Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCV & UBCO7 July, 2019 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Fostering global citizenship through UBC’s international strategy
For Murali Chandrashekaran, UBC’s first Vice-Provost, International, universities are key to building a more just and prosperous world.
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UBCV4 July, 2019 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: James Ellis
Meet James, Hearing Officer with UBC Parking & Access Services in Vancouver. He likens his role to being a traffic court judge just for UBC, and tells us why he enjoys teaching others how to avoid getting traffic fines.
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UBCV21 June, 2019 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: Joni Hayden-Summerton
Meet Joni, Project Administrator with UBC Infrastructure Development, Project Services. Take a moment to get to know Joni and why she spearheaded two mental health education initiatives for her department.
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UBCV15 June, 2019 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Florian Gassner and his quest to define censorship
Florian Gassner, Senior Instructor of German and Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies from the Faculty of Arts, tried to understand the meaning of censorship in a recent project focused on unearthing books that have been, or still are, banned.
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UBCO5 June, 2019 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: Kyle Watson
Meet Kyle, Events and Projects Manager in Student Recruitment and Advising on the Okanagan campus. In his crusade to share the endless possibilities of our university, Kyle oversees UBCO's Campus Tours program, welcoming prospective students and their families from all over the world.
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UBCO4 June, 2019 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
Ananya Mukherjee Reed
Dr. Ananya Mukherjee Reed is Provost and Vice-President, Academic, at UBC Okanagan and Professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science at the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences. An interdisciplinary scholar in the field of Development Studies, Dr. Mukherjee Reed’s work over the past decade has mostly concentrated on inclusive and people-centered development. Her current research project, in collaboration with the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva, focuses on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the role of universities in social change. Prior to joining UBC in November 2018, Dr. Mukherjee Reed was Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University. During her time at York University, she also served as Associate Vice-President of Research, Chair of the Department of Political Science, and Founding Director of the International Secretariat for Human Development. In 2016, she was named as one of five brilliant women in academia by Canadian Immigrant magazine in their third annual tribute to ‘Immigrant Women of Inspiration’.
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UBCV27 May, 2019 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: Albert Ng
Meet Albert Ng, Public Services Assistant with the Peter A. Allard Law Library. When he's not helping faculty, staff and students access library resources, you can find Albert blogging about his tasting journey across the Vancouver campus.
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UBCV4 May, 2019 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
Catherine Dauvergne
Catherine Dauvergne is Dean of the Peter A. Allard School of Law. A life-long legal academic, she has worked in the areas of refugee, immigration, and citizenship law over the past quarter of a century. As a UBC alumna, she clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada, and was named a Fellow of the Trudeau Foundation in recognition of her contributions to public discourse in Canada. She was appointed Dean of the Peter A. Allard School of Law in 2015.
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UBCV12 April, 2019 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: Angela Wagner
Meet Angela, Education Program Coordinator with UBC Health. When she’s not delivering integrated learning and enrichment activities to 3,000 students, she can be found trail running and forest bathing around the Vancouver campus.
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UBCV & UBCO4 April, 2019 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
Susan E. Parker
Susan E. Parker joined UBC in September 2017, as University Librarian. In her role, she is responsible for providing strategic oversight of the UBC Library system. She has held a number of leadership roles at Tufts and Harvard Law School (where she knew the young Barack Obama), before moving to California State University, Northridge, as the Associate Dean of the Oviatt Library and Associate Professor. Most recently, she served as the Deputy University Librarian and Chief Financial Officer at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Other UBC Sites13 March, 2019 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
UBC Robson Square: Watch this space
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UBCO1 March, 2019 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: Denise Maines
Meet Denise Maines, who is a Research Support Specialist in the Office of Research Services at UBCO.