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Join UBC’s virtual ShakeOut drill on October 15th

We’re all spending more time at home at the moment, which makes it all the more important to prepare your home for the unexpected. Join UBC’s virtual ShakeOut drill on October 15th to get ready!

Sandy Zarka promoted to Manager, VPFO Administration

Effective September 24, 2020, Sandy Zarka has been promoted to Manager, VPFO Administration. Reporting to Peter Smailes, and continuing to serve as his executive assistant, Sandy will lead the VPFO’s administrative functions.

A beautiful plaque for Professor Santa J. Ono’s reappointment

In celebration of Professor Santa J. Ono’s reappointment as President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC, the Facilities team created a beautiful plaque and presented it to President Ono.

Enrolment remains strong at UBC

Student enrolment numbers remain strong this fall at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan—a sign of the university’s stellar academic reputation. Students are keenly interested in achieving their educational ambitions at UBC, despite challenges posed by COVID-19.

Monday Update

Managing Your Mental Health HR has collected a great set of mental health resources to help you manage the ups and downs of our COVID-19 experience. Our VPFO HR staff is on campus every day for confidential conversations. See below for this week’s HR duty roster. A few of the courses and resources available to you: Facilitated […]

VPFO Finance Teams Launch Finance Update

This new communication will be sent each Friday to consolidate and streamline communications to UBC’s finance community from our central finance functions.

Get Ready for Hyperion 2.0

To support planning and forecasting activities within Workday, a new instance of Hyperion has been created — Hyperion 2.0. To help prepare UBC’s finance community, Hyperion 2.0 workshops have been scheduled for September and October.

Monday Update

Managing Your Mental Health HR has collected a great set of mental health resources to help you manage the ups and downs of our COVID-19 experience. Our VPFO HR staff is on campus every day for confidential conversations. See below for this week’s HR duty roster. A few of the courses and resources available to you: Facilitated […]

Monday Update

Managing Your Mental Health HR has collected a great set of mental health resources to help you manage the ups and downs of our COVID-19 experience. Our VPFO HR staff is on campus every day for confidential conversations. See below for this week’s HR duty roster. A few of the courses and resources available to you in […]

Monday Update

Managing Your Mental Health HR has collected a great set of mental health resources to help you manage the ups and downs of our COVID-19 experience. Our VPFO HR staff is on campus every day for confidential conversations. See below for this week’s HR duty roster. A few of the courses and resources available to you in […]