Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCVJune 29 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Man with a plan: UBC’s landscape architect
The university’s Landscape Architect since 2009, Dean has overseen some dramatic – and some subtle – changes to the campus that impact the way students, faculty, staff and residents interact with the university environment every day
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UBCVJune 25, 2018 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: Stephanie Savage
Name: Stephanie Savage Title: Scholarly Communications and Copyright Services Librarian Department/Unit: UBC Library Location: Vancouver Year I started working at UBC: 2017
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UBCVMay 23 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Vocal champion
Dr. Amanda Hu aims to spread the word about taking action for good vocal habits.
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UBCOMay 16, 2018 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
Deborah Buszard
Professor Deborah Buszard is Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of our Okanagan campus and a core member of UBC’s executive leadership team. Originally from the UK, Deborah’s research background is in plant science and strawberry breeding. Prior to joining UBC in 2012, she was responsible for the creation of the College of Sustainability at Dalhousie University and served as Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Associate Vice-Principal of McGill University’s Macdonald campus. In her current role, she provides overall leadership to UBC Okanagan. Updated 2018. An earlier version of this article was originally published in 2015.
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UBCVApril 27, 2018 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: Tim Inglis
Name: Tim Inglis Title: Professor Department/Unit: School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education Location: Vancouver Year I started working at UBC: 1996
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UBCV & UBCOApril 16 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Prevention, training and support: Fighting sexual violence at UBC
If anyone at UBC has had to hit the ground running, it’s Sonya Boyce and Shilo St. Cyr. Not only are they just six months into their respective roles as directors of the new Vancouver and Okanagan Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Offices, but they are building a team of staff, working on training and awareness campaigns, and providing supports and referrals to students, staff and faculty affected by sexual violence.
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UBCVMarch 10, 2018 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
Mary MacDougall
Dr. Mary MacDougall joined UBC in August 2017, as Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry. From the US originally, she is an internationally recognized scholar, having published 18 book chapters and over 150 peer-reviewed articles. In addition to holding leadership positions at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and most recently, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. MacDougall has served as President of the International Association for Dental Research and as President of the American Association of Dental Research.
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UBCVFebruary 17, 2018 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
John Innes
Dr. John Innes is Dean of the Faculty of Forestry. He came to British Columbia in 1999, having previously worked in the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research. He is actively involved with climate change research, particularly its effects on forest ecosystems. In 2007, he was part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) team that shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. Dr. Innes teaches in the field of international and sustainable forestry. Under his leadership, the Faculty has taken significant steps toward broadening the curricula and academic content to reflect changing realities in the forest and conservation sectors.
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UBCVFebruary 5, 2018 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: Maria Gallo
Name: Maria Gallo Title: Senior Instructor Department/Unit: School of Kinesiology Location: Vancouver Year I started working at UBC: 2009
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UBCVJanuary 22, 2018 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: Diana Jung
Name: Diana Jung Title: Health Promotion Specialist Department/Unit: Health Promotion and Education, Student Development and Services Location: Vancouver Year I started working at UBC: 2014
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UBCV & UBCOJanuary 17, 2018 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
Gail Murphy
Dr. Gail Murphy is the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI). In addition to her role in the VPRI office, Dr. Murphy is a professor in UBC’s Department of Computer Science. Dr. Murphy joined UBC in 1996 and was a key driver of data science initiatives in the Faculty of Science. Her research focuses on improving the productivity of software developers and knowledge workers by providing the necessary tools to identify, manage and coordinate the information that matters most for their work. Dr. Murphy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Distinguished Scientist, as well as co-founder, board member and former Chief Scientist at Tasktop Technologies Incorporated.