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Thursday, October 6, 2022

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…
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Friday, September 23, 2022

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…
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Friday, August 26, 2022

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…
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Friday, August 26, 2022

New Campaign: Are you prepared for an emergency?

Safety & Risk Service’s Emergency Management team will be setting up a booth from September 6 to 8, 2022 to share information about personal emergency…
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Thursday, August 4, 2022

New photos of UBC Treasury available on Flickr

The VPFO Communications & Engagement team recently did a photoshoot for UBC Treasury working together in their newly renovated office in the Old Administration Building.…
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Thursday, July 14, 2022

New Campaign: Custodial Services in UBC Facilities is Hiring

UBC Facilities is hiring up to 20 positions for Auxiliary Building Service Workers (6 months term) to join our Custodial Services team. Please help us…
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Simple storytelling moments can help connects employees to their work

The Harvard Business Review shares that brief storytelling, featuring concrete examples that reframe a moment by personifying human consequences, has been proven to help people…
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Thursday, May 26, 2022

May 26 VPFO Town Hall presentation and slides

The resources from the VPFO Town Hall on May 26, including recording, slides, agenda and helpful links, are now available on the VPFO website.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

To make a change at work, tell yourself a different story

For better or for worse, our stories shape what we notice and how we interpret it. There may come a time when you need to…
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

VPFO all staff town hall: Strategic Plan 2022-24

Peter Smailes, Vice-President Finance & Operations and the VPFO senior leadership team welcome you to a townhall. Together we’ll set our path to build a…
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