Announcements

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to share several important updates to the leadership team in the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic. These changes align with upcoming transitions and provide an opportunity to realign roles to better support the evolving needs of the portfolio and campus. Dr. Peter Simpson’s term as Associate Provost, Academic Affairs and Strategy, is set to end on June 30, 2026. With the conclusion of Dr. Simpson’s appointment, […]

Dear colleagues,   Co-op education at UBC Okanagan is evolving through a series of administrative and program-level developments across campus. The Centralized Co-op Education Program (CCEP), formerly known as the Interdisciplinary Co-op Program, is undergoing an administrative transition. This transition occurs alongside the introduction of a new Business Co-op Program within the Faculty of Management. We greatly appreciate the Faculty of Management’s role as the academic home of the Interdisciplinary Co-op Program […]

At UBC Okanagan, we are committed to recognizing and celebrating the outstanding contributions of our educators, and it is with great pleasure that we announce the recipients of the 2024/25 Outstanding Instructor awards.

We are very pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Open Education Resources (OER) Excellence and Impact Awards. The OER Excellence and Impact Awards recognize outstanding work by faculty who materially advance the use and impact of open educational resources in credit courses at UBC.

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Bryce Traister has been appointed Dean pro tem of the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), effective July 1, 2026, for a one-year term. Bryce will assume this role alongside his current role as Dean of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.

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