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Four faculty elected as Fellows for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020

COVID-19: Update on self-assessment requirements

In recent weeks, the BC Provincial Government has introduced a number of Public Health Orders related to reducing COVID-19 transmission. Faculty, staff and students at UBC Vancouver received a UBC Broadcast on November 10, 2020 with information about the Public Health Orders — as they related to the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions. Faculty, staff and students at UBC Okanagan received a message on November 24, 2020, with further details — once the restrictions became province-wide. 

It’s not too late to save 102 species at risk of extinction

Sustainable cities

COVID-19: Update on Public Health Orders

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, 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

Santa Ono’s video address to the community

Better housing policies needed in a post-COVID world

Peter Simpson, the new Dean of UBC Okanagan’s College of Graduate Studies, is focused on finding fun in academia

An eager learner all his life, Peter Simpson decided to pursue a PhD in an area of physics that was less established and more exploratory. This led him to Western University to study electronic materials, positron annihilation and, as he puts it, “fun.” “When I first visited Western, I met with all kinds of people. And although I didn’t understand the physics they were talking about at the time, I could see they were excited about it — they were having fun, and I thought, I want to get in on that and have fun too.”

Faculty and Staff Town Hall: downtown development

A message from Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Okanagan; Philip Barker, Vice-Principal and Associate Vice-President, Research & Innovation   Join Ananya Mukherjee Reed and Phil Barker for a virtual town hall update on UBC Okanagan’s downtown Kelowna expansion.

COVID-19 — Public Health Orders updated with province-wide restrictions in effect until Dec. 7

By order and direction of the Provincial Health Officer (PHO), all individuals, places of work and businesses in BC must significantly reduce their level of social interactions and travel. The order is in effect until December 7, 2020 at midnight.

Research in focus: Farinaz Havaei

Farinaz is working on a research program that is helping the health workforce, particularly nursing professionals, provide high standards of patient care. During COVID-19, she conducted surveys with BC nurses to better support their psychological health and safety.