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Announcing the search for a new Vice-President, Finance and Operations

A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor

UBC to formally adopt hybrid work

Last year, UBC announced the introduction of a Remote Work Pilot Program, which was successfully launched last June. While remote work uptake reached a plateau in November, it was only with our general return to campus in early February that we started to gain insights into the program and its impact on our endeavours, our people, and our campuses.

Read the latest Letter from Santa

UBC Library Awards 2022 winners announced

Masks no longer required in public indoor spaces after June 30

A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor; Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan

UBC experts call for proactive approach to prepare for more extreme wildfires

Wildfires have grown in frequency, intensity and overall burned area due to climate change. This year, communities in B.C. and Canada are bracing for this pattern to continue. UBC forestry researchers Dr. Lori Daniels, Dr. Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz and Dr. Kira Hoffman are wildfire experts whose research focuses on how natural disturbances such as wildfires and droughts, human factors and climate interact to affect how easily—or not—forests burn.

Research in focus: Virginie Magnat

As a performance scholar-practitioner, Virginie works at the intersection of performance studies, cultural anthropology, qualitative research, arts-based inquiry, and Indigenous epistemologies and methodologies. Find out what motivates her to conduct her research, and hear about her latest work that will be published this month.

How much privacy is there in the age of AI and the metaverse?

Share your feedback on policy proposals by Oct. 2

The UBC community is invited to comment on proposals to: amend the Investigations Policy (SC8), repeal the Graduate Student Teaching Policy (AP7), and establish a new Workplace Accommodation Policy (HR13). The deadline to share your feedback on each of these policy proposals is Oct. 2.

UBCO professor digs into geological history of rocks atop Everest

Unlocking the secrets of healthy aging — from society to cell

UBCO researchers tune in to children’s screen time and sleep