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

  • New Campaign: Cover Your Cough

    Getting sick is never fun, but thankfully there are a few precautions we can all take to stay healthy and stop the spread of germs that make you and others sick. Help us spread the word, not germs!

    Read more: New Campaign: Cover Your Cough
  • What does good communications look like?

    Research by international consulting firm Watson-Wyatt identified three communication traits of high-performance organizations while Deloitte identified four communication-related factors that help organizations achieve their goals.

    Read more: What does good communications look like?
  • The VPFO is Working with the Rest of UBC in its Response to Covid-19

    In this uncertain time the VPFO continues to provide some of UBC’s crucial services while protecting those that operate them.

    Read more: The VPFO is Working with the Rest of UBC in its Response to Covid-19