Updates, news and stories

Ben Johnson appointed UBCO’s Director, Campus Planning

A message from Rob Einarson, Associate Vice-President, Finance and Operations, UBC Okanagan; Michael White, Associate Vice-President, Campus & Community Planning, UBC Vancouver We are very pleased to announce that an outstanding candidate for the position of Director, Campus Planning (UBCO) has been found. Ben Johnson will take on this important role for the Okanagan campus and joins the university with 20 years of planning experience at the City of Penticton and the City of Vancouver.

As COVID-19 vaccines roll out, UBCO researcher calls for a level playing field globally

Tips on how to digitally declutter this December

With many faculty and staff transitioning to remote working and teaching in 2020, there has been an increase in emails exchanged and files shared. Privacy Matters @ UBC and the University Records Management Office offer tips and strategies to help you and your team declutter digital files during December.  During this month, work together as a team to clean up transitory email records, purge and organize shared files to increase efficiency and reduce storage costs.

Employers may be critical to optimizing the uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine

The UBC Pharmacists Clinic, in conjunction with UBC Health, Wellbeing and Benefits and UBC Occupational and Preventive Health, conducted a six-week survey with 586 faculty and staff. The findings suggest that as an employer, UBC has a role beyond including vaccination costs in the employee benefit plan.

Connect with climate experts at UBC

The UBC Climate Hub and the UBC Sustainability Initiative have launched the Climate Teaching Connector to help faculty members integrate climate-related content into undergraduate courses.  Complete a 5-minute survey to identify your topic(s) of interest and teaching schedule and get paired with climate change and climate justice experts to deliver a 50 or 80-minute guest lecture.

30-second bio: Matt Capper

Matt works in the UBC Sauder Marketing and Communications team and shares his thoughts on the greatest question ever asked, what he loves about his team, and his one personal experience that he’d encourage others to try in the great outdoors.

COVID-19: Update on travel in BC

A message from Shelley Kayfish, Director, Campus Operations and Risk Management, Co-chair, UBC Okanagan Resumption Planning and Coordination Committee; 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

Re-appointment of UBC’s Vice-President, Health

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

Is there something in the air? These UBC researchers want to know

Update on UBC’s initiatives to address anti-racism

A message from Ainsley Carry, Vice-President, Students; Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan

Santa Ono’s blog: Extending the SkyTrain to UBC

In his latest blog post, Santa Ono talks about the push for progress on a once-in-a-generation infrastructure project: the extension of rapid transit to the Vancouver campus. Read more