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Message from the President
The year 2009 marked an important turning point for UBC’s people practices. It was a year of aspiration, with the launch of Place and Promise and a pledge to create an outstanding work environment for...
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Leadership in a Time of Change
When Plant Operations and Utilities became Building Operations last April, more than 700 UBC staff were impacted, including the department’s senior management team. The changes, a result of...
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New Work-Life Relocation Services Centre Welcomes New Faculty to Vancouver...
By the time Karen Campbell moves to UBC this summer to take up a senior faculty position with the Faculty of Dentistry, she will already have a sense of familiarity of her life on the West Coast....
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A Family-Friendly Employer: The Expansion of Child Care Spaces at UBC Vancouver
Last fall, UBC’s Board of Governors approved an aggressive plan to cost out the re-purposing of several campus buildings for child care use. Planning has now been completed, and two new child care...
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New Mentorship Program Connects Okanagan and Vancouver Faculty
A group of Okanagan faculty members are drawing upon the resources and expertise of their Vancouver counterparts as part of a new mentorship program aimed at helping Okanagan faculty to understand and...
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Report on UBC’s People Practices: Year 2
Last year, we received more than 2,700 responses to UBC’s first Workplace Experiences Survey. The results were released online and at town halls during the summer and we have spent the latter half of...
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Insider Perspective: Adjudicating Staff Recognition Awards
In 2009, UBC formally recognized 16 staff members as part of an expanded awards recognition program at the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Each year, adjudication committees at both campuses spend...
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Focus on People Annual Report Team Project Manager Linda Ong Creative Director Sharmini Thiagarajah Web Director Adrian Liem Copy Editor Breeonne Baxter Principal Photographer Martin Dee Additional...
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