Updates, news and stories

Apply for a Climate Education Grant

  On December 5, 2019, the President and Board of Governors declared a climate emergency, driven by student leadership at UBC. Supported by $50,000 in one-time Climate Action funding, the Climate Education Grant program aims to quickly improve the depth and delivery of climate change content in existing courses.  

30-second bio: Amber Shilling

Amber Shilling supports Indigenous research across UBC through relationships, facilitation, and education. She admires humility in others, as a critical part of the learning process to make mistakes, correct actions, and change things for the better.

An update on UBC Okanagan’s response to COVID-19

A message from Shelley Kayfish, Director, Campus Operations and Risk Management, Co-chair, UBC Okanagan Resumption Planning and Coordination Committee; Michael Burgess, Associate Provost, Strategy, UBC Okanagan, Co-chair, UBC Okanagan Resumption Planning and Coordination Committee.

Your invitation to the Chancellor’s installation

A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor

Attend UBC’s virtual Remembrance Day ceremony

UBC is hosting a virtual ceremony for Remembrance Day Since the opening of the War Memorial Gym in 1951, UBC has held a ceremony commemorating November 11. 2020 marks the 69th year that UBC has hosted a Remembrance Day ceremony. This year, due to COVID-19, the Remembrance Day ceremony will be a virtual event, featuring a live broadcast from War Memorial Gym, with short readings, remarks from special guests and musical performances by the UBC’s School of Music.

Faculty Town Hall

A message from Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Okanagan       You are invited to join Ananya Mukherjee Reed for a town hall that will explore how our students are experiencing the online environment.   

Workday is now live

A message from Marcia Buchholz, Vice-President, Human Resources; Peter Smailes, Vice-President, Finance and Operations; Andrew Szeri, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver; Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC OkanaganWorkday is now live

Submit your full proposal to the Campus as a Living Lab fund by Nov. 15

UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab Fund competition provides seed funding of up to $50,000 to support innovation projects on the Vancouver campus that address strategic sustainability priorities and embody the principles of a living lab. Submit your full proposal by 11:59pm on November 15, 2020. Learn more

Research in focus: George Belliveau

George Belliveau partners with researchers and artists to communicate complex research to non-expert audiences using the medium of theatre.

Mónica Morales-Good challenges language superiority in the courtroom by promoting training programs for Indigenous language interpreters

Vote in the Staff Pension Plan Election

Elect two Staff Pension Plan members to serve on the Board from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024.  Vote online or by paper ballot by November 23, 2020. Members with a Campus-Wide Login (CWL) username and password can vote online through the WebVote system. Those who do not have a CWL are asked to submit a paper ballot.