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  • Moura Quayle
    UBCV
    November 1, 2021 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff

    Moura Quayle

    Moura Quayle is UBC’s Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic Affairs. She is also a professor and the founding director of UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, the former director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues and currently teaches in the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program: Leadership for Policy Professionals. In addition to her academic career at UBC Vancouver, Moura acted as Deputy Minister of the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education, B.C. Commissioner of Pacific Coast Collaborative, Dean of UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and Associate VP, Academic Programs at UBC Okanagan. Her book, Designed Leadership, was published in 2017, and more recently, she co-edited a book written by her late husband, David Fushtey, entitled Principled Governance when Everything Matters (2021). Her interests include learning Mandarin, Chinese calligraphy (shufa) and painting in various media.

  • Nick Ubels
    Other UBC Sites
    October 28, 2021 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff

    The librarian is in (the DTES)

    In April 2020, the UBC Learning Exchange hired its first community engagement librarian to work out of its building in the Downtown Eastside.

  • UBC Researchers
    UBCV
    October 28, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    UBC researchers are helping communities prepare for the effects of climate change

    The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) takes place next week and one of its four goals is to help countries adapt to climate change in order to protect communities and natural habitats. From creating disaster preparedness apps to training local climate champions, UBC researchers are already working with communities to help them prepare for the effects of climate change.

  • Ananya Mukherjee Reed
    UBCO
    October 25, 2021 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & Staff

    From the Provost's desk

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

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