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  • Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
    UBCV & UBCO
    October 26, 2020 | Announcement | Faculty

    Apply for the Wall Scholars Program by Nov. 6

    Accomplished scholars and thinkers from UBC and other academic institutions worldwide are invited to apply to the 2021/22 Wall Scholars Program. 

  • UBC Broadcast
    UBCV & UBCO
    October 26, 2020 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & Staff

    One week to go until the launch of Workday

    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 Okanagan

  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Seed Program
    UBCV & UBCO
    October 26, 2020 | Announcement | Faculty

    Apply to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Seed Program by Dec. 4

    The program provides graduate research assistants, collegial collaborations, and complementary project funding for faculty interested in exploring and understanding the impact of their pedagogical choices. All members of the UBC community are invited to apply by December 4, 2020. Priority is given to faculty members who teach at the undergraduate level, and who have not had an active Seed project in the last 12 months. 

  • Marcia Buchholz
    UBCV & UBCO
    October 26, 2020 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff

    Marcia Buchholz

    Marcia Buchholz was appointed UBC’s Vice-President, Human Resources in April 2020. Prior to that she was Managing Director, Human Resources Advisory Partnerships, Central Operational Services, and HR Professional Standards. Prior to joining UBC, Marcia held various senior administrative roles including Associate Vice-President, Human Resources at the University of Calgary; Senior Managing Consultant — HR Strategy and Transformation at IBM Canada; Vice-President, Human Resources at Jayman; Human Resources Outsourcing — CIBC Global Client Delivery Executive at EDS (Hewlett Packard); Executive Director, Lifeworks EFAP & Wellness Programs and concurrently National Director, Human Resources at Ceridian. In these roles, she provided strategic leadership for large companies and institutions, and led strategic planning processes, focused on increasing wellbeing initiatives, facilitating business transformation and process improvements.

  • UBC crest
    UBCV & UBCO
    October 22, 2020 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Inviting members to join the Disability Affinity Group, launching Oct. 26

    The Disability Affinity Group has been formed for faculty and staff who have lived experience with disability and/or identify as disabled to help build a community of support, learning, and solidarity at UBC. The group will meet regularly to share knowledge, strategies, and resources that can be applied to your own experiences. If you would like to join the group, you are invited to join a kick-off event on October 26 to connect with your peers and community and help define the group’s function and operation.

  • Andrew Szeri
    UBCV
    October 20, 2020 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Fall 2020 message from the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver

    A message from Andrew Szeri, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver Hello everyone – I hope the fall term is going as well as possible for you during this unusual semester. Now that we are firmly in the new academic year, I would like to update you on some of the initiatives and opportunities coming out of the Provost’s Office. It can be said, without exaggeration, that the last several months have been unprecedented in terms of the change and uncertainty that we have experienced, and that we continue to navigate.

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