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Help shape the UBC Okanagan Transportation Plan

A message from Rob Einarson, Associate Vice-President, Finance and Operations, UBC Okanagan; and Michael White, Associate Vice-President, Campus + Community Planning Dear colleagues, We are writing today to invite you to learn about the draft transportation plan for the UBC Okanagan campus, and encourage you to provide feedback. 

Dr. Michael Hunt appointed Associate Dean, Graduate Programs at Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

  Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael Hunt to the position of Associate Dean, Graduate Programs, effective September 1, 2021. Dr. Hunt is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and Director of the Motion Analysis and Biofeedback Lab in the Faculty of Medicine. He is also currently the Associate Dean, Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, in the Faculty of Medicine, and will complete his term there concurrently, ending next summer.

Call for contributions: CTLT Winter Institute

Student Experience of Instruction — open forum on Sept. 28

Faculty and staff are invited to an open forum to learn about changes to the Student Experience of Instruction end-of-course student surveys (formerly Student Evaluation of Teaching) that are being implemented in 2021/22 Winter Session, Term 1.

How to make the transition back to the office easier on your pandemic pet

Share feedback on the UBCO Transportation Plan

Reminder: Please complete UBC’s COVID-19 vaccination status declaration

A message from Peter Smailes, Vice-President, Finance and Operations; and Marcia Buchholz, Vice-President, Human Resources

Strategic review of health at UBC Okanagan

A message from Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan; and Michael Burgess, Associate Provost, Strategy, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, 

New funding available to support Indigenous Strategic Plan implementation

This time last year, we launched the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). As you may recall, this plan sets out a series of goals and actions the university will take to implement the rights of Indigenous Peoples. You can view a copy of the plan at the new ISP website: https://isp.ubc.ca. 

Living with wildfire

Reminder: have your UBC Card ready to access buildings during evenings and weekends

As part of keeping our campus safe and secure, UBC is standardizing building hours for 2021/2022 Winter Session, Term 1. Buildings will be open to the public Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. These standard hours will be assigned to approximately 70 buildings on the Vancouver campus, that fall into the categories of academic, research, or administrative buildings that service the operations of the University.  You will need your UBC Card to access these buildings in the evenings and over the weekend.

Maximizing FASmail storage and reducing digital clutter

To maximize your FASmail storage space and reduce the risk of data breaches, the university is implementing a policy that will require information stored in certain FASmail folders to be automatically deleted every 90 days. This change comes into effect on October 4 and is applicable to faculty and staff using FASmail at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. Find out more