Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCVJuly 19 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
UBC community supports COVID-19 research with rapid antigen testing clinic
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UBCVJuly 19, 2021 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
From the ground up: helping build a new university’s undergrad program in Central Asia
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UBCOJuly 15, 2021 | Okanagan Admin News | Faculty & Staff
Call for proposals for shared research facilities
A message from Philip Barker, Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research & Innovation, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues,
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UBCV & UBCOJuly 14, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty
UBC guidance for resuming in-person behavioural research after COVID-19 restrictions
The Offices of Research Ethics on the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses have updated their guidance in anticipation that authorization to resume in-person behavioural research will be fully implemented over the next few months. Learn more
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UBCOJuly 14, 2021 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & Staff
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
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UBCOJuly 13, 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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UBCVJuly 13, 2021 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
UBC research shows wastewater genomic testing can effectively track COVID-19 variants of concern within a region
Wastewater testing can accurately and rapidly identify levels of COVID-19 infections in the community, including the rise of variants of concern, suggests new research led by UBC professor Dr. Ryan Ziels. Ziels and his colleagues analyzed sewage samples from five municipal wastewater plants in the Metro Vancouver region during a period of increased COVID-19 case counts, from February to April 2021.
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UBCV & UBCOJuly 13, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Supporting a safe and healthy work environment in preparation for increased on-campus activity
Safety & Risk Services has created a series of online campus resources to support a safe and healthy work environment in preparation for increased on-campus activity. The online series will launch during the week of July 26-30 with various live sessions, information sessions, and workshops.
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UBCVJuly 12, 2021 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
Michael Coughtrie
Michael Coughtrie is Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he began his professional teaching and research career in the School of Medicine at the University of Dundee. After 25 years of working in the medical field, he joined UBC in August 2013, and is currently serving his second term in this role. Dean Coughtrie has extensive teaching experience, has received more than 70 competitive research grants and contracts, and is an accomplished scientist with over 200 publications. In September 2017, he was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Through his time as Dean, he has been a strong advocate for pharmacists and the profession of pharmacy. He fervently believes in the mutual respect between faculty and staff, and continues to work with provincial health authorities and the Ministry of Health to expand the Faculty’s reach and impact across the region.
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UBCOJuly 9, 2021 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
UBCO’s cross country coach running for the best time of her life
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UBCVJuly 7, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Dr. Jan Hare appointed Dean pro tem of the Faculty of Education
Dr. Jan Hare, an Anishinaabe scholar and educator from the M’Chigeeng First Nation, assumed the role of Dean pro tem of the Faculty of Education on July 1st. Dr. Hare is a Professor in the Department of Language and Literary Education and holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Indigenous Pedagogy. She previously served as the Associate Dean, Indigenous Education and the Director of the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP).
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UBCVJuly 6, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Kai Ostwald appointed Director of Institute of Asian Research