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Scheduling time off for COVID-19 vaccination appointments

As BC continues to roll out its provincial vaccination program, the provincial government has announced that employees can have up to three hours of time off, without loss of pay, to get each dose of their COVID-19 vaccine. These amendments to the Employment Standards Act are retroactive to April 19, 2021. To read the announcement in full, visit: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021LBR0019-000784.

Building a community in business analytics

Participate in Celebrate Learning Week, May 17 – 23

Celebrate Learning Week (CLW) is a week-long initiative celebrating teaching and learning opportunities at UBC. Now in its twelfth year, CLW will be hosted online from May 17 – 23, 2021. The theme of this year’s showcase is shaping our future. For the first time, the Provost and Vice-President Academic from UBCV and UBCO will collaboratively present this week-long initiative that showcases teaching and learning opportunities at UBC through open lectures, poster sessions, workshops and more.

Emmerich Kálmán, Rediscovered

30-second bio: Emily Jarvis

As a physical activity coordinator for UBC Athletics & Recreation, Emily finds that she's happier and more productive when she moves throughout the day, be it a five-minute stretch or quick walk around the block.

2021 Distinguished University Scholars

The Distinguished University Scholar program recognizes UBC faculty members for their scholarly excellence. The award is conferred by the President on the recommendation of an Adjudication Panel. Every other January, the Invitation for Nominations is announced, with a nomination deadline in March and adjudication in April. The Adjudication Panel's recommendations are submitted to the President, and the successful Distinguished University Scholars are notified and they will begin their terms in July. The next Invitation for Nominations will be issued in January 2023.

May is Asian Heritage Month

A message from Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues,  As you know, the month of May is Asian Heritage Month. It comes to us amidst significant adversities: the unprecedented rise of anti-Asian racism, the scepter of the unrelenting pandemic, the humanitarian crisis in India and so on. And yet even in the face of such daunting realities, we see communities coming together, raising their voices and offering support to one another, within and across borders.

Announcing the 2020/21 Killam Teaching Prize recipients

The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of excellence in teaching.  The Killam Teaching Prize is adjudicated within each Faculty at the Vancouver campus, and within the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic at the Okanagan campus. Contact the UBC Vancouver Deans' Offices or the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan for nomination procedures and internal deadlines. Here is a list of the 2020/21 recipients:

Building a more inclusive UBC: virtual forum

A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor; Sara-Jane Finlay, Associate Vice-President, Equity & Inclusion

Conjuring the future

An oboist wanders barefoot in near-darkness. He plays a string of searching notes, trails off, and begins again, elaborating the melody. He stops, peers. Ahead, curled up on the ground, lies a body. The oboist removes the mouthpiece from his instrument and blows into the barrel. A light flickers, and there is movement. The figure of a cyborg staggers to its feet, vertebral loops pulsing a deep blue. Who are these two strangers? Creator and creation? Master and servant? Adversaries? 

Share your voice by May 9 to help shape BC's recovery and reopening plans

Last year, almost 400,000 British Columbians participated in the BC COVID-19 SPEAK: Your story, our future survey and shared their experience of the first wave of COVID-19. Now, the BC COVID-19 SPEAK Round 2 survey has been released, to understand how British Columbians have been impacted by COVID-19 since last year. The survey focuses on the following areas: 

How wastewater epidemiology is changing the world