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Building resilience around the Museum of Anthropology’s irreplaceable collection

Space to innovate

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.