Learn more about the people who make up UBC’s faculty and staff community, with a range of stories written or commissioned by the Internal Communications team.
Many teams in Vancouver and the Okanagan have been working tirelessly to turn a 100-year old tradition into a meaningful, interactive virtual graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020. Learn how Ceremonies and Events, UBC IT, and many more have joined forces to make it happen. You are also invited to join the celebration on June 17.
To recognize UBC Indigenous Community Legal Clinic's 25-year anniversary we spoke with Academic Director, Patricia Barkaskas to learn more — including how they’ve been adapting to the recent situation with COVID-19.
This is part three in a series recognizing faculty and staff who are adapting to new ways of working on UBC’s campuses as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. In this update, we share the experiences of those in UBC Okanagan (UBCO) and UBC Vancouver (UBCV) Food Services.
This is part two in a series recognizing faculty and staff who are adapting to new ways of working, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. In this update, we share the experiences of those who are providing essential support in health, safety, and security on UBC Okanagan (UBCO) and UBC Vancouver (UBCV) campuses.
Director of Engineering Physics and Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Andre Marziali, has his eye on breaking a speed record at the Knox Mountain Hill Climb in Kelowna this May. As the longest, annually-running paved hill climb in North America, the event attracts top race car drivers from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
This is the first in a series documenting how teams are adapting to new ways of working on UBC’s campuses as a result of COVID-19 – starting with a spotlight on Facilities Management at UBC Okanagan (UBCO) and Buildings Operations’ Custodial Services teams at UBC Vancouver (UBCV).
Find out why John Vigna, Fiction Instructor and Pedagogy Chair of UBC’s Creative Writing Program, invited faculty from across disciplines to sit in on his large lecture classes and provide formative peer reviews of his teaching
Being in the midst of a transit strike, snow is probably the last thing on your mind right now. However, for a number of people at UBC, they are already getting ready for winter weather.
It was July 2018 when Ray Taheri, senior instructor of engineering at UBC Okanagan, heard the news: a woman had died after becoming trapped in a clothing donation bin in Vancouver—the fourth such death to have occurred in Canada since 2015. It was time to do something, he resolved. Just as he had done before when tackling community issues, Ray turned to what might seem an unlikely group: his first-year engineering students.
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