementary project funding.If you are a faculty or staff member interested in exploring this area of teaching and learning, apply for support and funding.Applications are open until Nov. 18.
The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTLT) Winter Institute is a platform for the teaching and learning community to create and optimize learning environments. Faculty and staff from a broad range of backgrounds and expertise are invited to share best practices and research around teaching, learning and technology.
You are invited to complete the latest version of the Employment Equity Survey. This confidential online survey helps inform the university's understanding of the demographic composition of faculty and staff and efforts to ensure equity and fairness in employment practices. New this year, the survey includes an additional response option among disaggregated ethno-racial population groups and an additional question on disability which supports UBC's compliance under the Federal Contractor's Program.
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