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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
Moving Forward
Dear members of the UBC community: This past weekend, Michael Korenberg, the Chair of the Board of Governors, informed the Board and the University that he was stepping down after social media interactions that, in his own words, “thoughtlessly supported regressive voices which are attempting to discredit broad-based, legal and necessary protest.” We acknowledge both […]
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 […]
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-2023.sites.olt.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-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca/communications/letter-to-the-board/, where you can also access previous issues. Highlights UBC tops global university impact rankings I am proud […]