The UBC Faculty of Medicine community is invited to comment on proposed amendments to the Academic Administrative Space Policy and the Academic Research Space Policy.
The proposed amendments to the policies, last revised in 2020, reflect UBC’s formal adoption of remote work as part of the Hybrid Work Program in 2022, address evolving institutional space needs, and align with the 5-year cycle of policy updates.
The proposed amendments are now being published for community consultation, and all members of the Faculty of Medicine are encouraged to provide their comments. Please submit feedback on the draft policies via the submission forms below by Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
Feedback received by the project team will be thoroughly reviewed and considered. The project team does not provide individual responses to submitted feedback. However, the feedback received will be summarized, along with the project team’s response, in a summary report that will be posted to the project page on MedNet.
Academic Administrative Space Policy
The proposed amendments to the Academic Administrative Space Policy include:
- Addition of a land acknowledgement.
- Increase to the benchmark metric for assigning dedicated workspaces from 70% (3.5 days) to 80% (4 days).
- General policy language updates to provide clarity and reflect UBC’s adoption of Hybrid Work, including Space Allocation Guidelines and Typical Shared Workspace Models.
- Addition of a Shared Space Guidelines section in the Appendix.
Academic Research Space Policy
The proposed amendments to the Academic Research Space Policy include:
- Addition of a land acknowledgement.
- Increase to the benchmark metric for assigning dedicated workspaces from 70% (3.5 days) to 80% (4 days).
- Language updates around the Prioritization and Metric for Research Funding.
- General policy language updates to provide clarity and reflect UBC’s adoption of Hybrid Work including Typical Shared Workspace Models.
