Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 14, 2020 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffSanta Ono’s video address to the community
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 14, 2020 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffNew Indigenous Strategic Plan establishes UBC’s role in upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples
Today marks a significant milestone in UBC’s commitment to truth and reconciliation: the university will celebrate the launch of its new Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). This makes UBC the first university in North America to commit to taking a human rights-based approach to its Indigenous strategic framework. The plan represents a university-wide response to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’ Calls for Justice.
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UBCVSeptember 14, 2020 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffDecolonizing Open
Dr. Daniel Heath Justice, a professor in the Department of First Nations and Indigenous Studies and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Literature and Expressive Culture sat down earlier this year to discuss Indigenous knowledges in open education with Will Engle, Strategist for Open Education Initiatives at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology. Read more
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 14, 2020 | Announcement | StaffCelebrating UBC Vancouver's longest-serving staff
Later this week, a total of 104 staff members from UBC Vancouver, including 63 new inductees, will be honoured for their more than 25 years of service to UBC, at the annual 25 Year Club celebration. Due to COVID-19, this year's celebration will be held virtually on September 18.
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UBCVSeptember 14, 2020 | Announcement | FacultyCall for applications for Open Educational Resource grants
You are invited to apply for the Open Educational Resources (OER) grants. At launch, UBCV committed $1-million over a four-year period to support OER initiatives.
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 14, 2020 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & StaffSanta J. Ono
Professor Santa J. Ono was recently appointed to a second term as UBC’s 15th President and Vice-Chancellor. Prior to joining UBC, Professor Ono served as the President of the University of Cincinnati (UC). Earlier in his career, Professor Ono served in a variety of teaching, research and administrative positions at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and the Schepens Eye Research Institute, University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2012, inducted as a member of the National Academy of Inventors in 2014, and inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 2015. His principal research interests focus on the immune system and eye disease. During his time at UBC, Professor Ono has led the process to create the university’s strategic plan, Shaping UBC’s Next Century. He also spearheaded initiatives to advance UBC’s strategic priorities, including supporting world-changing research, attracting top faculty members in a wide range of disciplines, and promoting interdisciplinary work across the university. He was instrumental in launching and leading the Blue & Gold Campaign for Students, the largest fundraising campaign for students in UBC history. He has also focussed on strengthening UBC’s commitment to reconciliation, worked to increase diversity and helped further build on UBC’s reputation as a sustainability leader in addressing the climate crisis. Updated 2020. An earlier version of this article was originally published in 2016.
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 11, 2020 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & StaffCOVID-19 — Required use of non-medical masks at UBC, effective Sept. 16
A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor UBC is implementing a new measure to help limit COVID-19. Effective Wednesday, September 16, 2020, UBC students, faculty, staff and visitors will be required to wear non-medical masks, when indoors on our campuses. This amends the previous policy which strongly recommended the use of non-medical masks in these settings.
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UBCOSeptember 11, 2020 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffThe story behind Understory: talking to Jane Everett
The next time you get a chance to walk through the ADM building on UBC Okanagan campus, remember to take a moment to look up, and take in the newly installed forest of charcoal trees floating from the ceiling, a work called Understory (2018–2019) by local artist Jane Everett. The six artworks displayed were generously donated by the artist herself to the Public Art Collection, the newest addition to an ever growing collection.
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 11, 2020 | Announcement | FacultyNew UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research
The UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research assists UBC faculty members who wish to publish in Open Access books and journals and who are required to pay associated fees, sometimes known as article processing charges (APCs). This fund supports research directly aligned with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s General Guidelines for
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UBCOSeptember 10, 2020 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffFurthering Feminism
How the women of UBC Okanagan are challenging stereotypes, shifting power paradigms and working towards a world of equal opportunity. Read the story
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UBCV & UBCOSeptember 9, 2020 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffApplications for Partnership Recognition Fund open until Sept. 25
The Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund is designed to help fill small resource gaps and acknowledge the contributions that community partners make to UBC. It also aims to raise awareness about the value of relationships and working together in a thoughtful way. Apply by September 25. Partnership Recognition Fund
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UBCOSeptember 9, 2020 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & StaffUpdate from the Principal
We are underway for Term 1, and I want to thank everyone at UBC Okanagan for the extraordinary efforts made over the past months to prepare for this academic year.