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How to make the transition back to the office easier on your pandemic pet

Share feedback on the UBCO Transportation Plan

Reminder: Please complete UBC’s COVID-19 vaccination status declaration

A message from Peter Smailes, Vice-President, Finance and Operations; and Marcia Buchholz, Vice-President, Human Resources

Strategic review of health at UBC Okanagan

A message from Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan; and Michael Burgess, Associate Provost, Strategy, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, 

New funding available to support Indigenous Strategic Plan implementation

This time last year, we launched the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). As you may recall, this plan sets out a series of goals and actions the university will take to implement the rights of Indigenous Peoples. You can view a copy of the plan at the new ISP website: https://isp.ubc.ca. 

Living with wildfire

Reminder: have your UBC Card ready to access buildings during evenings and weekends

As part of keeping our campus safe and secure, UBC is standardizing building hours for 2021/2022 Winter Session, Term 1. Buildings will be open to the public Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. These standard hours will be assigned to approximately 70 buildings on the Vancouver campus, that fall into the categories of academic, research, or administrative buildings that service the operations of the University.  You will need your UBC Card to access these buildings in the evenings and over the weekend.

Maximizing FASmail storage and reducing digital clutter

To maximize your FASmail storage space and reduce the risk of data breaches, the university is implementing a policy that will require information stored in certain FASmail folders to be automatically deleted every 90 days. This change comes into effect on October 4 and is applicable to faculty and staff using FASmail at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. Find out more

30-second bio: Treslyn Sundher

Treslyn works in the Office of the Vice-President, Students at UBC Vancouver. Read about the best advice she's ever received.

COVID-19: Resumption activities and updates

A message from Shelley Kayfish, Director, Campus Operations and Risk Management; Co-chair, UBC Okanagan Resumption Planning and Coordination Committee; and Prof. Michael Burgess, Associate Provost, Strategy, UBC Okanagan; Professor and Chair in Biomedical Ethics, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Faculty of Medicine; Co-chair, UBC Okanagan Resumption Planning and Coordination Committee

Learn about IRP Student at a Sept. 29 virtual town hall

As you are aware, the university recently completed major renewal projects related to our Human Resources and Finance systems under the Integrated Renewal Program (IRP). This resulted in the launch of Workday, a significant step forward in modernizing our learning, research, and working environments at UBC.

Get matched with a language learning partner through UBC Tandem – Apply by Sept. 23