Asset Replacement & Improvements joining Infrastructure Development
The Asset Replacement & Improvement (AR&I) division, including the Transition Team and Construction Office, has started the process of joining with Infrastructure Development to form a new, unified, project delivery team for the Facilities Group.
Monday Update
Last week’s updates from UBC June 14: UBC Bulletin: UBC’s Remote Work update June 11: President’s Weekly Update: A Phased Approach to the Fall June 10: UBC Broadcast: Statement on behalf of the Vancouver Senate Tributes Committee June 8: UBC Broadcast: Faculty and staff — return to campus update June 7: UBC Bulletin: Call for letters of intent for Large TLEF Transformation projects Updates on […]
BC Ministry of Advanced Education building auditors will be on campus starting June 21
BC Ministry of Advanced Education has contracted VFA Canada to audit 136 buildings on the UBC Point Grey campus starting June 21 to the end of January 2022. The last audit was undertaken in 2018.
Procurement Modernization update — Sharing our service delivery levels
Since Workday go-live our Financial Operations and Operational Excellence teams in the VPFO have been developing ways to share key metrics relating to service delivery that are pulled from UBC’s new HR and Finance system.
Collaboration between Building Operations and UBC’s Plant Care Services to Improve Soil Quality at UBC’s Research Fields
A collaboration between UBC’s Plant Care Services and Building Operations is improving soil quality for researchers at Plant Care Services’ Totem Field and providing an environmentally friendly outlet for compost on campus.
UBC’s National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism: Why has anti-Asian racism resurfaced?
Sʔəyəɬəq Elder of Chinese and Musqueam Ancestry, Larry Grant of Musqueam, discusses the persistence of anti-Asian racism in Canada.
Parveen Mann joins UBC as Director, Human Resources
We are pleased to welcome Parveen Mann to the VPFO as our new Director of Human Resources, reporting to Vice-President, Finance & Operations, Peter Smailes, effective June 21.
Monday Update
Last week’s updates from UBC June 7: UBC Bulletin: Call for letters of intent for Large TLEF Transformation projects June 4: President’s Weekly Update: Statement on the Kamloops Indian Residential School Updates on UBC’s response to COVID-19 are at covid19.ubc.ca. Managing your mental health HR has collected mental health resources to help you manage your ups […]
UBC and community resources for those distressed by the recent residential schools coverage
We were heartbroken to learn of the confirmation of the burial site of 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Our thoughts are with the families, the communities, residential school survivors and all who mourn. If you need support, we recommend you reach out and get help from these UBC and community resources.
VPFO Finance Realignments Following Workday Go-Live
Many members of our VPFO team played key roles in launch of Workday at UBC, and following the success of go-live we are ready to continue modernizing our core business processes, improve how we are structured, and transform the way we do our work across our portfolio team.