Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCV & UBCOApril 19, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffUBC faculty are invited to share their feedback on the impacts of COVID-19 on research and scholarly activities
The Office of the Vive-President, Research & Innovation has scheduled a series of virtual town halls in April and May to hear from UBC faculty members about the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 on their research and scholarly activities and programs. The aim is to better understand how the university can help both internally and by working with appropriate external bodies, such as funding agencies.
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UBCV & UBCOApril 15, 2021 | UBC Bulletin | Faculty & StaffUBC’s approach to working remotely
This past year has demonstrated how well UBC transitioned to different ways of working in response to COVID-19. Our community of faculty and staff have shown their adaptability in the face of the pandemic and stepped up to the challenge of continuing UBC’s research, and providing learning experiences for our students, both on and off campus.
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UBCVApril 15, 2021 | Media release | Faculty & StaffCloud computing support accelerates COVID-19 vaccine improvements
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UBCVApril 15, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffThe National Academy of Medicine, has appointed Dr. Margaret P. Moss, Director of the First Nations House of Learning, to the Board of Population Health and Public Health Practice
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UBCOApril 13, 2021 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & StaffResearcher of the year awards
A message from Phil Barker, Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, I am delighted to announce this year’s recipients of our faculty and student Researcher of the Year awards, who have each have made significant contributions to research and creative scholarly activity at UBC Okanagan. Please join me in congratulating this year’s outstanding awardees. 2021 Faculty Researchers of the Year
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UBCOApril 12, 2021 | Media release | Faculty & StaffUBCO researchers find a new use for waste
Pulp mill waste hits the road instead of the landfill Waste materials from the pulp and paper industry have long been seen as possible fillers for building products like cement, but for years these materials have ended up in the landfill. Now, researchers at UBC Okanagan are developing guidelines to use this waste for road construction in an environmentally friendly manner.
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UBCVApril 12, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffDouglas Blakeney appointed as Executive Director, Internal Assurance
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UBCV & UBCOApril 12, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffCall for proposals: UBC Anti-Racism Initiatives Fund
UBC’s Anti-Racism Initiatives Fund, established in 2021, supports initiatives that seek to celebrate and elevate diverse communities and advance anti-racism efforts at our UBC Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.
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UBCVApril 12, 2021 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & StaffMatthew Evenden
Dr. Matthew Evenden is Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation at UBC Vancouver. He is a professor in UBC’s Department of Geography and is a renowned scholar in the area of environmental and water history in Canada. In his 20 years at UBC, Matthew has contributed to various university-wide committees and initiatives. In 2010/11, he was a recipient of the UBC Killam Prize, for his scholarship and teaching. Since 2015, he served as the Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Arts, before moving into his current role in 2019. In his role as Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Matthew shares the leadership of the diverse range of portfolio units and initiatives that support UBC’s research and innovation activities. This includes units supporting grant development, book publishing, human research ethics and knowledge exchange, as well as providing support and resources for Indigenous communities and university researchers collaborating on projects.
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UBCVApril 8, 2021 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffBringing compassion to the online learning environment
We are not choosing to work, teach, and learn from home, notes the introduction to the first high-level principle in the Guiding Principles for Online Course Adaptations. When students, faculty and staff at UBC had to transition from life on campus to a mostly remote, online university, we found ourselves in uncharted territories.