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Celebrate Indigenous History Month
June commemorates National Indigenous History Month in Canada, a time to acknowledge and celebrate the history and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples across the country.
Read More ›National AccessAbility Week | May 28 - June 3, 2023
May 29th to June 4th is AccessAbility week in Canada, a time to celebrate accessibility, inclusion, and the contributions of Canadians with disabilities.
Read More ›Inspiring Communities Grant 2023
The Inspiring Community Grant 2023 is now open for applications!
Read More ›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.
Read More ›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.
Read More ›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.
Read More ›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.
Read More ›Microsoft Whiteboard now available in Microsoft 365
Microsoft Whiteboard is now available in Microsoft 365.
Read More ›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.
Read More ›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.
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