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UBC’s 2022 merit program for eligible staff, and update on process for certain excluded staff covered by the performance-based increase (PBI) process

As you may know, UBC offers an annual, performance-based merit program for those who have passed their probationary period and are at or above the midpoint of their salary range. This year the following groups are eligible: 

Through our eyes, with our voices: How Arts staff are engaging and embodying their Asian identities in the workplace

It takes a village to deliver graduation at UBCO

Leadership update: Vice-Provost, International

Research in focus: Greg Garrard

Greg is a professor of Environmental Studies within the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. Learn about his latest project focusing on interactions of culture and nature in the Okanagan in the last century. 

Announcing the appointment of Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusion

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Arig al Shaibah as the new Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusion, starting July 1, 2022.

Register for the Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge by June 24

Open to all faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan, the Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge is an annual, fun and inclusive way to encourage movement, social connection, and physical activity throughout the day. All abilities are welcome to participate.  Register with a team (4-6 people) or sign up as a solo climber by 4pm on June 24.

Deepen your understanding of privacy and information security at UBC

Wondering why a certain technology was chosen to protect UBC computers and servers? Want to better understand how and why certain privacy and information security policies have been implemented at UBC? This is your chance to ask via a one-question survey. Learn more

Redefining the undergraduate learning experience in Creative Writing

Before the start of the project, Sara Graefe, lecturer in Playwriting and Screenwriting in the School of Creative Writing, was teaching a three-hour course every Friday afternoon in a large lecture hall. “I would usually have a lecture on a topic, then we would often screen short films in class, do some writing exercises, then a bit more lecture,” she remembers. However, Sara admits that the time and format of her course did not resonate well. “Students hated the three hours at the end of a long week; I hated the three hours. It was really a challenge to keep students engaged.”

UBC Library rethinks problematic Indigenous representations in children’s literature

What do you do with problematic materials in a library collection—with books that are outdated, that perpetuate stereotypes, depict cultural appropriation, or include racism and other harmful elements? This was the question faced by librarians at UBC Vancouver’s Education Library, Xwi7xwa Library and UBC Okanagan (UBCO) Library, who found a way to contextualize problematic books from the children’s picture book collections.

Apply to entrepreneurship@UBC's 2022 Venture Founder cohorts

If you have a unique idea focused on innovation, technology, social venture or climate solutions, entrepreneurship@UBC can help develop your idea into a venture. They can support faculty and staff founders with customer discovery, competitive analysis, problem validation and product-market fit.

Large TLEF Transformation funding: Special call for hybrid and multi-access course redesign projects

Faculty members at UBC Vancouver are invited to submit letters of intent (LOI) for Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) Transformation projects. The 2023/24 Large TLEF funding round is a special call to academic units interested in hybrid and multi-access course redesign projects. The LOI submission deadline is 3pm on July 14, 2022.