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Friday, July 16, 2021

Kyle Whitehead starts his Landscape Technologist Apprenticeship with Municipal Services

Kyle Whitehead is the successful candidate for the recent posting of Landscape Technologist Apprentice in Municipal Services. He first joined the Municipal Services team as…
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Monday, July 12, 2021

Updated information on UBC’s building ventilation systems and spaces

In preparation for increased campus activity for Winter 2021/2022 Term 1, the COVID-19 Heating, ventilation & air conditioning (HVAC) working group has included updated information regarding building…
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Thursday, July 8, 2021

Shiraz Khan joins Customer Services & Informatics as Service Centre Coordinator

Shiraz joined UBC in 1995 and has had a variety of experience on campus including Bookstore warehouse, Parking, and Campus Mail. He is excited to…
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

UBC COVID-19 Safety Framework for Facilities

With the recent announcement of Public Health moving to Step 3 of BC’s Restart Plan, UBC has aligned our safety planning process with the BC Restart Plan.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

The Centre for Occupational Health, Safety & Wellbeing reopened its doors

The Centre in the University Services Building (USB) reopened its doors for individual exercise as of Monday, July 5th, 2021. To request access to The Centre,…
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Monday, July 5, 2021

Jason Wright promoted as Senior Manager, Mechanical in Building Operations

Jason held the leadership role of People & Process Manager with UBC Building Operations, leading our Mechanical Maintenance team since September 2018.
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Monday, July 5, 2021

Keeping everyone cool while waiting to enter the VCH Vaccination site  

>Last week’s heatwave presented an immediate risk to everyone’s health and some VCH vaccination sites around the city had to close due to lack of…
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Friday, July 2, 2021

Updated UBC COVID-19 Safety Framework

With the recent announcement of Public Health moving to Step 3 of BC’s Restart Plan and as mentioned in the UBC Bulletin on June 28—…
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Monday, June 28, 2021

Resources for dealing with heat stress and exposure

Working in hot environments, outdoors and indoors, can affect the body’s cooling system. Find resources and references to help you identify signs and symptoms of…
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Monday, June 28, 2021

David Kosub, Project Coordinator: 22 years at UBC before riding into retirement

Since joining UBC 22 years ago, David has worked with many teams at over 100 buildings across campus. As he embarks on the next chapter of…
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