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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

May is Internal Audit Month

As part of Internal Audit Awareness Month, Enterprise Risk & Assurance wants to raise awareness about UBC’s Internal Assurance team and how they can help…
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Friday, April 25, 2025

Emergency Preparedness Week is May 4–10, 2025

May 4 to 10, 2025 is Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week). We would like your help with promoting EP Week to increase our community’s resilience,…
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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Supporting Indigenous suppliers

With the recent developments regarding U.S. tariffs, we would like to encourage the UBC community to consider purchasing from Indigenous businesses. UBC Faculty and staff can…
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

People consider only a small group of options on any idea, changing that window can change everything

Ever wonder how people choose what they’ll support? Or have you ever noticed that a politician championing one policy idea can win an election in…
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Supporting Canadian suppliers and navigating U.S. tariffs

With the recent developments regarding Canada’s response to U.S. tariffs, many questions have been raised regarding purchases at UBC. We encourage you to share this…
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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Help with the Point-in-Time Homeless Count at UBC

This will be the second year UBC Vancouver Point Grey is participating in the Homelessness Count. UBC Campus Security is looking for volunteers from across…
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Building Operations and Energy and Water Services websites have been decommissioned

The Building Operations (buildingoperations.ubc.ca) and Energy and Water Services (energy.ubc.ca) websites have been decommissioned; all pages now redirect to the UBC Facilities website (facilities.ubc.ca). This…
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Monday, February 3, 2025

Naloxone kits are on campus

UBC has an Overdose Prevention and Response Program designed to guide the prevention of opioid overdoses by making naloxone readily available and easy to use…
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Monday, January 13, 2025

New Find a Space tool on the UBC Learning Spaces website

The newly redeveloped Find a Space tool on the UBC Learning Spaces website is now live and ready for use!
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Thursday, January 9, 2025

UBC Alert Testing January 17

UBC Alert is the university’s mass notification system used to send alerts in urgent situations that pose an immediate safety or security risk to the…
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