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Episode 10: The Indigenous Strategic Plan

September 14, 2020

 Blue and Goldcast · Episode 10: The Indigenous Strategic Plan On September 14th, UBC launched its 2021 Indigenous Strategic Plan. On this episode of Blue & Goldcast, Santa Ono sits down with Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot. She was one of the driving forces behind the strategic plan, and is Santa’s senior advisor on Indigenous Affairs. […]

Putting Students First with the Blue & Gold Campaign

Putting Students First with the Blue & Gold Campaign

September 3, 2019

I am always delighted to spend time with our students in Vancouver and the Okanagan and today I got to do both as I welcomed thousands of new students to our campuses in two boisterous rallies! In addition to welcoming the students, I also had the great pleasure of announcing that not only had the Blue […]

Annual Giving – Faculty & Staff Appeal

March 5, 2019

Dear members of the UBC community, In 2017, UBC launched the Blue & Gold Campaign for Students, with the goal of raising $100 million in student support over three years. Since then, thousands of alumni, donors, faculty and staff have come together to support UBC students—making a difference in their lives by helping them to […]

Listen Up, it’s the Blue & Goldcast!

Listen Up, it’s the Blue & Goldcast!

September 16, 2018

I’m excited to announce the birth of The Blue and Goldcast. As you can probably guess from its name, The Blue and Goldcast is a podcast. I’ll be cohosting it every month along with Jennifer Gardy. Jennifer is an assistant professor at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, a Canada Research Chair in Public […]

The Blue & Gold campaign: Change their world so they can change ours

The Blue & Gold campaign: Change their world so they can change ours

November 27, 2017

Earlier this year, I wrote in this space  that we need to support the UBC students who are determined to make a better world. As I wrote at the time, “Thank goodness for the dreamers among our world’s youth. It is because of them that I remain hopeful about the future of Planet Earth.” But […]

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