UBC Today | Department of Psychiatry

September 19, 2017

Your bi-weekly roundup of what’s new and what’s happening at UBC for faculty and staff.

What’s new

Reminder: Professional development funds available

We’re halfway through the professional development claim year. Don’t forget to take advantage of the funds available to you.

New from Professor Ono’s blog: Supporting the dreamers

In his latest blog post, Professor Santa Ono discusses our collective responsibility to act as global change agents and make the world a better place. Read the full post.

UBC-O: Watch again – DVC and Principal Town Hall

If you were unable to attend the Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Principal’s Town Hall on August 31, and the presentation of the Staff Awards of Excellence, a recording of the event is now available.

UBC-V: Attend Harvest Feastival, Sept. 28

Treat your taste buds to an outdoor feast followed by entertainment in UBC’s Arts and Culture district. Staff and faculty can take advantage of a reduced ticket price of $30. Learn more and purchase tickets.

UBC-V: Help end bike theft on campus

Join the effort to reduce bike theft on campus and register your bike with Project 529 – a comprehensive bike registry and recovery system. Learn more.

UBC-V: 2018 call for proposals for small TLEF Project Grants

Get support for your small innovative education project. Apply for a Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) grant of up to $50,000 by November 17. Learn more and attend an info session.

UBC-V: Participate in the UBC Day of Learning

You’re invited to mark the 75th anniversary of Japanese Canadian internment, and the 5th anniversary of the UBC Honorary Degree Ceremony for the 76 Japanese Canadian students expelled in 1942, by participating in the UBC Day of Learning on October 10. Learn more and RSVP.

Photos from the welcome back BBQs

Check out photos from the welcome back BBQs that took place in Vancouver and the Okanagan.

More of what’s new

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Share your voice

UBC-V: Have your say on the creation of UBC’s next community

You’re invited to help shape a brand new neighbourhood in the area around Thunderbird Stadium. Share your thoughts and ideas online, or at one of three open-house events during this first phase of public consultation. Learn more.

UBC-O: Share your thoughts on campus library services and offerings

UBC Library is teaming up with the Okanagan Regional Library to support our offerings on campus. Share your input on what public library services you would like to see at UBC Okanagan. Complete the survey before October 6.

What’s happening

Vancouver

Learning and research

Sept 23: Gardening in Small Spaces Workshop: Balconies, Containers, Patios

Sept 26: Putting Trump in Historic Perspective: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Postwar America and Today

Oct 10: UBC Day of Learning

Entertainment

Sept 21: UBC Opera Ensemble Gala

Sept 22: FarmAde 2017

Sept 29: Kate Evans: Threads

Lifestyle, sport and community

Sept 24: Walk for Reconciliation

Sept 29: Free Lunchtime Yoga for Faculty and Staff

Sept 27: LGBTQ2I Night at the Bike Kitchen

Personal and professional development

Sept 21: Stress & Resilience Series – Part 1: Bouncing Back

Sept 27: Ergo Your Office

Sept 27: Musqueam Territory Acknowledgements in the Classroom

Okanagan

Learning and research

Sept 20: Compassion at work: The quiet power that elevates

Sept 20: Nature, National Character, and Unnatural Disaster: Reflections on the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan

Sept 21: On the Edge: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Genetic Variation for Endangered, Peripheral American Badger Populations

Entertainment

Oct 3: Film screening: Unrest

Oct 4: Celebrate our Faculty and Staff donor community

Lifestyle, sport and community

Sept 23: Women’s Soccer vs. Victoria

Sept 28: Women’s Basketball vs. Calgary

Until Oct 9: Second Annual Queer Orientation

Personal and professional development

Sept 28: Motivational Interviewing for Helping Professionals – Introduction

Oct 5: Staff Pension Plan Workshop

Oct 9: Developing Minds: Positive Space

Achievements and recognition

Congratulations to UBC’s four newest Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences:

Professor Santa J. Ono, President and Vice Chancellor
Dr. Michael Coughtrie, Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Lara Boyd, Canada Research Chair in the Department of Physical Therapy
Dr. Jehannine Austin, Canada Research Chair in the Department Medical Genetics

Appointments

Your UBC

30-Second Bio: Joseph Ferguson

Title: Financial Analyst

Department/Unit: Finance

Location: Okanagan

Year I started working at UBC: 2009

10 words or less to describe what I do at UBC: Provide information and evidence to support informed decision-making.

The best thing about my work/role at UBC: My role affords me the opportunity to work with individuals from across the entire organization and UBC system. I provide information and analysis about our students, faculty, staff, and other institutional measures to support informed decision-making. These relationships are, without question, the best thing about my role. I also get to work with my alma mater (BMgt, Hons. 2009)!

Resources and contacts

Resource spotlight: On-campus accommodation for your guests

If your Faculty or department is hosting guests, there is year-round access to modern suites on the Vancouver campus that are reserved exclusively for use by staff, faculty and guests of UBC. On the Okanagan campus, there is a variety of affordable, on-campus accommodation options, available between May and August. Learn more: Vancouver | Okanagan.

More resources and contacts

For daily updates, visit ubc.ca/faculty-staff