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

  • Join UBC’s virtual ShakeOut drill on October 15th

    We’re all spending more time at home at the moment, which makes it all the more important to prepare your home for the unexpected. Join UBC’s virtual ShakeOut drill on October 15th to get ready!

    Read more: Join UBC’s virtual ShakeOut drill on October 15th
  • VPFO Finance & Communications Teams Launch Finance Update

    This new communication will be sent each Friday to consolidate and streamline communications to UBC’s finance community from our central finance functions.

    Read more: VPFO Finance & Communications Teams Launch Finance Update
  • Who, what, when, where, and how?

    For communication to be effective, we need to find the right words, the best time, and the most effective channels to reach the right people.

    Read more: Who, what, when, where, and how?