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UBC Today   |   Your faculty and staff newsletter   |   February 5, 2019
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Get moving this month with Move UBC
This February, participate in Move UBC and explore the physical, mental and social benefits that come from increased movement. Attend an event and find ways to move that work for you.

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New VP External Relations announced
Robin Ciceri has been appointed as the new Vice-President, External Relations, effective March 1, 2019.

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President’s Awards for Staff
If you know any outstanding staff members deserving of recognition, you’re invited to nominate them for the 2019 President’s Awards. Submit your nominations by 4pm on March 15, 2019.

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2018 Faculty Research Awards – winners announced
Each year, the Faculty Research Awards celebrate the outstanding work and achievements of UBC researchers. This year’s winners will be honoured at the annual awards reception held in April.

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• New from Professor Ono’s blog: UBC Connects: Connecting UBC to the Community.  Read more

• UBC is expanding support for Humanities research.  Find out more

• UBC Equity Enhancement Fund — call for proposals. Read more

• Staff: Reminder to use professional development funds for 2018/19. Read more

• Apply for a UTown@UBC Community Grant before Feb. 10. Learn more

 

Resource spotlight

Get access to UBC Library’s digital colouring books

This week, UBC Library invites you to #ColourourCollectionsUBC – a unique way to engage with library resources, and a chance to take a creative break. Download this year’s feature book Mythical Creatures.

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Share your feedback on the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Strategic Plan
You are invited to provide your input on a new strategic plan for graduate and postdoctoral studies at UBC. The deadline for feedback is March 15, 2019.

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30 Second Bio: Evan Wood
Meet Evan Wood, who is the Executive Director at the BC Centre on Substance Use with UBC’s Faculty of Medicine.

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Dr. Tania Lam on helping people walk again
Tania Lam, professor and researcher with the School of Kinesiology, is exploring how we study paralysis and the act of walking to uncover new results.

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Learn about Professor Ken Chau’s experience working with a student and alumnus on two start-ups as part of entrepreneurship@ubc.

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UBCO’s professor Kathleen Martin Ginis is leading new research about physical activity and helping to improve the lives of people with spinal cord injuries.

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Vancouver campus

LEARNING AND RESEARCH

Feb. 13: International Autonomic Symposium: Women’s health after spinal cord injury

Feb. 14: From basic science to clinical research: A neuroscientist’s journey 

Feb. 19: Town hall: Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster (info session for faculty members)

 

LIFESTYLE, SPORT AND COMMUNITY

Feb. 8: UBC Thunderbirds Men’s Volleyball vs Winnipeg Wesmen – free for UBC staff (Note: 1:00pm start time)

Feb. 9: Wesbrook Village Lunar New Year Celebration


Feb. 17
: Kids Take Over UBC (Family Day event)

 

ENTERTAINMENT

Feb. 10: UBC Opera: Opera tea series

Feb. 14: Tunes at noon

Feb. 24: No Blue Memories: The life of Gwendolyn Brooks (performance)

 

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Feb. 12 & 14: Understanding your staff pension plan (workshops)

Feb. 12 – Mar. 5: Travelling Health Fair (free mobile health clinic)

Feb. 27: Hot Lunch with Barbara Meens Thistle, Vice-President, Human Resources

Okanagan campus

LEARNING AND RESEARCH

Feb. 11: Town hall: Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster (info session for faculty members)

Feb. 12 : Bears in Space: Linking spatial patterns and ecological processes to support wildlife conservation (seminar series)

Feb. 28 : Cannabis: Does it have a place in palliative and end-of-life care? (presentation)


 

LIFESTYLE, SPORT AND COMMUNITY

Feb. 15: President’s Cup: UBCO Heat Volleyball vs. TRU Wolfpack

 

ENTERTAINMENT

Feb. 9: Art on the Line (gala and fundraiser )

Feb. 21: Public presentation with Tanya Talaga

Feb. 25: Distinguished Speaker Series event, featuring Nicholas Thompson, Editor-in-chief, Wired

 

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Feb. 21: Project management workshop

Feb. 22: PowerConcepts: Excel Expert: database management (training course)

Feb. 28: Money Talks (workshops)

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