Donna Caedo joins Customer Services & Informatics as EMMS Sustainment Business Analyst
As a Business Analyst, Donna will be working closely with the Facilities team on all items related to Planon, which includes responding to ServiceNow tickets, reviewing/addressing backlog items, ensuring various business activities are successfully completed in Planon, and much more.
Updated Credit Card Request Forms in Workday
Financial Operations and the ISC have recently updated two Credit Card request forms in Workday: Credit Card Request | Limit Change and Credit Card Request | Application, to improve clarity and guidance as well as help reduce the number of revised requests.
Upcoming road closures on UBC Vancouver campus
There is a number of road closures on the UBC Vancouver campus due to construction and events in the coming weeks. Please review the details and plan your routes accordingly.
Advancing in your EDI Journey with the VPFO
Your VFPO EDI committee has produced a series of self-paced, 45-minute online courses, available on UBC Workplace Learning (WPL). We encourage all VPFO team members to complete these modules by September 30, 2022.
Continuing as one VPFO under Karamjeet Heer and John Metras’ leadership
Starting June 1, Karamjeet Heer will begin serving as the Interim Vice-President, Finance, and John Metras will become the Interim Vice-President, Operations following the departure of Peter Smailes, former Vice-President, Finance and Operations.
Caroline Macleod promoted to Executive Assistant to Associate Vice-President, Facilities
Caroline brings a wealth of experience to this role and will be responsible for liaising with the wider University community and fostering working relationships with Senior Executives across the University. Caroline will be the primary contact person for John Metras, AVP Facilities (Incoming Interim Vice-President, Operations).
Monday Update
Updates from UBC May 30: UBC Announcement: UBC Vancouver – Call for proposals for the 2022 Winter Session Work Learn program May 27: President’s Blog: Statement on the one-year anniversary of the announcement of 215 unmarked graves found at the former Kamloops Indian Residential Schoo Updates from VPFO Great seeing you at the VPFO Town Hall: […]
Changes in the VPFO HR team
We are pleased to announce a number of positive changes on the VPFO Human Resources team. We have prepared a service map to help you navigate these changes and understand the roles and assigned departments of our team members.
Inclusion, Exclusion, Segregation, and Integration: What are they and how are they different?
Many African-Americans migrated to Tulsa after the Civil War, carrying dreams of new chapters. The Tulsa race massacre took place on the evening of May 31, 1921, killing hundreds of residents, burning more than 1,250 homes, and erasing years of Black success.
Ernesto Castano joins UBC’s Financial Operations group as the Associate Director, Procurement
Ernesto will play a vital role in leading the Procurement function to support our community in meeting their needs through the procurement and competitive bidding processes, leveraging Workday and Planon.