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Friday, May 8, 2026

Online Safety Training is unavailable due to Canvas outage

Online Safety Training is currently unavailable as it is hosted on Canvas, which is offline worldwide. Safety & Risk Services is looking into alternative delivery…
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Monday, May 4, 2026

Angela Ruggles joins as Executive Assistant to the VPFO

Angela Ruggles will be joining the VPFO portfolio as Executive Assistant to the VP Finance & Operations on Tuesday, May 5. Angela will provide direct…
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Friday, May 1, 2026

Metro Vancouver’s Stage 2 watering restrictions effective May 1 

Stage 2 of Metro Vancouver’s Watering Regulations comes into effect on May 1, 2026. Under these restrictions, some operational impacts will be noticed across the…
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

BC Emergency Alert system testing on May 6

The provincial alert system, BC Emergency Alert will be tested on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 1:55 pm.
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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Realigning key functions and supporting priorities within VPFO

To strengthen alignment across the VPFO, HR and Communications will now report to Nicole Liddell. A new team will also be forming within Transformation &…
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Monday, April 20, 2026

Cassandra Torres and Mariyam Syed steps into new roles

We are beyond pleased to share that Cassandra Torres and Mariyam Syed will be stepping into a new roles effective April 20.
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Monday, April 20, 2026

UBC recognized as one of the most beautiful college campuses

Our campus has been recognized as one of the most beautiful college campuses, with features in House Beautiful and Daily Hive.
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Monday, April 20, 2026

Facilities wins ASHRAE BC Technology Award

Facilities recently won the ASHRAE British Columbia Technology Award (2025-26) in the Educational Facilities, Existing category.
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Friday, April 17, 2026

Moody’s affirms UBC’s Aa1 credit rating while S&P lowers its rating to A due to strong provincial credit link

Moody’s Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings released rating actions on UBC in early April 2026.
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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Adi Aggarwal joins as Senior Insurance Coordinator, Insurance & Loss Prevention

We are excited to share that Adi Aggarwal will be starting as the new Senior Insurance Coordinator in the Insurance & Loss Prevention (ILP) team…
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