UBC community stories

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.

  • Photo of Malcolm Smillie running in Pacific Spirit Forest
    UBCV
    11 September, 2015 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff

    On the run with Malcolm Smillie

    Sauder School of Business is home to one of the best Master track athletes in the world, Malcolm Smillie.

  • photo of Zanna Downes dancing
    UBCV
    15 August, 2015 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff

    Tapping into talent at UBC

    By day, Zanna Downes is the secretary of the Department of Theatre and Film. Outside of work, she's part of an internationally-renowned tap company.

  • Photo of Phyllis Poon smiling in front of a UBC 100 flag
    UBCV
    11 August, 2015 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff

    Phyllis Poon's quarter century at UBC

    Phyllis Poon from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies reflects on the last 25 years she's spent working at UBC

  • Photo of Patrick Leung on his bike
    UBCV
    1 April, 2015 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff

    Land and Food Systems' "bright idea"

    What’s one way to improve the way the university operates? By inviting faculty and staff to be part of the thought process. And that's exactly what the Faculty of Land and Food Systems did.

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