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VPFO 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. UBC THRIVE  —  TAKE THE SURVEY BY JULY 10 As a […]

President Ono’s Statement regarding UBC’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

How can the university can balance the crucial principles of freedom of expression and academic freedom with our commitments to equity and inclusion? This is not an easy question, but a very important one.

VPFO 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. TAKE THAT STEP — NEW MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM We all have […]

Hoi Ying Yu joins Building Operations as Contract Manager

Hoi will be responsible for managing Building Operations’ service contracts and oversee internal revenue generating contracts. She will be working closely with the trades, project coordinators, and managers to ensure Building Operations’ Preventative Maintenance and Service contracts continue providing value to UBC.

Moving forward on Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination

It is critical for the entire university to demonstrate its absolute commitment to BIPOC faculty, students, and staff and to anti-racism and anti-discrimination.

VPFO 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. Last week’s updates from UBC June 22: UBC Broadcast: Statement on the resignation of Michael […]

Elana Mignosa Appointed Associate Vice-President, Finance & Operational Excellence

In this new role Elana will co-lead the financial management of the university together with the Comptroller and the Treasurer to advance UBC’s financial services and continuous improvement initiatives.

Serving our diverse campus

UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa Ono recently released a statement about systemic racism at UBC. We at Safety & Risk Services and in the VPFO portfolio want to ensure we create a sense of safety, trust and security among all campus users. We can only achieve this when we recognize and address racism and unconscious bias at an individual and institutional level.

Elana Mignosa Appointed Associate Vice-President, Finance & Operational Excellence

In this new role Elana will co-lead the financial management of the university together with the Comptroller and the Treasurer to advance UBC’s financial services and continuous improvement initiatives.

Trish Pekeles Appointed Executive Director, Automation

Reporting to both the VPFO and to UBC Human Resources, this new role will lead automation to continue to support and improve effective and efficient administrative operations.