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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

T4/T4A statements are now available online

UBC issues tax slips online as PDFs that are identical to the printed form, and are accepted by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) when filing…
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Monday, February 10, 2020

Two new Associate Project Managers join Infrastructure Development with Project Services

Sarah Buck joins UBC from Penfolds Roofing & Solar where she held several positions; starting out as a Project Coordinator and working her way up…
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Thursday, February 6, 2020

Pink Shirt Day at the VPFO: February 26

This year, Pink Shirt Day is February 26 and the VPFO will be celebrating diversity and inclusion in our portfolio with cake and coffee events…
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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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