More than a dozen UBC IT and ARC staff will present UBC case studies and their insights at this week’s CANHEIT-ARC Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Held annually, the conference is the largest gathering of Canadian higher education IT leaders from universities, technical institutes and…
Canada’s largest interdisciplinary conference, the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, took place last week at UBC’s Vancouver campus, and more than 140 IT staff contributed to support the conference. “UBC and thousands of global delegates benefited from the work of…
Back by popular demand, the 3rd Annual Research Computing Summer School, co-hosted by UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) and WestGrid, is taking place June 24 to 27, 2019 on campus. The Summer School is open to anyone with an interest in high-powered computing, scientific visualization, and…
We are pleased to announce that UBC Studios, UBC’S on-campus digital media production unit offering end-to-end creative media production and support services, won Platinum for their “Study What Moves You” Banner for the School of Kinesiology and Gold for their Illustrations for…
The Office of the CIO has drafted final amendments to the UBC Information Security Standards that govern the use and protection of university data and computing resources. Based on feedback from the community gathered last year, amendments to Information Security Standards #1, 2, 3, 5, and 14 have…
Emerging Media Lab has opened a new space at the Irving K. Baber Learning Centre. On March 26, 2019, join the team in celebrating their new location in Room 183 on the first floor of IKBLC. There will be a panel discussion featuring four faculty members that use emerging…
Hear from a panel of three leading female CIOs about their leadership journey at “Follow the Leader: Lessons from Female CIOs in Higher Education” event on March 8, 2019. Presented by UBC IT, learn how these three female leaders used their influence as senior executives, and the advice…
Congratulations to UBC Studios for their video collaboration with Negin Riazi at UBC Kinesiology which won the runner up prize in the 2018 CIHR IHDCYH Talks Video Competition. Read more about it and check out their animation here!
Data Privacy Day on January 28 is an annual and worldwide effort to empower people to protect their privacy and to focus on the shared responsibility of protecting privacy and data. As an official 2019 Data Privacy Day champion, UBC is spreading the word with tips and resources on how to protect…
UBC IT's 2017/18 Annual Report is now available! The report highlights our activities in support of the UBC community and working in collaboration with our partners across the University on both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Our stories are themed around how…
Page last updated on April 23, 2025