Announcing the Launch of the New Departmental Website

Dear staff, students, residents and colleagues,

As outlined among our priorities in the UBC Psychiatry Strategic Plan, in 2021 we launched the rebuild of our entire departmental website, a project which entailed many months of planning, development and implementation of a new layout and updated content, as well as ongoing consultation between our Executive and administrative teams and our fantastic website designer, Ms. Aida Viziru.

I am delighted to announce that this project has finally been completed, and our new website is now live and available for viewing here:  https://psychiatry.ubc.ca/. Our collective goal was to create a website that has a modern look and feel, and offers a user-friendly browsing experience that is not only comprehensive, but also has a logical architecture that is easy to navigate. While the complexity of this project required a great deal of work and a flexible timeline, I believe we have achieved a refreshed and more modern platform that will meet the needs of not only our Department members, but also visitors from the public and wider academic community.

Some highlights of the new website include:

  • A refreshed and more attractive Home Page
  • Updated information about our faculty and staff, our research groups and centres, and educational opportunities
  • A new section on “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion”
  • A new “In the Spotlight” feature dedicated to showcasing our students, staff and faculty
  • A new “Job Opportunities” page with links to positions offered by the Department and Health Authorities
  • A new “Faculty Development Hub” that has collated information relevant to faculty appointments and promotions
  • A new “Research Support Hub” portal that has information on tools and resources useful for research, including statistics, ethics, scientific writing, grant submission and management
  • A redesigned “Education page” for prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students seeking information on a wide range of opportunities

Please note that updates and revisions to the content will continue on an ongoing basis, and as such, I ask that you please take the time to explore the website and provide any suggestions or feedback you may have to Margaret Koshi (margaret.koshi@ubc.ca), who will be managing and maintaining the website from here on. 

Finally, I wish to take this opportunity to acknowledge and sincerely thank Dr. Sophia Frangou for her outstanding oversight, her hands-on involvement and her dedication of countless hours toward executing this enormous task over the last two years.

Sincerely,

Dr. Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych (UK), MBA (Exec)
Professor and Head, UBC Department of Psychiatry
Director, Institute of Mental Health, UBC
Regional Head and Program Medical Director, VCH/PHC 

The UBC Department of Psychiatry Administration Office respectfully acknowledges the land on which we live, work and play is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-waututh).