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UBC working to restore access to Canvas following cyber incident at Instructure
On Thursday, May 14, UBC received information from Instructure related to their mitigations and remediations taken to address last week’s cyber incident. Based on this new information, UBC has made the decision to work with Instructure to restore access to Canvas and Canvas Catalog for our community. Faculty who are currently teaching will have already […]
Community update on Canvas following cyber incident
The UBC community’s access to Canvas is currently unavailable due to a cybersecurity incident involving Instructure, the company that owns and operates Canvas. This incident is reportedly impacting thousands of universities and other organizations who use Canvas. As soon as UBC became aware of the incident, we worked quickly to investigate and respond to the […]
Seeking additional nominations for the triennial elections
In recent months, we invited nominations for representatives for the UBC Board of Governors, as well as both Senates. Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination. At this stage in the 2026-2029 triennial election process, we are putting out an additional call for nominations for faculty representatives to serve on the Okanagan and Vancouver […]
2026 President’s awards for staff: call for nominations
Each year, the President’s awards for staff recognize and celebrate staff members who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and excellence within the UBC community, and who enable us to shape the future of research, teaching, and work. I invite you to nominate your staff colleagues for the 2026 awards. Nominations may be submitted by faculty, staff, […]
Call for nominations for faculty representatives to the Senate
As part of the 2026-2029 triennial election process, we would like to invite nominations for two representatives from each Faculty to serve on the Okanagan and Vancouver Senates. Nomination forms and information about eligibility are posted online. Nominations close at 4pm on February 19. For general questions, please contact UBC Elections at elections.information@ubc.ca. Rella Ng Associate Vice-President, […]