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Creating impact through the 2021 United Way Campaign

It has been another banner year for the UBC United Way Campaign. The results of the 2021 campaign reflect the power of community coming together to support each other, once again. The impact of our collective efforts will go a long way in supporting our neighbours who continue to face challenges such as food security, isolation and flood recovery.

30-second bio: Paul Kwon

Paul Kwon is a finance manager at UBC Vancouver. Learn more about why his favourite quote is "Happiness is good health and a bad memory."

Meet four Black scholars leading innovative research in the Faculty of Arts

  With February marking Black History Month, we asked four Black scholars from across the Faculty of Arts to talk about their inspiring research, the importance of Black storytelling and world-building, and their advice for aspiring scholars.  

Balancing the cost of pandemic lockdowns

Planning information for the resumption of in-person learning at UBC Okanagan

A message from Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, As we approach the transition back to campus next week, I want to thank everyone at UBC Okanagan for your continued efforts to ensure a safe and welcoming campus environment. This has required vigilance from everyone, including an ongoing awareness of the need to treat one another with care, kindness and respect.

Next-generation battery research offers electric cars a boost

Help shape UBC's first institution-wide digital strategy

A message from Jennifer Burns, Associate Vice-President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

Dr. Shawn Mansfield named as a new Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Dr. Shawn Mansfield to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honours within the global scientific community.

Leadership update — Academic Director, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre

Professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe) will be stepping down from the position of Academic Director, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC), after the end of the 2021/22 Winter Session.

COVID-19 — In-person classes for Winter Session, Term 2

A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor; and Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan

From the Provost's desk

A message from Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues,

Q&A: How racism holds Black women back from leadership positions