June 2023
Welcome Welcome to the June 2023 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Celebrating our Graduates UBC Team Develops Font for Musqueam Language UBCO Confers First-ever Degrees Taught in Nsyilxcn Language New Process Developed at UBC to Make Lightweight Electric Cars News from […]
May 2023
Welcome Welcome to the May 2023 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights German president’s visit to UBC highlights clean energy and climate change solutions UBCO honours this year’s most outstanding researchers Spring Graduation Ceremonies begin May 24 Larry Grant to be awarded […]
March 2023
Welcome Welcome to the March 2023 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Welcome to Frank Laezza Dolph Schluter Receives Crafoord Prize Congratulations to Faculty Research Awards Recipients UBC Okanagan Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Innovation building UBC to lead Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub UBC breaks […]
January 2023
Welcome Welcome to the January 2023 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights A Message to the UBC Indigenous Community Roadmap for Change: Implementing anti-racism commitments at UBC 30-Year Vision: Draft for Input UBC Announces Three New Killam Professors First Nations Longhouse Expansion Congratulations […]
December 2022
Welcome Welcome to the December 2022 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Nineteen UBC researchers announced as Canada Research Chairs Frank Laezza appointed Vice-President, Finance and Operations Staying safe during the winter flu season Student affordability and food insecurity Celebrating UBC’s Graduates […]
September 2022
Welcome Welcome to the September 2022 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Think Forward and Homecoming 2022 VSE receives $1M gift from Dominic Barton Orange Shirt Day & National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at UBC Rella Ng Appointed as New Associate […]
June 2022
Welcome Welcome to the June 2022 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Peter A. Allard, QC, 1946 – 2022 Welcome Arig al Shaibah Thanks to our Donors and Alumni New UBC Vancouver student residences opens with gifted names from Musqueam Province invests […]
March 2022
Welcome Welcome to the March 2022 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Provost and Vice-President Academic, pro tem appointments announced New scholarship program supports Black Canadian students at UBC Annual report on UBC Okanagan’s Declaration of Commitments to the Truth and Reconciliation Calls […]
December 2021
Welcome Welcome to the December 2021 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Celebrating Graduation Congratulations to UBC’s latest Rhodes Scholars New award for women and gender-diverse faculty and staff at UBC UBC and COP26 Surrey and UBC UBC Signs Scarborough Charter Congratulations to […]
September 2021
Welcome Welcome to the September 2021 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Orange Shirt Day – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation UBC in Top 40 Globally in Times Higher Education Rankings Congratulations to UBC’s Millennium Fellows UBC Faculty Named to Royal […]
June 2021
Welcome Welcome to the June 2021 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism Update on Plans for Fall 2021 Remote Work Arrangements: An opportunity to reimagine how we work Fifteen New and Renewed UBC Canada Research Chairs Announced […]
April 2021
Welcome Welcome to the April 2021 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Spring Graduation Takes Place June 2 UBC to Award 18 Honourary Degrees Over $210 million raised for UBC priorities Planning for Fall 2021 Anti-Racism Update UBC Okanagan to Offer Degree […]
February 2021
Welcome Welcome to the February 2021 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Climate Emergency Task Force Report and Recommendations Micro-credential Program Support Terms of Engagement with Musqueam Signed New UBC professorship to advance addiction medicine in B.C. Support for innovation in clean […]
November-December 2020
Welcome Welcome to the November/December 2020 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. UBC Research and COVID UBC has a connection to the Pfizer-BionTech vaccine that was recently announced as showing a high rate of effectiveness. The vaccine relies on innovations developed by Acuitas Therapeutics, […]
September 2020
Welcome Welcome to the September 2020 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. In this newsletter I will give a brief summary of the most significant COVID-19 developments, as well as other news from UBC. COVID-19 and UBC For Winter Session, Term 2, programming will […]
July 2020
Welcome Welcome to the July 2020 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. In this newsletter I will give a brief summary of the most significant COVID-19 developments, as well as other news from UBC. COVID-19 and UBC Preparations are underway for the Fall term, […]
June 2020
Welcome Welcome to the June 2020 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Naturally, most of our attention – along with the rest of the world – has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. In this newsletter I will give a brief summary of the […]
April 2020
Welcome Welcome to the April 2020 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Naturally, most of our attention – along with the rest of the world – has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. In this newsletter I will give a brief summary of the […]
February 2020
Welcome Welcome to the February 2020 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Climate Emergency Update UBC Most International University in North America Beaty Biodiversity Museum and Musqueam First Nation Honoured UBC Press tops Hill Times’ list of 100 best non-fiction books Nadine Caron […]
November/December 2019
Welcome Welcome to the November/December 2019 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. Highlights Senior Academic Advisors Shaping UBC’s Next Century Call for proposals: Advancing Education Renewal Strategic Cooperation with Osaka University U7 Executive Committee Election Congratulations to Candis Callison and Connie Eaves 5G Comes […]
September 2019
Welcome Welcome to the September 2019 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. (You can also view this newsletter at https://president.ubc.ca/board-letter/2019/09/20/september-2019/) Imagine/Create I was thrilled to participate in the Imagine and Create orientation events at UBC’s Vancouver and Okanagan campuses on September 3. Seeing and talking to the thousands of […]
Summer 2019
Welcome Welcome to the summer 2019 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication to members of the UBC Board of Governors. (You can also view this newsletter at https://president.ubc.ca/homepage-feature/2019/07/30/summer-2019/) Welcoming new students September is rapidly approaching, and with it, the arrival of thousands of new students to our Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. We’ll be welcoming […]
June 2019
Welcome Welcome to the June 2019 Letter to the Board, a regular communication from the President to members of the UBC Board of Governors, issued in advance of regular meetings of the Board.You can view this email online at https://president.ubc.ca/communications/letter-to-the-board/, where you can also access previous issues. Highlights Graduation 2019 Last week marked the completion of […]
April 2019
Welcome Welcome to the April 2019 Letter to the Board, a regular communication from myself to members of the UBC Board of Governors, issued in advance of regular meetings of the Board.You can view this email online at https://president.ubc.ca/communications/letter-to-the-board/, where you can also access previous issues. Highlights UBC tops global university impact rankings I am proud […]
January 2019
Welcome Welcome to the first issue for 2019 of Letter to the Board, a regular communication from myself to members of the UBC Board of Governors, issued in advance of regular meetings of the Board. Highlights Alumni and Donor Engagement In December, I travelled to Asia to engage with donors and alumni in Hong Kong, […]
November 2018
Welcome to the November 2018 issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication from myself to members of the UBC Board of Governors, issued in advance of regular meetings of the Board. Highlights Strategic Plan Earlier this month, I hosted a roundtable discussion with prominent UBC supporters, alumni, and community leaders to discuss […]
September 2018
Welcome to the first issue of Letter to the Board, a regular communication from myself to members of the UBC Board of Governors. As I mentioned in my remarks at the June board meeting, Board members have asked for more communication from the University. To serve this need, I have started this regular e-newsletter, […]