Explore more updates, events & opportunities from across the Faculty & UBC.
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Climate Change & Microbial Biodiversity: Possible Impacts on our Food & Gut Microbiota
Register for the public lecture on Nov. 18.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance, Nov. 20
See UBC events & resources for Trans Awareness Week & Trans Day of Remembrance.
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Indigenous Initiatives in teaching & learning: Upcoming events
Register for an upcoming event from Indigenous Initiatives at the UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology (CTLT). Indigenous Initiatives at the CTLT develops and offers programming, resources and consultations focused on Indigenous engagement in curriculum, pedagogy, classroom climate and professional development. Indigenous Initiatives Evaluation Series What does it mean to design evaluation in ways that center community accountability,…
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Sustainability Hub events & Climate Emergency Week
Join workshops & events hosted by the UBC Sustainability Hub through November.
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Entrepreneurship Immersion Week: Climate Change & the Public Health Crisis
Join in-person or online for events Sep. 26–28.
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Fall wellbeing events & funding
Join a UBCV or UBCO campus walk, plan an event for Thrive Month, & apply for a Move UBC Grant.
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CTLT Indigenous Initiatives Open House
Join the UBCV on-campus event on Sep. 21.
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We Welcome the Children Back Home: Indigenous Speaker Series
Register to join the virtual event at 12 pm, Sep. 20.
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BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit webinar: Dr. Sharief Hendricks
Register to join the presentation by visiting scholar Dr. Hendricks on Sep. 5.
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Generative AI in teaching & learning: Events & resources
Explore a new website & workshops to support UBC educators.
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Community-University Engagement Support Fund
Attend the Sep. 14 info session, & submit a Notice of Intent by Sep. 22.
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Annual Welcome Back BBQ
RSVP for the UBCO & UBCV event.
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Climate Solutions Research Collective welcome & launch
Learn about this new initiative at the Sep. 15 launch event.
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OER Excellence & Impact Awards: Call for nominations
Nominate a faculty member by Nov. 27.
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West Coast Teaching Excellence Awards
Nominate faculty or teaching teams by 3 pm on Nov. 28.
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Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters 2026/27
Submit a notice of intent by Nov. 10.
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UBC Okanagan Teaching Awards: Call for nominations
Nominate UBCO teaching faculty members by Nov. 7.
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Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations Fund (ALT-2040)
UBCO faculty are invited to submit a proposal by Dec. 15.
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Open educational resource (OER) grants
Apply for grants supporting the use of open educational resources in UBCV credit courses.
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Plan an event for Thrive month with a Thrive Grant
Apply for support with your event by Oct. 1.
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Ministry of Health Seed Grant Program
Submit a notice of intent by Oct. 8.
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StEAR Enhancement Fund: Call for proposals
Apply by Oct. 15 to advance UBC’s equity & anti-racism priorities.
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Dr. Sharmila Anandasabapathy appointed Dean, Faculty of Medicine, and Vice-President, Health
A message from Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President and Vice-Chancellor & Gage Averill, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver.
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Dr. Robyn Hutchings appointed Associate Dean, Student Affairs, MD Undergraduate Program
A message from Roger Wong, Vice Dean, Education.
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Dr. Ahmer Karimuddin appointed Head, Department of Surgery
A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health, UBC.
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Dr. Wyeth Wasserman appointed Vice Dean, Research
A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health.
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Dr. Sarah Bartlett extended as interim Associate Dean, Student Affairs
A message from Roger Wong, Vice Dean, Education.
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Dr. Clarissa Wallace extended as interim Associate Dean, Fraser
A message from Roger Wong, Vice Dean, Education.
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Dr. Dean Regier appointed Director, Academy of Translational Medicine
A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health, UBC.
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Dr. Susan Forwell appointed Associate Dean pro tem, Graduate & Postdoctoral Education
A message from Roger Wong, Vice Dean, Education and Robert McMaster, Vice Dean, Research.
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Dr. M-J Milloy appointed interim Director of Research, BC Centre on Substance Use
A message from Robert McMaster, Darryl Knight & Teresa Tsang.
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Academic Renewal Update | Round 2
See the six successful proposals from the second round of our Academic Renewal competition.
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Register for the Full Faculty Meeting, Nov. 15
Registration is required, register online by 4:15 pm on Nov. 15.
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MD Undergraduate Admissions: Interviewers Needed
Help select the next class of medical students at UBC.
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Join us for the Indigenous Speaker Series: Diagnosing Truth, Healing and Conciliation Inside BC Health Care Systems
Register for the Monday, Oct. 17 event, hosted by the REDI office.
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2022 Faculty of Medicine Awards
These awards recognize and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of faculty and staff who embody our values of respect, integrity, compassion, collaboration and equity — helping us to transform health for everyone.
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Training more doctors for British Columbia
Update on the announcement made by the Government of BC committing to the expansion of the MDUP & PGME residency programs.
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Strategic Investment Fund update
A message from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health. As we start the second year our refreshed strategic plan Building the Future: 2021–2026, I’m pleased to announce that in year one we completed two rounds of the Strategic Investment Fund (SIF). In the fall 2021 and summer 2022 SIF rounds, we received a…
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Join the Faculty’s commemorative virtual event for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
An invitation from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health. Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Healthinvites you to join a virtual event onTuesday, September 27, 202210:00–11:30 am PT.Given the discussion topic, this event may go beyond 11:30 am Please join us in coming together in a concerted effort to reflect…
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Join us for the Indigenous Initiatives Speaker Series: We are Children of Indian Residential School Survivors
An invitation from the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Join the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) on Wednesday, September 21 for We Are Children of Indian Residential School Survivors: Awakening Our Spirits, Our Purpose & Our Confidence. This event brings together a panel of Indigenous people who are children…



