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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.

Submit a proposal to hire temporary student employees through the Work Study program

UBCO experts share sweet advice about sugar and artificial sweeteners

Call for applications for faculty research advisors

If you are a faculty member with the rank of professor, with demonstrated knowledge of UBC research policies and systems and significant grant funding experience, you are invited to apply to be a faculty research advisor. The Vice-President Research and Innovation Office relies on faculty research advisors to provide strategic guidance, advice and leadership regarding research funding. Each advisor holds primary responsibility for a funding domain corresponding to a federal granting agency:

Santa Ono's Letter to the Community — Update: Addressing issues of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

UBC remains deeply committed to tackling issues of equity, diversity and inclusion in our core academic mission and to identifying and addressing gaps in supporting racialized students, faculty and staff to succeed.  An inclusive university is one which actively confronts and overcomes systemic barriers faced by different groups and enables everyone to realize their full potential. With this in mind, I want to provide our community members with an update on some steps that have been taken to address these important issues.

Flags lowered Nov. 2 in memory of Debra Harding

Flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on November 2, 2020, in memory of staff member Debra Harding, who passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020.  Debra joined UBC Okanagan in 2010, and worked in Student Housing and Hospitality Services, and since 2018 worked in the Human Resources Department as the Workplace Learning and Engagement Associate.