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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

UBC Flags lowered for National Day of Mourning

Flags on both UBC campuses are to be lowered in recognition of the National Day of Mourning, to remember lives lost in the workplace and…
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Monday, April 25, 2022

UBC Okanagan Skeena Residence becomes the first Passive House-certified student residence in Canada

UBC Okanagan Skeena Residence has successfully earned its Passive House Certification, making it the first student residence in Canada and second in North America to…
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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Masks required in UBC public indoor spaces until June 30

As there are now signs of further Omicron variants and increased case numbers, experts have indicated that BC is about to enter into a sixth…
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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

University Boulevard bus loop road detours

Due to three projects under construction simultaneously—School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) Building, Gateway Health Building, and a utility steam tunnel repair, the University bus loop…
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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Watermain repair on 16th Avenue in the University Endowment Lands (UEL)

The University Endowment Lands will be completing an emergency repair on an incoming watermain on 16th Avenue. UBC Facilities will support this work from April…
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Jonathan Weinberg promoted to Project Coordinator in Infrastructure Development, Facilities

Jonathan joined UBC in September 2019 working as a project carpenter in Building Operations. He participated in continuing education by volunteering for the Expression of…
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Monday, April 11, 2022

April is Celebrate Diversity Month

April is Celebrate Diversity Month! Your Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) committee has helped produce a series of VFPO EDI canvas courses that are now…
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Monday, April 11, 2022

Partial closure of Engineering Road until June 15

Engineering Road on UBC Vancouver campus will be partially closed from April 19 to June 15 due to repairs to the bridge connecting the Macleod…
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Thank you

As many of you now know by way of yesterday’s broadcast email from President Ono, I am leaving UBC at the end of May to…
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Leadership change within the Vice-President, Finance and Operations portfolio

Peter Smailes, Vice-President, Finance and Operations, is leaving UBC to take up a new opportunity at Kwantlen Polytechnic University as their Vice-President, Administration.
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