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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Elana Mignosa Appointed Associate Vice-President, Finance & Operational Excellence

In this new role Elana will co-lead the financial management of the university together with the Comptroller and the Treasurer to advance UBC’s financial services…
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Thursday, June 18, 2020

Serving our diverse campus

UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa Ono recently released a statement about systemic racism at UBC. We at Safety & Risk Services and in the VPFO…
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

UBC and systemic racism

Recent events, including the incident involving UBC graduate student Savoy Williams, have brought to light the pervasiveness of systemic racism, and in particular anti-Black racism.…
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Monday, June 15, 2020

Museum of Anthropology (MOA) Great Hall Renewal Open House

Due to precautions in place for COVID-19, public consultation for this project will take place online on Monday, June 29. Join the meeting anytime between…
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Thursday, June 11, 2020

New 12 MW biomass boiler arrives on campus

As part of the Bioenergy facility expansion, the anticipated 12 MW biomass fueled hot water combustion boiler arrived on campus at the Bioenergy Research Demonstration…
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020

UBC to establish new downtown Kelowna presence

UBC will be establishing a new university presence in downtown Kelowna with plans to build a mixed-use building at the former Daily Courier location at…
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Monday, June 8, 2020

Join Peter Smailes and the IRP leadership for an update on Workday

Open to all UBC faculty and staff, this call in will share the latest updates on Workday as we countdown to implementation in November 2020.…
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Together against Racism and Injustice

Recent anti-Black and anti-Asian violence in communities across North America has focused our attention on the deeply rooted racism in Canada and globally. UBC itself…
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Thursday, May 28, 2020

Questions Relating to Working from Home

The university’s Finance and Human Resources teams have received a variety of questions relating to working from home, and this information has been prepared to…
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Monday, May 25, 2020

Continuation of Spreadsheet-Based Hourly Payroll Process

With the onset of measures relating to COVID-19 in March this year, UBC's Payroll team quickly pivoted from a paper timesheet-based system to a spreadsheet-based…
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