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Friday, October 30, 2020

Expanding fuel resilience at UBC

Teams from Environmental Protection, Emergency Management and Energy & Water Services collaborated to expand the back-up diesel supply at the Campus Energy Centre by replacing…
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Thursday, October 29, 2020

T2200 UPDATE — EXPENSES RELATING TO WORKING FROM HOME

Many members of the UBC faculty and staff community have moved to working-from-home scenarios as a result of COVID-19, and the university’s finance teams have…
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Building Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the VPFO

A lot has happened in the world and our university to bring unconscious bias, systemic racism, and other related equity and inclusion conversations to the…
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Wednesday, October 7, 2020

It’s one month to go-live for Workday, Planon and the Integrated Service Centre

Over the past two years, we have been accelerating towards a renewal of our key business systems. This week, we are only one month away…
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Friday, October 2, 2020

Adam Rosenthal promoted as the Head in Stores with Building Operations

Adam has been an acting Head on many occasions in Stores, and has demonstrated he has the qualities required to be successful in this new…
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Caroline Macleod, Executive Secretary for Energy & Water Services

Caroline brings a wealth of experience to this position, and has been instrumental in supporting the department in transitioning to the new Workday and Planon…
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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Enabling our strategic plan with a new structure for the VPFO’s administrative professionals

Effective September 24, I have promoted Sandy Zarka to Manager, VPFO Administration. Please join me in congratulating Sandy on her new role and in supporting…
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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Jay Hiscox appointed Director, Project Services with Infrastructure Development

Jay has been part of the Infrastructure Development family since joining UBC in November 2016. He joined Project Services as Senior Project Manager, and was…
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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Join UBC’s virtual ShakeOut drill on October 15th

We’re all spending more time at home at the moment, which makes it all the more important to prepare your home for the unexpected. Join…
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

A beautiful plaque for Professor Santa J. Ono’s reappointment

In celebration of Professor Santa J. Ono’s reappointment as President and Vice-Chancellor of UBC, the Facilities team created a beautiful plaque and presented it to…
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