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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Pink Shirt Day 2021: Celebrate Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Across the VPFO

The VPFO Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee presents Pink Shirt Day on February 24, 2021. The VPFO will be celebrating equity, diversity and inclusion…
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Friday, January 15, 2021

Harvard Business Review: Making good choices about channels can increase your productivity

You can be an email ninja, but with the explosion of email (not to mention instant messages, Twitter, LinkedIn, Slack, and countless other communication tools),…
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Monday, December 14, 2020

UBC’s Accessible and Inclusive Event Planning Guide

Access UBC's guide and downloadable checklist that can assist you in planning events, public consultations, celebrations, and other occasions so that they can be equally…
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

The Harvard Business Review: Storytelling Can Make or Break Your Leadership

Whether you need to win over a colleague, a team, an executive, a recruiter, or an entire conference audience, effective storytelling is key.
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Thursday, September 24, 2020

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…
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Thursday, September 24, 2020

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.
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Thursday, July 9, 2020

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.
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Friday, May 8, 2020

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…
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Friday, May 8, 2020

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.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

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.
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