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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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 teams manage risk and improve operations. We would like your help in sharing this information…
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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, and emergency awareness and preparedness.
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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 find Indigenous vendors using the UBC Indigenous Business Directory and following the step-by-step guide for…