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B.C. time zone change: check your calendar and update your meetings
B.C. is moving to year-round Pacific Time (PCT), which means clocks in most of the province will no longer “fall back” an hour as they normally would this autumn. While you won’t need to change your clocks, the transition may cause some confusion with your calendar. Meetings scheduled for November 1 or later may appear […]
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 […]