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UBC Today   |   Your faculty and staff newsletter   |   May 28, 2019
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It’s Bike to Work Week, now through June 2
Whether you’re a regular cyclist or not, this week is your opportunity to team up with other cyclists across the university and win prizes. Learn more about what’s happening across campus.

VANCOUVER | OKANAGAN

 

UBCV: Submit your application for UBC’s 2020 Global Seminars program
If you’re a faculty member looking for opportunities to ‘move the classroom’ to an enhanced learning environment or take your students abroad, submit a proposal for the 2020 Global Seminars program before July 5.

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Read the latest from Professor Ono’s blog: Talking about GenSqueeze
In his latest blog post, Professor Ono introduces his new podcast co-host for the Blue and Goldcast, Professor Margot Young, and highlights their first couple of episodes together.

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Reminder: Congress 2019 is coming to Vancouver June 1 – 7
Canada’s largest interdisciplinary conference will be happening at the Vancouver campus next week. With more than 10,000 people expected to attend,  many UBC services will be busier than usual.

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• Apply for the Community Leadership Program by June 14. Find out more

• New guidelines available for the use of preferred names for faculty and staff.  Read more

• Relive Staff and Faculty Sports Day through photos: Vancouver | Okanagan

• New funding year for staff professional development funds. Learn more

• UBCO’s Jonathan Holzman, Andis Klegeris and Sally Willis-Stewart recognized with Killam Teaching Prize and 2019 Teaching Excellence and Innovation Awards. Learn more

• UBCO: Rehan Sadiq named Executive Associate Dean, School of Engineering.  Read more

• Bruce Wright reappointed Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Island, UBC Faculty of Medicine as well as Head of the Division of Medical Sciences at UVic. Read more

• Sarah Brears appointed Interim Regional Associate Dean, Interior, Faculty of Medicine. Read more

 
Resource spotlight

 

Get access to secure bicycle storage on campus
If you’re cycling to, and around campus, and looking for ways to keep your bike safe, there are resources available to you. Find out where you can stow your ride and how you can get access to secure bike storage solutions while on campus.

VANCOUVER | OKANAGAN

 
 

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Reminder: Have your say on how UBC supports the needs of the research community
Tell us about your research needs and provide feedback on how well these are being met by the VP Research & Innovation portfolio. The deadline for feedback is May 31.

TAKE THE SURVEY

 

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Go behind the scenes at graduation


Hear from Liz King, Director of Ceremonies and Events, as she takes us behind the scenes at UBC Vancouver’s graduation ceremonies. Find what it takes to marshal the collective energies of 33,600 people throughout the process.

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30 Second Bio: Albert Ng


Meet Albert Ng, Public Services Assistant with the Peter A. Allard Law Library. When he’s not helping faculty, staff and students access library resources, you can find Albert blogging about his tasting journey across the Vancouver campus.

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UBCO’s Gordon Lovegrove, an associate professor in the School of Engineering, is helping to prove that directional arrows on high-visibility clothing can make a difference when it comes to driver behaviour towards cyclists on the road.

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Learn about Rachel Weber, a tenure-track instructor in Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, who is helping at-risk children develop their cognitive skills to aid their long-term success in life.

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Vancouver campus

LEARNING AND RESEARCH

May 29: Likelihood ratio meta-analysis with Colin Dormuth (TI Methods speaker series)

May 29: Storybook Mexico: Best practices to promote children’s literacies in Indigenous languages​ (Language Science Talks series)

June 10 – 11:  Missing and murdered indigenous women: An epidemic crossing the medicine line (UBC conference)

 
LIFESTYLE, SPORT AND COMMUNITY
May 31:  Memorial for Chan Centre founding managing director Michael Noon

June 17 – July 12 : Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge (register by June 12)


June 20: UBC staff pension fair

 

ENTERTAINMENT

June 6: Music on the green (featuring the Vancouver Concert Band)

June 6: Amanda Palmer (concert)   

June 13 : UBC Farm – Fermentation fundamentals: sauerkraut and pickled vegetables (workshop)

 
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
June 7 : The foundations of workplace coaching skills (workshop)

June 11: Compiling creative briefs (workshop)

June 12: Office ergonomics training
 
Okanagan campus

LEARNING AND RESEARCH

June 3: Palliative care for First Nations People in British Columbia (Miranda Falk – MSN oral defense)

June 14: Gender issues in policing (Lynda Reil – MA oral defense) 

 

LIFESTYLE, SPORT AND COMMUNITY

June 6: Community, Culture and Global Studies (CCGS) – graduate student celebration

June 17 – July 12: Pick Your Peak Stair Challenge (register by June 12)

 

ENTERTAINMENT

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PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

June 4: Microsoft Office Core – Level 1

June 11: PowerConcepts: Excel Core

June 13 and 20 : Crucial Conversations workshop

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