A look back on communications in 2025
Posted on:
December 8, 2025
From launching new websites to sharing stories about our people, our work and even a raccoon rescue, the Communications & Engagement team kept the VPFO informed, engaged, and entertained in 2025.
Our big moments 🎉
- January – Launched the new Finance website, Finance Portal, and Learning Spaces websites
- April – Released new VPFO visual identity guidelines & templates
- May – VPFO Day 2025 was our biggest gathering yet with 450+ staff joining the conversation around what it means to be the VPFO
- June – Refreshed all our websites to the new VPFO look and feel
- July – Newsletter content featured on digital signage
Top newsletter stories 📰
- Finance Update Special Edition: New Sites Launched – Everyone was excited to see and use the new website and portal.
- VPFO Day photo album – We all played “Where’s Waldo?” trying to find ourselves and our colleagues in the photos.
- Raccoon Rescue video – What a wild ride for our Facilities team that helped a raccoon escape from the pipe!
Website wins 💻
Between all our websites, we had over 1.2 million page visits in 2025!
Our most visited pages
- VPFO – Our EDI pages were the top four hits. The UBC community and external groups often reference these pages as they provide a clear summary of key EDI topics. After that, the Our People and VPFO Update pages had the most views.
- Campus Security – Lost and Found, The Security Forum, and the News pages were the most visited.
- Communications & Engagement – VPFO Assets & Templates and Current Campaigns were our more visited pages this year. There were over 800 downloads of our various assets!
- Enterprise Risk & Assurance – The Team Directory, Enterprise Risk Management, and Financial Fraud Risk Management were the most visited pages. People want to know who is in ERA and what do they do.
- Facilities – Submit a Service Request, Records Account Request, Ice Prevention & Snow Removal, and the Furniture Reuse Program pages had the most views.
- Finance – Reporting, Pay & Taxes, and the Finance Portal were the top pages.
- Safety & Risk Services – Required Training for all UBC Workers and the UBC Safe App were the most visited pages. Shoutout to the team for pushing the Safe App at events and connecting with Provost to have faculty share with students.
Campaign power 💪
- We launched 21 campaigns across our divisions this year!
- Our top three campaigns:
Thank you for your support in submitting content, sharing campaigns, and being part of the VPFO team. We look forward to 2026!