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Happy Holidays from Santa
Happy Holidays from Santa
December 18, 2019
I would like to wish everybody a wonderful holiday season and all the best for 2020!
Santa J. Ono
President and Vice-Chancellor
Latest Updates
Vancouver Police Department Mess Dinner Keynote Address
Asian Heritage Month: A Conversation with Henry Yu
Blue & Gold Campaign—It’s a wrap!
TransLink and UBC
Community Update: Mask Requirement Extended
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Previous Posts
Asian Heritage Month: A Conversation with Henry Yu
Blue & Gold Campaign—It’s a wrap!
National Day of Mourning
TransLink and UBC
Community Update: Mask Requirement Extended
Statement on BDS
Strategic Plan Update
Community Update, April 1, 2022: Reducing Exam Stress
Community Update, March 11, 2022: Masks Still Required on UBC Campuses
Statement on Russia and Ukraine
Community Update, February 18, 2022: Pink Shirt Day
Community Update, February 11, 2022: Thank You for a Safe Return to Campus
Update on Winter Session, Term 2
Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Statement on Williams Lake
At the University of British Columbia, we are committed to doing our part to address the climate crisis
Holiday Greetings 2021
Update: In-person exams, residence and testing
Community Update, December 10, 2021: New paths toward meaningful reconciliation
UBC launches ambitious climate action plans
Community Update, December 2, 2021: Envisioning Equality
Community Update, November 18, 2021: Emergency Funding Available for Those Affected by Flooding
Observing Trans Day of Remembrance
Community Update, November 12, 2021: Thanks to you, UBC is COVID safe
Community Update, November 4, 2021: Creating the most sustainable campuses in the world
Community Update, October 20, 2021: Vaccination Declaration Non-Compliance
Community Update, October 15, 2021: Vaccination Clinics at UBC
Community Update, October 8, 2021: Looking Forward to Celebrating Graduation In Person
UBC Sending Delegation of Eight to COP26
Community Update, September 29, 2021: Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Presidential Priorities, 2021-22
Community Update, September 16, 2021: Homecoming
IRP Student: UBC’s Renewal Journey Continues
Do Your Part: Declare Your Vaccination Status
Community Update, September 1, 2021: Vaccination is the key to a successful return to campus
Voting in the 2021 Federal Election
Community Update, August 27, 2021: Mandated Masks and Vaccinations
Community Update, August 20, 2021: Preparing our campuses for Fall 2021
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, 2021
Update, August 13, 2021: Supporting Mandatory Indoor Masking and Vaccination
COVID-19 Concerns
Community Update, July 16, 2021: Black Opportunity Fund
Black Opportunity Fund partners with UBC to empower next generation of Black leaders
Weekly Update: June 25, 2021: Return to Campus will be a transition, not an event
Statement on the Missing Children of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools
Weekly Update, June 18, 2021: The Anti-Asian Racism Forum is Over, But Our Work is Just Beginning
Weekly Update, June 11, 2021: A Phased Approach to the Fall
Weekly Update, June 4, 2021: Statement on the Kamloops Indian Residential School
Statement on the Missing Children of the Kamloops Indian Residential School
Weekly Update, May 28, 2021: Spring Graduation
Weekly Update, May 21, 2021: Plans for Fall 2021
External Review of Campus Security
Weekly Update, May 14, 2021: Join the Vaccine-Nation
Weekly Update, May 7, 2021: Asian Heritage Month
Weekly Update, April 30, 2021: Let’s Bring SkyTrain to UBC
Universities Must Do More to Address the Climate Emergency
Weekly Update, April 23, 2021: UBC and Global Engagement
Weekly Update, April 20, 2021: Planning for Fall 2021
UBC and the Overdose Crisis
Weekly Update, April 9, 2021: Vaccination Clinic at UBC
Launching UBC’s Global Engagement Strategy
Statement on Anti-Asian Racism
Weekly Update, March 12, 2021: Planning for the Fall
UBC and UTokyo – A Relationship Forged Through Baseball, Quantum Materials and Mutual Esteem
Weekly Update, March 5, 2021: International Women’s Day
QS World University Subject Rankings Demonstrate UBC’s Breadth of Excellence
Weekly Update, February 26, 2021
Weekly Update: February 19, 2021
COVID-19 innovations hold lessons for national policy
Weekly Update, February 12
Statement on Release of Loujain Al-Hathloul
Weekly Update, February 5, 2021
Weekly Update, February 1, 2021: Black History Month
Let’s Talk About Mental Health
Weekly Update, January 22, 2021
Congratulations to UBC’s Killam Professors
UBC’s response to sentencing of alumna Loujain Al-Hathloul
Holiday Greetings
Update on UBC’s Evolving Relationship with the RCMP
Weekly Update, December 11, 2020
Update: Extending the SkyTrain to UBC
Weekly Update, December 4, 2020
Weekly Update, November 26, 2020
Weekly Update, November 20, 2020
Weekly Update, November 13, 2020
Weekly Update, November 6, 2020
Weekly Update: October 30, 2020
Weekly Update: October 23, 2020
Weekly Update: October 16, 2020
Weekly Update: October 2, 2020
Voting in the 2020 BC Provincial Election
Weekly Update: September 25, 2020
Weekly Update: September 21, 2020
Welcome Back to the Blue & Goldcast!
Weekly Update: September 14, 2020
Weekly Update, August 28: Welcome New Students
Looking Forward to the Next Five Years
Statement on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Welcome to Steven Lewis Point; Farewell to Lindsay Gordon
Touring Brent Sparrow’s ʔəlqsən art installation
Guest Post: Working in the President’s Office
COVID-19: UBC and the Community
COVID-19: A Message to International Students
A Message to Students: The importance of physical distancing
Repatriating Cultural Property: A Priority for UBC
UBC: Among the Best in the World
Choose to Reuse
UBC launches Iranian Student Memorial Award
Looking Back on 2019
Honour the École Polytechnique Women by Learning About Them
UBC funding to foster collaborations in research excellence
Remembrance Day Reflections: We Owe Our Veterans So Much
Thriving at UBC
Election 2019: Why your voice matters
Presidential Priorities for 2019-20
UBC: The Next Century – the book!
Putting Students First with the Blue & Gold Campaign
U7 Alliance will Address the World’s Most Pressing Challenges
UBC’s Next Century: An update on the strategic plan
The President’s Medal of Excellence: 2019 Recipients
Changing My Mind: Margaret Trudeau on Mental Health
“Never lose that sense of adventure, that sense of wonder”
Blue and Goldcast: Talking about GenSqueeze
Three Takeways from the Roundtable on Non-Market Housing Innovation
Shaping UBC Okanagan’s Future
Congress 2019: Canada’s biggest academic conference is coming to UBC
UBC gets global recognition for sustainability impact
What Music Means to Me
Annual Giving – Faculty & Staff Appeal
Raising the Musqueam Flag: Acknowledging the past, recognizing our future responsibilities
UBC Connects: Connecting UBC to the community
Take the Cool Campus Challenge
Strategic Plan funding focuses on Indigenous, cross-campus initiatives
UBC’s Emeritus College is the first of its kind in Canada
Holiday Reflections: Honouring our commitments
So that the guns will fall silent forever
Thrive Week at UBC
His Highness the Aga Khan: An inspiration to us all
Shaping UBC’s Next Century: An update on the strategic plan
Listen Up, it’s the Blue & Goldcast!
Welcome to UBC!
Looking ahead to 2018-19
Stadium Neighbourhood: developing a thriving and sustainable community
Be a tourist at UBC this summer!
UBC: Proud to be a Pacific Rim university
The President’s Medal of Excellence: “A significant contribution to the purposes and ideals of the university”
Residential Schools: Breaking the Silence
Graduation: Sharing the Pride and Joy
Introducing Innovation UBC
Taking the SkyTrain to UBC
Continuing the journey: UBC’s strategic plan
Life is a marathon, not a sprint
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre: Fulfilling a Promise
Building a more inclusive campus community
Budget 2018: A clear recognition of the value of Canada’s science and research community
Digital Technology Supercluster means exciting opportunities for UBC, now and in the future
Inspire: “This is our moment”
Getting closer to where you want to be
Looking back on 2017, looking forward to 2018
The Blue & Gold campaign: Change their world so they can change ours
Going global: Our future depends on it
Building a better Canada
Overcoming the stigma of mental illness
UBC’s Next Century — the next phase of engagement
Supporting the dreamers
Imagine UBC 2017
Looking ahead to 2017-18
Summer at UBC
Exercise Run Down: Keeping the UBC community safe
Thank you, faculty and staff: you make UBC special
In a time of global uncertainty, innovation is more important than ever
Tokyo trip lays building blocks for future engagement with Japan
Graduation: The next stage in a remarkable journey
Exam anxiety? UBC can help
We cannot change the past, but we can honestly recognize it
UBC’s Next Century: Have your say
The Learning Exchange: Engaging UBC with the Downtown Eastside
Using data for social good: Announcing the Cascade Urban Analytics Cooperative
Update on Presidential Task Force
An innovative start to the Year of the Rooster
UBC’s Next Century: Moving from Excellence to Eminence
UBC’s Next Century
UBC’s Strategic Plan – seeking your input
A time for reflection