All Announcements

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All Announcements

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Explore e-biking options at UBCV and UBCO

Try an e-bike to get around while saving time on your commute.
Climate Solutions Scholars Summit

Join the in-person event on Apr. 18, 2-4 pm.
2024 Run & Ride for Rural Medicine

Participate in this year’s fundraising event Apr 27-28.
UBC Board of Governors approves balanced operating budget for 2024/25

Learn more about the 2024/25 budget.
Simplifying & streamlining family-building benefits

Changes to surrogacy and adoption benefits came into effect Apr. 1, 2024.
VinFuture Prize: Call for nominations

Nominations submissions due Apr. 17, 2024.
UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards

Apply by May 6.
Congratulations Dr. Devon Greyson

Dr. Greyson was recently named 2024 Applied Public Health Chair by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Claiming home office expenses with the T2200 form

Learn more about claiming home office expenses.

Events

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Upcoming mental health seminars

Attend presentations by Dr. Mark van Ommeren from the WHO.
entrepreneurship @ UBC Foundation Week

This weeklong series of events will feature info sessions, workshops and meetups.
CHSPR 35th Annual Health Policy Conference: Value Judgements

Register now to join the conference March 9–10, 2023.
Research to Impact training program

Register by Jan. 16 to join the eight-week course hosted by UBC Knowledge Exchange.
5th Annual Global Health Conference (GHC23)

Register to join the hybrid conference, being held January 26, 2023.
Does Global Health Make Data or Health? Learning from Peruvian Trans Women

Join Dr. Amaya Perez-Brumer for the CGSHE Speaker Series, Dec. 14, 2022.
COP27 and the politics of power, people, and place

Join UBC Sustainability for a free panel event Dec. 1.
Learn data visualization tool Power BI

Register to join the Nov. 29 workshop, hosted by FoM Digital Solutions.
CTLT Winter Institute teaching & learning workshops

Register for teaching & learning workshops Dec. 12–15, 2022.

Funding & Awards

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Solutions Scholars Program

Submit a notice of intent by Feb. 28.
Canada Excellence Research Chairs: Call for nominations

Register intent to nominate by March 5.
Continuous Learning Advancement Fund

Submit a letter of intent for a UBCV non-credit learning opportunity by May 8.
Marion Spencer Fay Award 2025: Call for nominations

Submit nominations by March 28.
President’s awards for staff: Call for nominations

Faculty & staff are invited to nominate staff colleagues by 4 pm on March 28.
Emerging Media Lab projects: Call for proposals

UBCV faculty, submit a proposal for by March 15.
Medical Council of Canada (MCC) Awards 2025

Apply by April 30, 2025
Wall Fellowships & Research Awards

Submit a notice of intent by Feb. 24.
Staff Professional Development Fund: Claim by Feb. 28

Submit claims by Feb. 28 for the current funding year.

Appointment

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Dr. Cheryl Holmes reappointed Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education

A message from Roger Wong, Vice Dean, Education. I am pleased to announce the reappointment of Dr. Cheryl Holmes as Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME), for a five-year term effective July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027. Dr. Holmes has accomplished a great deal during her first term in the role as Associate Dean,…
Dr. Paul Winwood extended as Regional Associate Dean, Northern BC, UBC and Associate Vice-President, Northern Medical Program, UNBC

A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health and Roger Wong, Vice Dean, Education. We are pleased to announce the extension of Dr. Paul Winwood as the Regional Associate Dean (RAD), Northern BC effective July 1, 2022 until June 30, 2024. Dr. Winwood serves as the RAD, Northern BC in the…
Ms. Namaste Marsden appointed as inaugural Director, Indigenous Engagement

A message from Mike Allard, Vice-Dean, Health Engagement. I am delighted to announce the appointment of Ms. Namaste Marsden as the inaugural Director, Indigenous Engagement in the Faculty of Medicine. Namaste, Masemtxoxw, is from Wilp Gamlaxyeltxw, Lax Ganeda (Frog Clan), from Gitanyow, an independent Gitxsan nation in northern B.C. She is granddaughter to late hereditary…
Dr. Jonathon Leipsic appointed Head, Department of Radiology

A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health. I’m pleased to announce Dr. Jonathon A. Leipsic as Head of the Department of Radiology, effective to June 30, 2027. Dr. Leipsic is a UBC professor in the department of radiology and the department of medicine’s division of cardiology. He is also currently…