Welcome to VPFO Communications & Engagement
Everyone in the VPFO has a part in telling the story of how finance, facilities, and safety enable UBC’s teaching, learning and research.
Here you will find information, resources, and tools to do your part to strengthen your communications and achieve our business goals.
Plan
Plan your communications to focus your objectives, refine your messages and identify your audiences.
Produce
Take advantage of our resources to create outstanding communications that align with our vision and values.
Publish
Discover the channels at UBC to make sure your message is reaching the right audiences, in the right way, at the right time.
Learn
Explore what makes good communications, find resources to improve, and see where we’re at and where we’re going.
2024-27 VPFO Strategic Communications Plan
The VPFO’s strategic Communications Plan provides a moving 3-year planning window for Communications & Engagement across the VPFO, supporting the Vice-President Finance & Operations’ (VPFO) Strategic Plan, in alignment with the UBC Strategic Plan.
News & Announcements
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Read more: Keep our shared spaces clean and welcoming: Check out the Classroom Usage Guidelines
Keep our shared spaces clean and welcoming: Check out the Classroom Usage Guidelines
Help raise awareness about proper usage of classrooms outside of class hours. Posters are being installed in General Teaching Spaces to encourage students to reset classrooms after they use them. Help us share the campaign with students via your newsletters…
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Read more: Drop, cover and hold on October 16 for ShakeOut!
Drop, cover and hold on October 16 for ShakeOut!
Help share the news: the annual province-wide earthquake drill, ‘Great British Columbia ShakeOut’, takes place at 10:16 am on October 16, 2025. UBC Alert will also send a test notification to students, faculty, and staff phones
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Read more: Disruptions to university cheque mailing due to Canada Post job action
Disruptions to university cheque mailing due to Canada Post job action
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has launched a national strike as of September 25, 2025. Please expect delays in mail delivery, including cheque delivery for payroll and suppliers.