Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCV & UBCO14 March, 2024 | UBC Bulletin | Faculty & Staff
UBC planning a balanced operating budget for 2024/25
UBC is reporting a healthy financial position as part of its 2024/25 budget proposal presented to the Board of Governors’ Finance Committee.The report was presented to the committee in advance of going to the full Board of Governors on March 27, 2024. It acknowledges that UBC, like many other universities, is navigating a challenging financial landscape. Broader economic conditions, geopolitical tensions and issues specific to higher education are creating a measure of instability and uncertainty for the post-secondary sector as a whole.
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UBCV14 March, 2024 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
How Pasang Yangjee Sherpa honours Indigenous wisdom on her quest for climate justice
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UBCV14 March, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty
UBC Vancouver – PhD CoLab Pilot advances faculty-student research and collaboration
The university’s PhD CoLab Pilot program was launched last fall to encourage faculty-student collaboration to devise innovative solutions for complex questions on various topics. It is aimed at giving PhD scholars at UBC the necessary support to blend their insights, methodologies and perspectives, in collaboration with faculty members and external partners, to create new understandings and approaches.
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UBCV & UBCO11 March, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Announcing funded teaching, learning and research wellbeing projects
Seven projects, led by faculty and staff in Vancouver and the Okanagan, which embed sustainable health and wellbeing strategic initiatives within their plan have been awarded grant funding through the teaching, learning and research environments stream of the 2023/24 UBC Wellbeing Strategic Initiative Fund.
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UBCV & UBCO11 March, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Workday Student ready for faculty and staff
Workday Student is now ready to be used by faculty and staff currently using the Student Information System, based on your individual security role.
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UBCV11 March, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Over $2 million awarded to 2024/25 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund projects
The 2024/25 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) funding round is complete. Funding worth $2.2 million has been awarded to 62 new and returning TLEF projects across UBC Vancouver. An additional $150,000 has been allocated to support 15 project teams as part of the Special Call for the Universal Design for Learning Fellows Program.
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UBCV7 March, 2024 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
A conversation with the Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement team
UBC’s new Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement (ACRE) is working to centre the voices, experiences, and expertise of Asian Canadian communities, within the university and beyond.ACRE’s approach to research, teaching, and engagement is deeply rooted in community engagement and is built on long-standing partnerships with cultural, civic, and non-profit organizations throughout Metro Vancouver. By working together, they aim to build a more socially just future where Asian Canadians of all backgrounds can thrive.
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UBCO5 March, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
When it comes to rebar, stronger doesn’t mean better
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UBCV5 March, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty
Call for proposals for Emerging Media Lab projects
Faculty members at UBC Vancouver are invited to submit a proposal to work with the Emerging Media Lab team to explore how to incorporate technologies (such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, etc.) into teaching, learning or research projects.UBC’s Emerging Media Lab is an experimental lab space where faculty, staff, and students from all disciplines collaborate to evolve learning by creating tools and techniques using emerging media technologies.The deadline for submitting project proposals is March 15.
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UBCV & UBCO5 March, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
UBC recognized as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers in 2024
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UBCV4 March, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty
Announcing funded Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver
Twenty-five Research Excellence Clusters led by researchers at UBC Vancouver have received grant funding through the 2024/25 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters Competition (GCRC). A further 14 clusters are being supported in the second year of their existing grant.