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COVID-19: Resumption activities and updates

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

Update: UBC’s COVID-19 Rapid Testing Program

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

Announcing the 2022/23 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition

We are pleased to announce the 2022/23 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC) Competition.

Reminder: Share a photo of what you're grateful for this fall, by October 4

Image Image credits: Chris Lawton (Unsplash) On September 21, we invited you

Orange Shirt Day at UBC Okanagan

A message from Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, əts ha’ stim iʔ scəcmalaʔ | Every Child Matters These words are inscribed on the new orange banners you’ll see throughout UBC’s Okanagan campus as we honour and recognize Orange Shirt Day and the first observance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30.

UBCO researchers explore the impact of kindness on campus

Statement on the tragic deaths of two students

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Research in focus: John Oliffe

John Oliffe, a professor in the School of Nursing, leads research to advance men’s health promotion in psychosocial prostate cancer care, smoking cessation and male suicide prevention. Find out what he hopes to change as a result of this research.

Celebrating UBC Vancouver's longest-serving staff

Next week, a total of 90 staff members from UBC Vancouver, including 50 new inductees, will be honoured for their more than 25 years of service to UBC, at the annual 25 Year Club celebration.

Coral reefs are 50% less able to provide food, jobs, and climate protection than in 1950s, putting millions at risk

On feeling and knowing: Radical conversations about teaching and learning

Even within a historical moment when diversity in higher education is being spoken about with unprecedented frequency, certain core assumptions and traditional norms continue to govern our understanding of what constitutes deep learning. Classrooms are to be safe spaces, we’re told. Yet educators working within complex realms, where the tensions and discomforts of human experience offer no safe havens, know that deep learning often elicits strong feelings. 

UBC Vancouver – call for proposals for teaching-related funding opportunities

We are pleased to invite proposals for a number of teaching-related funding opportunities this fall, in support of advancing UBC’s academic mission. This year, we have expanded our scope of funding by launching a new call for ‘Students as Partners’ in course design. Your support in encouraging UBC Vancouver faculty, staff and students to apply for these opportunities would be greatly appreciated.