This year’s UBC United Way Campaign launches on Thursday, October 8, at both UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan. The university has a long tradition of supporting our neighbours and creating positive change in the communities where we live and work. This year’s theme, United for Better Tomorrows, reflects what we can accomplish together to help […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Further to the UBC Broadcast issued last month, the first round of elections for the 2026-2029 triennium is currently underway with opportunities for you to participate. We previously invited nominations for representatives for the UBC Board of Governors, as well as the Vancouver and Okanagan Senates. Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination. We […]
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