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Refreshing UBC’s Strategic Plan – engaging our community

As announced in July, UBC is launching a process to refresh its strategic plan, to define the university’s priorities and actions for the next three to five years. The existing ten-year plan, Shaping UBC’s Next Century, was launched in 2018 and since that time UBC has made great strides in advancing all aspects of it.

Soccer headers briefly slow brain activity, study shows

Phil Barker, former Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, reflects on UBCO’s expanding research enterprise and the leaders who inspired him

From oral tradition to comics: Homalco First Nation partner with UBC and Education Without Borders to create graphic novel based on the stories of their Elders

Call for Proposals for Open Educational Resource Grants

Faculty and staff in Vancouver are invited to submit proposals for grants that support the use of open educational resources (OER) in UBC Vancouver credit courses. OER are freely accessible educational materials that permit open use, modification, and adaptation.OER Affordability Grants

Announcing the recipients of the 2024 President's Awards for staff

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 President's Service Awards for Excellence and the President's Staff Awards.These awards are presented annually by the university to recognize staff members who demonstrate outstanding achievement and excellence within the UBC community.Find out more

Nominations open for Okanagan teaching awards

Nominations are now open for 2024/25 UBC Okanagan teaching awards.Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation:This award acknowledges and celebrates teaching excellence and innovation at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The successful award recipient(s) will be exemplary role models who have and will continue to have a significant impact on the culture of teaching and learning on the Okanagan campus, and beyond.Killam Teaching Prize:

Gender-diverse youth feeling more welcome at home, less welcome in public

Apply for Research Facility Support Grants by Nov. 1

The Research Facility Support Grants (RFSG) competition provides funding for the operation, maintenance, replacement, repair or upgrade of equipment used in UBC facilities to support research. The RFSGs are one-year grants of up to $50,000 intended to enhance UBC research, training, and equipment sustainability.  Researchers located on the UBC Vancouver campus and affiliated hospital sites are eligible to apply by Nov. 1.

Stories of Partnership: A Conversation with AMSSA & UBC’s Centre for Migration Studies

UBCO researcher explores how the home environment affects a child’s learning