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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 […]

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, […]

UBC community advised to be aware of sophisticated phishing campaign

Faculty, staff and students are being encouraged to be on alert for phishing emails impersonating Human Resources, payroll and/or university administration. UBC’s cybersecurity team has identified highly convincing emails that include links to fraudulent login pages and multi-factor authentication (MFA) prompts designed to compromise payroll systems. The phishing campaign uses deceptive HR- and payroll-themed emails […]

Launching UBC’s Strategic Directions 2025–2030

I am pleased to announce that the Board of Governors and the Vancouver and Okanagan Senates have endorsed UBC’s Strategic Directions 2025–2030 The plan was developed through extensive community input and was informed by a long-term visioning process that looked ahead to 2050. Together, students, faculty, and staff imagined an ambitious and optimistic future – one […]