Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCV11 January, 2021 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Faculty of Education tackles a teaching conundrum
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UBCO11 January, 2021 | Okanagan Admin News | Faculty & Staff
UBC Okanagan child care survey
A message from Shannon Dunn, Director, Business Operations, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, UBCO recently launched an important child care survey, and is asking all parents and parents-to-be to participate by sharing information about their current and future child care needs. This feedback will help guide the future of the campus’ long-term child care expansion plan, and is a critical tool in allowing the university to better understand the child care needs of UBCO students, faculty and staff.
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UBCV & UBCO11 January, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Online events during Data Privacy Week: Jan. 25–29
January 25-29 is UBC's Data Privacy Week. Faculty and staff are invited to participate in a series of free online events about the impact technology is having on our privacy rights and the importance of valuing and protecting personal information at UBC. Learn about privacy issues affecting UBC and find resources to support you in your work. Data Privacy Week Community consultation: Information Security Standards review January 25 | 10:00am – 11:00am
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UBCV & UBCO11 January, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Get matched with a language learning partner through UBC Tandem
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UBCO7 January, 2021 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & Staff
UBCO virtual downtown presence open house
A message from Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC OkanaganDear colleagues,As many are already aware, planning is underway for UBC Okanagan’s downtown Kelowna site with a number of community-accessible facilities being considered, including a new public gallery, creative innovation spaces and a public engagement and learning suite.
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UBCV & UBCO5 January, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Apply for the Partnership Recognition Fund to support your community-university partnership
The Partnership Recognition Fund provides funding for community groups working in partnership with UBC faculty, staff and students, and is designed to help fill small resource gaps and acknowledge the work of community groups. Every day, people on and off-campus work together on joint initiatives that benefit the community and the university. From engaged research, experiential learning, planning and policy development, to educational programming, dialogue projects, and workshops, our impact grows when we work together.
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UBCO23 December, 2020 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Reflecting on what really was the Year of the Nurse
Even before the term COVID-19 was a household name, the World Health Organization had designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. It was to be a year of celebration, milestones and recruitment opportunities to encourage more people to think about nursing as a career. Marie Tarrant, director of UBC Okanagan’s School of Nursing, reflects on 2020 and how the events of the pandemic brought home the significance of nurses in our society today.
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UBCO21 December, 2020 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
UBCO research takes the chill off icy build-up on planes and wind turbines
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UBCV21 December, 2020 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
A bit of stress might not be so good for us after all: UBC study
The notion that a bit of stress makes people perform better has been baked into our everyday lives. But research from UBC neuroscientist Dr. Adele Diamond suggests it might not be so good for us after all. The study, published recently in Cerebral Cortex, found that even mild stress may harm most people’s executive functions—mental skills such as self-control, focused attention, working memory and problem solving.
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UBCO21 December, 2020 | Okanagan Admin News | Faculty & Staff
Workplace Preferences Survey
A message from Gillian Henderson, Executive Director, Human Resources, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues,
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UBCV18 December, 2020 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Made-in-Canada method of producing life-saving radioisotopes receives Health Canada approval
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UBCO17 December, 2020 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & Staff
UBC and Office of the Human Rights Commissioner collaborate on webinar
A message from Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan Join the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan and the Office of the Vice-President, Health, for a webinar on January 14, 2021, that will spark conversation between UBC and BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner on the collection of disaggregated data to advance human rights.