#UBC
Vancouver is ditching single-use coffee cups and plastic food ware, and encouraging students, faculty and staff to choose reusable options instead.
UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa J. Ono affirms support of mandatory indoor masking and vaccination in talks with provincial government. Please read the latest update from
@ubcprez
:
Effective Monday March 16, UBC classes will transition to online for the remainder of the term. UBC’s campuses will remain open and all university operations will continue as normal, as we transition.
Read more:
UBC Vancouver is ditching single-use coffee cups and plastic food ware. Starting in January, all food and beverage retailers on campus will be required to charge customers a separate fee for single-use items.
We're proud to announce that
#UBC
has been ranked first in Canada and seventh globally for impact.
The
#THEglobalimpact
Rankings measure universities’ overall impact through their work in meeting the United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals.
UBC will continue requiring masks to be worn in public indoor spaces on both campuses, until the end of the 2021/22 Winter Session on April 30, 2022. Learn more:
Snowball fight! ❄️❄️❄️
It may have happened a day late because yesterday was TOO snowy, but
#UBC
Vancouver students took to Main Mall today to play in the snow.
We are lowering our flags on both campuses, in shared grief and to pay our respects to the children of the Kamloops Residential School, their families and communities.
Yesterday’s tragic shootings in Atlanta have highlighted a concerning rise in anti-Asian racism and violence. UBC condemns and denounces anti-Asian racism — it has no place in our community and we have zero tolerance for it.
B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and internationally renowned climate activist Greta Thunberg will receive honorary degrees from UBC this spring. They are among 18 remarkable individuals being recognized.
Seventy-six years after survivors fled death camps, scholars are pondering ways to preserve the history of Auschwitz. Learn more at an upcoming conference Oct 4 & 5:
Ten years ago,
@rickmercer
received an honorary degree from
#UBC
. This year, he returns to
#UBCgrad
for a very special keynote address for the Class of 2020.
Watch the ceremonies live on June 17!
#UBCgrad
starts at 9:30 a.m. and
#UBCOgrad
at 2:30 p.m.
At
@MOA_UBC
, history has been built directly into the foundations. A circular gun emplacement from the Second World War serves as the base for Bill Reid’s monumental work, 'The Raven and the First Men'.
UBC stands with the courageous women of Iran, and all who seek to protect their human rights and freedoms and stand up against repression and discrimination. Read our statement:
Due to forecasted weather, UBC is cancelling all in-person learning activities on Vancouver campus for all of Jan. 17. Classes may move online. Students are asked to look for communication from instructors. Necessary services will be maintained. Read more:
The BC provincial government has announced the BC Vaccine Card will be introduced by new provincial health order. The order will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to access activities, including sports, student clubs and student housing.
Learn more:
"There is hope for this horrible pandemic."
An international team led by
#UBC
researcher Dr. Josef Penninger has found a trial drug that blocks early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues.
Aurora borealis captured from
@MOA_UBC
last week! Have you ever seen the northern lights in Vancouver? ✨
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- Thank you to Instagrammer
@liambrennnan
for sharing this incredible photograph!
From the streets to the halls of justice: Former foster child, teen mom overcomes adversity to graduate from
#UBC
law school. via
@globeandmail
#UBCgrad
Classes at UBC Point Grey are cancelled on Tuesday Feb. 12 due to expected commute conditions. This affects classes starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 6:30 p.m.
Non-essential campus services are curtailed. Visit for more info.
#UBC
is ranked first in the world for taking urgent action to combat climate change and first in Canada for making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable in new global university impact rankings.
Canada's CHIME telescope, located in BC's Okanagan Valley, detects second-ever brief, puzzling pulses of radio energy from far outside our galaxy. CHIME is a collaboration between
#UBC
,
@uoft
,
@mcgillu
,
@NRC_CNRC
, and
@Perimeter
.
Due to forecasted weather, UBC is cancelling all in-person learning activities on the Vancouver campus for Jan. 18. Classes may move online. Students are asked to look for communication from instructors. Necessary services will be maintained. Read more:
We are lowering our flags on both campuses, in shared grief and to acknowlege the request from shíshálh Nation to the province to honour those who suffered trauma and harm at the former residential school in Sechelt and their families and communities who are mourning.
Today flags are lowered at UBC in memory of those killed in the Flight 752 tragedy, including four from the UBC community.
Read the new statement from
@ubcprez
:
In memory of all of those who died aboard flight PS752, including four members of the UBC community, UBC has established the Iranian Student Memorial Award. Learn more:
Researchers at
#UBC
have identified a new group of enzymes that can turn any type of blood into the universally usable type O—expanding the pool of potential blood donors.
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former students Zeynab Asadi Lari and Mohammadhossein Asadi Lari in the Ukranian International Airlines Flight 752 tragedy.
See the statement from
@ubcprez
:
Missing the cherry blossoms at
#UBC
Vancouver? We are too.
Since we can’t see them in person this year, here’s a shot from a previous spring. Stay well everyone.
🌸🌸🌸
Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon has been named
@UBC
’s new President and Vice-Chancellor. His leadership, vision, and collaborative approach will strengthen
#UBC
’s mission to inspire people, ideas and actions for a better world.
More info:
January 8, 2023 marks the third anniversary of the downing of Flight PS752. We remember the 176 lives lost and our hearts go out to their loved ones. Learn how you can show support for the victims:
The UBC community is saddened to hear that our colleague, friend, mentor and teacher Dr. Sinikka Elliott was found deceased today after going missing earlier this week.
Please read a message from
@UBCSociology
:
@BCRCMP
info:
You’re invited to
#UBC
’s first virtual graduation on June 17! Watch the Vancouver campus virtual ceremony at 9:30 a.m. PDT and the Okanagan campus ceremony at 2:30 p.m. PDT.
Find out more at
#UBCgrad
#UBCOgrad
Today is a National Day of Observance to commemorate the people who lost their lives and the significant impacts we have all felt because of COVID-19.
The UBC community joins in honouring the memory of those we have lost, and the people they left behind.
Congratulations to
@ubccrwr
professor
@ianwillwrite
, who has won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel 'Reproduction'. The prize is Canada’s largest literary award and recognizes the very best of Canadian fiction.
After six years as President and Vice Chancellor at UBC, Prof. Santa J. Ono has announced he is moving on to assume the presidency of the University of Michigan.
If you’re interested in science, you’re probably familiar with
@ziyatong
. She got her start studying psychology and sociology at
#UBC
— a path that ignited her curiosity and shaped her understanding of how people see the world.
Read her story:
UBC is revealing new Indigenized academic regalia tomorrow at
#UBCgrad
. The regalia acknowledges the relationship between UBC and the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, and UBC and the Syilx Okanagan peoples.
Learn more:
"This is a time where we must come together as a caring and empathetic community." Please watch a community update from
@ubcprez
.
For more
#COVID19
information and resources for
#UBC
faculty, staff and students, please visit