Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 11, 2020 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & StaffCOVID-19 — Required use of non-medical masks at UBC, effective Sept. 16
A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor UBC is implementing a new measure to help limit COVID-19. Effective Wednesday, September 16, 2020, UBC students, faculty, staff and visitors will be required to wear non-medical masks, when indoors on our campuses. This amends the previous policy which strongly recommended the use of non-medical masks in these settings.
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 11, 2020 | Announcement | FacultyNew UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research
The UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research assists UBC faculty members who wish to publish in Open Access books and journals and who are required to pay associated fees, sometimes known as article processing charges (APCs). This fund supports research directly aligned with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s General Guidelines for
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UBCOSeptember 11, 2020 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffThe story behind Understory: talking to Jane Everett
The next time you get a chance to walk through the ADM building on UBC Okanagan campus, remember to take a moment to look up, and take in the newly installed forest of charcoal trees floating from the ceiling, a work called Understory (2018–2019) by local artist Jane Everett. The six artworks displayed were generously donated by the artist herself to the Public Art Collection, the newest addition to an ever growing collection.
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UBCOSeptember 10, 2020 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffFurthering Feminism
How the women of UBC Okanagan are challenging stereotypes, shifting power paradigms and working towards a world of equal opportunity. Read the story
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 9, 2020 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffApplications for Partnership Recognition Fund open until Sept. 25
The Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund is designed to help fill small resource gaps and acknowledge the contributions that community partners make to UBC. It also aims to raise awareness about the value of relationships and working together in a thoughtful way. Apply by September 25. Partnership Recognition Fund
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UBCOSeptember 9, 2020 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & StaffUpdate from the Principal
We are underway for Term 1, and I want to thank everyone at UBC Okanagan for the extraordinary efforts made over the past months to prepare for this academic year.
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UBCVSeptember 9, 2020 | UBC Bulletin | FacultyExtension of appointment of Dr. Minelle Mahtani, Senior Advisor to the Provost on Racialized Faculty
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Minelle Mahtani’s appointment as Senior Advisor to the Provost on Racialized Faculty has been extended for a second two-year term, commencing September 1, 2020. Dr. Mahtani will continue to support our institutional commitment to advancing equity and inclusion in the scholarly and leadership environment for faculty members at UBC Vancouver.
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UBCVSeptember 9, 2020 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffChampioning sustainability for twenty years
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sustainability Coordinator program we spoke with three people who’ve been involved since the start.
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 8, 2020 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffUBC Studios and UBC IT reimagine September kick-off events in virtual format
Read about how UBC Studios and the Audio-Visual team are turning the Imagine UBC Pep Rally and Create kick-off celebration into compelling virtual experiences for our incoming students on September 8.
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 8, 2020 | Media release | Faculty & StaffUBC students take part in historic first-ever virtual orientation
This September, thousands of UBC students will make history when they take part in the university’s first ever virtual orientation. With most classes being offered online this fall due to COVID-19, UBC’s three hallmark orientation events—Jump Start, Imagine, and Create—will also be delivered virtually. Staff have been working hard planning a virtual orientation that will be a meaningful and engaging experience for new and returning students.
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UBCVSeptember 8, 2020 | Media release | Faculty & StaffUBC researchers help detect the most massive black hole collision ever observed
An international team of researchers, including scientists with the University of British Columbia’s gravitational wave astrophysics group, has detected a signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet observed. The discovery, outlined in papers published today in Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal, raises a slew of new questions about the nature of black hole formation, and upends previously held theories about how big holes can get.
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UBCOSeptember 7, 2020 | Media release | Faculty & StaffTŝilhqot’in Nation and UBC sign Memorandum of Understanding and Indigenous Knowledge Protocol Agreement
On August 11, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and an Indigenous Knowledge Protocol Agreement (IK Protocol) were signed by the Tŝilhqot’in Nation and the University of British Columbia. These agreements were led by Chief Russell Myers Ross, Vice Chair of the Tŝilhqot’in National Government (TNG) and Prof. Helen Burt, Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation at UBC.