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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Craig Bissell joins Facilities in Infrastructure Development as Project Manager

In his new role, Craig will work with clients, staff, consultants, and contractors to monitor all work, and manage funds and schedules required for the…
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Increase in CRA Prescribed Interest Rate effective July 1, 2022

The CRA Prescribed Interest Rate will increase to 2% effective July 1, 2022. This is the interest rate used to calculate taxable benefits for employees…
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

New contracts available for Executive Search and Recruitment

The agreements for procurement of Executive Level Search and Recruitment Services with these approved providers will ensure simplified procurement process, access to a prequalified vendor…
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Jason Asnis joins Facilities in Infrastructure Development as Associate Project Manager

Jason will provide high-level administration and support to Project Managers working on multi-million dollar capital projects across the University, while also assuming full project management…
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Monday, June 27, 2022

Changes to UBC Service Levy

The UBC services levy is used to run the community centres, athletic and cultural facilities, and to maintain public spaces and infrastructure within UBC neighbourhoods.…
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Monday, June 27, 2022

Celebrating Pride on and off campus this June

Pride is celebrated each June to commemorate the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall riots, a key event in the fight for 2SLGBTQIA+ rights. Learn how you…
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Monday, June 27, 2022

Vancouver will continue to see warmer than average temperatures

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Metro Vancouver for the rest of today June 27, 2022 with inland temperatures reaching 34 degrees. Given…
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Thursday, June 23, 2022

Tomisin Bolorunduro joins Privacy and Information Security Management (PrISM) as Senior Advisor, Information Security Compliance, in Safety & Risk Services.

Tomisin is a Security Compliance professional who came to us most recently from Trulioo, a tech unicorn start-up in online identity verification. Her legal background,…
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Ken Sham joins UBC’s Financial Operations as the Manager, Contract and Supplier Management

Reporting to the Associate Director, Procurement Partnerships, Ken will be responsible for developing UBC’s contract management processes, practices and technologies to manage the university’s contracts…
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Indigenous People’s Day – June 21 

June is National Indigenous History Month and June 21 the National Indigenous Peoples Day – reminders to “recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures…
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