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Inspiring Communities Grant 2023

The Inspiring Community Grant 2023 is now open for applications!

Days of Significance: Red Dress Day

May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S) in Canada, also known as Red Dress Day. The red dresses serve as a visual reminder of those who are no longer with us.

May is Asian Heritage month!

May is Asian Heritage Month, a time to reflect and recognize the many contributions that Canadians of Asian heritage have made--and continue to make--to Canada.

Celebrate Learning Week | May 2-9, 2023

Now in its fourteenth year, Celebrate Learning Week will be hosted from May 2-9, 2023. The theme of this year’s showcase is celebrating the Power of Place in Teaching and Learning.

Join us as we celebrate and promote Pink Shirt Day at UBC!

A global movement, Pink Shirt Day grew from an act of kindness in Nova Scotia when a group of students supported a fellow student being bullied for wearing a pink t-shirt to school.

Microsoft Whiteboard now available in Microsoft 365

Microsoft Whiteboard is now available in Microsoft 365.

A one-year data retention schedule for Zoom and MS Teams video recordings is coming October 2023

In October 2023, UBC will implement an automated one-year retention policy for video recordings. This data retention schedule will affect all faculty, staff and student employees at both UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan campuses.

Lightboard studio hits milestone use case of livestreaming to 1000+ undergrad students

Supporting UBC Professor Mark MacLean and Professor James Colliander, UBC Studios has started livestreaming two courses to more than 1000 undergrad UBC students in the fall semester of 2022.