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: New campaign: 2022 ShakeOut BC
New campaign: 2022 ShakeOut BC
This year, the annual province-wide earthquake drill, ‘Great British Columbia ShakeOut’, takes place at 10:20 a.m. on October 20, 2022. In addition to the Shakeout drill, two earthquake public-information events will be happening on the UBC Vancouver campus. Please help…
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Read more: New campaign: VCH COVID-19 Booster Clinic
New campaign: VCH COVID-19 Booster Clinic
Starting September 19, 2022, a Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) COVID-19 booster clinic has opened at the UBC Life Sciences Centre. Please help share this information with your faculty/departments.
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Read more: Adam Grant: Why repeating yourself is a good thing
Adam Grant: Why repeating yourself is a good thing
Great communication is like a song. It isn’t enough to hear it once. You don’t know the melody until you hear it multiple times. You don’t know the chorus by heart until you’ve repeated it many times.