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Sunday, October 2, 2022

UBC receives the NAFA Clean Air Awards

Facilities received eight NAFA Clean Air Awards for UBC buildings this year — AMS Student Nest, UBC Aquatic Centre, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Centre for Interactive Research…
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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Migrating to TouchNet, the new digital payment solution at UBC

With the transition to Workday, the university has identified TouchNet as the new solution that will facilitate all digital payment transactions across all UBC campuses.…
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Helen Shen joins Operational Excellence as Continuous Improvement Program Manager

Leveraging her robust experience in continuous improvement and problem solving, in addition to her passion for driving efficiency and collaboration, Helen will play a key…
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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Increase in CRA Prescribed Interest Rate effective Oct 1, 2022

The CRA Prescribed Interest Rate will increase to 3% as of Oct 1, 2022. This is the interest rate used to calculate taxable benefits for…
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Monday, September 26, 2022

VPFO Monday Update – September 26, 2022

The VPFO Update is a weekly snapshot that captures important university updates, work across VPFO departments, and relevant resources. Sent on September 26, 2022.
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Monday, September 26, 2022

Christian Stockman promoted to Senior Advisor in Privacy & Information Security (PrISM)

Since joining PrISM in 2017, Christian has worked on the online Privacy and Security Fundamentals training roll-out and has been a valued member of the PIA…
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

VPFO Monday Update – September 20, 2022

The VPFO Update is a weekly snapshot that captures important university updates, work across VPFO departments, and relevant resources. Sent on September 20, 2022.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Pilot project to increase compliance with UBC required training

Safety & Risk Services within VP Finance & Operations (VPFO) in collaboration with VP Human Resources (VPHR), and UBC Information Technology (UBC IT) are launching…
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Friday, September 16, 2022

Register for the upcoming webinar on Chemical Inventory Management 

Join us in a webinar on September 21 at 2:00 pm to learn about inventory management requirements and best practices from UBC Safety & Risk…
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Friday, September 16, 2022

Workday Adaptive Planning Replacing Hyperion in Summer 2023

The Adaptive Planning implementation will reduce reliance on manual systems and streamline budgeting and forecasting, while also capturing more detailed finance information and in-depth reporting.…
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