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Thursday, February 6, 2020

Shannon Boychuk joins Safety & Risk Services in the position of Manager, Insurance & Loss Prevention

Shannon will be responsible for the management of the university’s comprehensive insurance portfolio and will act as the leader and key expert with respect to…
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Thursday, January 30, 2020

2020 Emergency Management Training for Faculty & Staff

Check out the Emergency Management Training dates for 2020, including information about a large emergency management exercise.
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Thursday, January 30, 2020

Leigh Clark successfully keeping used furniture out of landfill

Since Leigh joined UBC Vancouver as a Facilities Planner with Infrastructure Development just two years ago, she has successfully identified and implemented a solution for…
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Siu Tse joins Energy & Water Services as Director of Engineering & Utilities

Siu joins us from the City of Port Coquitlam as their Deputy Director of Engineering & Operation and previously worked in City of Richmond, and…
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Monday, January 27, 2020

Are you Ranger Ready? Visit the UBC Emergency Ranger Station on Feb 13 and find out!

Emergencies happen, and as UBC students, faculty, staff, and residents, we all have a role to play in emergency preparedness. Visit the UBC Emergency Ranger…
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Monday, January 27, 2020

François Desmarais promoted to Senior Facilities Manager in Building Operations

François is the successful candidate to take on this newly created role with all of the Building Operations’ Facilities Managers reporting directly to him. François…
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Friday, January 24, 2020

Announcing a new Associate Vice-President role for the VPFO

Following approval from UBC’s Board of Governors,the VPFO will be adding a new Associate Vice-President. Trish Pekeles has agreed to step forward as acting in…
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

UBC Finance Receives Sustainable Purchasing Award from International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories

UBC joined a number of leading research university in receiving the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Award after demonstrating an improvement in sustainable procurement practices.
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Monday, January 20, 2020

UBC celebrates the official opening of the Undergraduate Life Sciences Teaching Laboratories

Students from British Columbia and around the world can now study for careers in the life sciences, such as genetics, health care, conservation and ecology,…
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Friday, January 17, 2020

Bryan Antenor and Marcos Kwong join Financial Operations management team

The Financial Operations team is pleased to welcome Bryan Antenor as the department’s new Customer Support Manager, and Marcos Kwong as the Manager of Procurement…
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