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  1. December 8, 2015

    UBC IT 2014/15 Annual Report is here!

    UBC IT’s 2014/15 Annual Report is now available! The report highlights our operations and accomplishments this past year for the UBC community through collaboration and innovation. Some of our features for this year’s report include: Enhancing Student and Administrator Experience…

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    November 6, 2015

    Gather Feedback With UBC Survey Tool

    Regardless how you are involved with UBC, working with confidential information and gathering information for research and feedback are essential tasks. To support your research needs, the UBC Survey Tool is now available to all staff, faculty, and active UBC students. The UBC Survey Tool is also a…

  3. October 1, 2015

    Prevent future data breaches! Follow UBC Policy and Encryption Requirements

    The BC Ministry of Education has recently announced that an unencrypted hard drive containing 3.4 million of student records from 1986 to 2009 has been misplaced. These records have sensitive information, such as health and behavior issues, birth dates, citizenship status, and GPAs. More…

  4. August 6, 2015

    Jennifer Burns named UBC’s new CIO

    Jennifer Burns was named the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at The University of British Columbia on August 1, 2015. As CIO, Jennifer leads the information technology function at the institution to ensure the alignment between the IT delivery system and the faculties, research, and administrative…

  5. May 13, 2015

    Get what you need with the IT Self Service Portal

    UBC IT is launching a new self-service option called the IT Self Service Portal to our list of contact support options in order to better support your IT needs. This option is available to all current faculty, staff, and students. Here are some of the functionalities that the IT Self Service…

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    April 29, 2015

    Office 365 Software Available for Active UBC Students

    All active UBC students with a CWL will now be able to download Office 365 at no cost. (What do we mean by "active students"?) The installation of this software includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, which are also supported across multiple devices. Students running Windows will also be…

  7. March 30, 2015

    Women in Leadership & Technology Event - April 15, 2015

    On April 15, 2015 from 9:00am – 11:30am, UBC Information Technology and Professor Rachel Kuske, Senior Advisor to the Provost on Women Faculty, will host the event: “Women in Leadership & Technology” to put the spotlight on gender issues that impact women with leadership…

  8. February 3, 2015

    Microsoft Outlook App Security Alert

    Microsoft recently acquired the mobile application Acompli and has rebranded it as “Microsoft Outlook” for iOS and Android. This is a concern for staff and faculty at UBC who choose to use the application, because it is not compliant with the Freedom of Information and Protection of…

  9. December 15, 2014

    UBC Studios wins World University Rankings 2014/15 video competition

    UBC Studios, part of UBC Information Technology, has won the Times Higher Education 2014-2015 World University Rankings video competition. The winning video was selected from a shortlist of five videos, which included contenders from Canada, Russia, and Australia.The competition asked…

  10. December 3, 2014

    UBC IT now offers NVivo Software for staff and faculty

    As part of the campus agreement, UBC IT is now offering NVivo software at no cost for UBC staff and faculty across campus. NVivo software is primarily used by researchers, evaluators, social workers and educators. It allows users to collect, organize, and analyze content from interviews, focus…

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