Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCV2 November, 2021 | Media release | Faculty & StaffHeatwaves like ‘the Blob’ could decrease role of ocean as carbon sink
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UBCV & UBCO2 November, 2021 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffUBC expanding presence in Surrey with $70M land acquisition
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UBCO1 November, 2021 | Media release | Faculty & StaffUBCO researchers test alternate COVID-19 screening method
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UBCV & UBCO1 November, 2021 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & StaffShare your experience of working at UBC in the 2021 Workplace Experiences Survey
A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor
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UBCV1 November, 2021 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & StaffMoura Quayle
Moura Quayle is UBC’s Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic Affairs. She is also a professor and the founding director of UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, the former director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues and currently teaches in the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program: Leadership for Policy Professionals. In addition to her academic career at UBC Vancouver, Moura acted as Deputy Minister of the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education, B.C. Commissioner of Pacific Coast Collaborative, Dean of UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and Associate VP, Academic Programs at UBC Okanagan. Her book, Designed Leadership, was published in 2017, and more recently, she co-edited a book written by her late husband, David Fushtey, entitled Principled Governance when Everything Matters (2021). Her interests include learning Mandarin, Chinese calligraphy (shufa) and painting in various media.
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UBCV & UBCO29 October, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffResearchers are invited help inform the future of research data management at UBC
UBC is developing an institutional strategy for Research Data Management (RDM), and all researchers are invited to attend four themed focus group sessions on a specific funding agency or topic.
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UBCV & UBCO28 October, 2021 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & Staff
UBC's progress in support of Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence
A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor; Ainsley Carry, Vice-President, Students; and Ananya Murkherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan
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Other UBC Sites28 October, 2021 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffThe librarian is in (the DTES)
In April 2020, the UBC Learning Exchange hired its first community engagement librarian to work out of its building in the Downtown Eastside.
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UBCV28 October, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffUBC researchers are helping communities prepare for the effects of climate change
The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) takes place next week and one of its four goals is to help countries adapt to climate change in order to protect communities and natural habitats. From creating disaster preparedness apps to training local climate champions, UBC researchers are already working with communities to help them prepare for the effects of climate change.
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UBCO26 October, 2021 | Media release | Faculty & StaffUBCO professor examines COVID-19 public health messaging
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UBCV & UBCO26 October, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffUBC Library's Open Publishing Program offers services to help faculty and staff distribute scholarly work