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30-second bio: Adedoyin Luwaji

Adedoyin works with UBC’s Dimensions team to examine where to embed equity, diversity and inclusion within the university’s research environment. Find out why the trait she most admires in others is kindness.

BC government introduces COVID-19 paid sick leave

In May 2021, the BC government amended the Employment Standards Act to provide three days of COVID-19 paid sick leave. This new COVID-19 paid sick leave provision applies to UBC employees in certain non-unionized roles, as well as employees who do not accrue paid sick leave. 

Statement on behalf of the Vancouver Senate Tributes Committee

A message from John H.V. Gilbert, C.M., Ph.D., LLD., FCAHS, Chair, Vancouver Senate Tributes Committee, Professor EmeritusFurther to President Ono’s Statement on the Missing Children of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, the following is forwarded from Dr. John H. V. Gilbert, Chair of the Vancouver Senate Tributes Committee:

Administrative update to Finance & Operations

A message from Rob Einarson, Associate Vice-President, Finance and Operations, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, After years of hard work and preparation, UBC launched Workday as its new HR and Finance system in November 2020. With the move to this cloud-based system, we are positioned to continue modernizing our core business processes, improve how we are structured and transform the way we do our work.

Invitation: Heads Up Forum

Invitation: Heads Up ForumYou are invited to the next Heads Up Forum from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on June 22. This is an opportunity to learn and discuss important UBC and UBC Okanagan initiatives. Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | 1:00 to 3:00pm 

COVID-19: Resumption activities and updates

A message from Shelley Kayfish, Director, Campus Operations and Risk Management; Co-chair, UBC Okanagan Resumption Planning and Coordination Committee; and Prof. Michael Burgess, Associate Provost, Strategy, UBC Okanagan, Professor and Chair in Biomedical Ethics, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Faculty of Medicine, Co-chair, UBC Okanagan Resumption Planning and Coordination Committee Dear colleagues,

Honouring Indigenous History Month in Canada

A message from Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, June marks National Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time when we thoughtfully celebrate the history, heritage and culture of Indigenous peoples. Our very campus was founded in partnership with the Syilx Okanagan Chiefs in whose territory the campus is situated, beginning a longstanding friendship with the Syilx Okanagan Nation that we continue to honour today. 

Faculty and staff — return to campus update

A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor

UBC Language Sciences Institute ready to tackle society’s pressing problems

UBC National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism in Canada June 10-11 to discuss new Angus Reid Institute data

Setting the stage for accessibility

Every year, National AccessAbility Week celebrates diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The Department of Theatre and Film in the Faculty of Arts is proud to feature three members of our community who are driving social change in the performing arts. Through their work, and the works of others, our goal is to create a space where disability is properly represented in our community. 

Call for letters of intent for Large TLEF Transformation projects

Faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver are invited to submit letters of intent for Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Transformation projects. The deadline is 3pm on Thursday, July 15, 2021.About Large TLEF Transformation projects