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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

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

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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Thursday, September 15, 2022

Upcoming training workshops for UBC VISA Cardholders

UBC Financial Operations is pleased to introduce its new online, monthly workshop to help UBC Visa cardholders and delegates better understand the university’s Visa program…
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Ready Week 2022: Increasing emergency preparedness for the new school year

As the university welcomed students back on campus for the fall term last week, Safety & Risk Services’ Emergency Management team set up a booth…
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Charles Creelman returns to Building Operations within Facilities as Project Coordinator, Electrical Technical Support

Charles is returning to Building Operations from Energy & Water Services (EWS) where he was involved with the planning, design and overview of all short…
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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Inequities in the post-secondary education system 

Over 1.7 million students in Canada have a student loan; on average, one debtor owes at least $26,075. Student loans have increasingly come to be…
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Monday, September 12, 2022

Protecting yourself from wildfire smoke

Lower Mainland continues to see poor air quality values as a result of the thick wildfire smoke in BC. Find resources about air quality health…
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