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  • Vancouver campus
    UBCV & UBCO
    February 22, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Access your T4 / T4A statements on Workday

    As we enter tax season, get information about your taxes, including what is taxable, pension details, and more. Log in to Workday to access your T4 / T4A statements online.You can also view frequently asked questions, including guidance on how to read your T4 slip.

  • UBC Okanagan
    UBCO
    February 21, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    UBC Okanagan’s newest research clusters strive for a better world

    The newest UBC Okanagan Eminence research clusters are utilizing their interdisciplinary expertise to tackle some of society’s most complex and urgent challenges.Clusters of Research Excellence are interdisciplinary teams of researchers that focus on addressing complicated societal problems beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. Funded through the Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation’s Eminence Program over the next three years, the research clusters will address:

  • Sustainability Coordinator Program
    UBCV
    February 20, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    UBC Vancouver – Apply to the Sustainability Coordinator Program

     The Sustainability Coordinator Program provides faculty and staff with opportunities and resources to promote and implement sustainable practices at work at UBC Vancouver. It allows interested faculty and staff to work up to four paid hours per month (subject to supervisor approval). The program is aimed at enhancing sustainability awareness within your Faculty/unit, fostering relationships, and promoting sustainable practices across UBC through peer-to-peer learning and knowledge sharing.

  • FAS mail
    UBCV & UBCO
    February 20, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Learn more about UBC’s faculty and staff (FAS) email migration to the cloud

    With data security a priority at UBC, the university is taking action by preparing to migrate all faculty and staff email services (FASmail) from being hosted on-premises to the cloud platform Microsoft Exchange Online.  The migration will take place over the course of the next 12-18 months on a departmental basis, beginning with UBC IT and a number of pilot departments.Two online information sessions will be held for faulty and staff in Vancouver and the Okanagan to learn more about this project. 

  • David Boyd
    UBCV
    February 20, 2024 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff

    30-second bio: David Boyd

    David is an associate professor within the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. He invites you to imagine a world in which everyone is kind towards everyone else, including our non-human living relations.

  • Marie Tarrant
    UBCO
    February 20, 2024 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff

    Marie Tarrant

    Dr. Marie Tarrant is Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Development and professor in the School of Nursing at UBC Okanagan. She was appointed to the role of Dean in January 2023. Prior to this, she was Director of the School of Nursing. Before joining UBC in 2016, Dr. Tarrant served as Deputy Head and Professor at the School of Nursing in the University of Hong Kong. During her career, she has also practiced as a community and public health nurse in rural and remote areas of Canada, including the far north. Dr. Tarrant is the lead investigator in the School of Nursing Maternal and Child Health Lab and is a frequently cited UBC expert on maternal and child health issues. Her research focuses on breastfeeding and maternal and childhood vaccine hesitancy, including COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.

  • UBC Broadcast
    UBCV & UBCO
    February 12, 2024 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & Staff

    2024 President's awards for staff: Call for nominations

    A message from Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President and Vice-Chancellor.Each year through the President’s staff awards, we recognize and celebrate staff members who demonstrate outstanding achievement and excellence within the UBC community, and who enable us to shape the future of research, teaching, and work.I invite you to nominate your staff colleagues for the 2024 awards. Nominations may be submitted by faculty, staff, and students. The deadline for nominations is 4pm on March 22.

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