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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Graham Ewald promoted as Gas Service Technician

Graham Ewald is the successful candidate for the position of Gas Service Technician. Graham has been a Steamfitter within the Building Operations Mechanical Maintenance team…
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The new Water Pump Station

The final building handover is underway for the new Water Pump Station, located on University Boulevard and Education Road, next to the Henry Angus building.
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Monday, March 1, 2021

Joey-Lee Rebelo joins Building Operations as Manager, Business & Support Services

Joey-Lee Rebelo is the successful applicant for the Manager, Business and Support Services position, reporting to Customer Services & Informatics in Building Operations. This is…
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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Get to know: Jeetender Amritsar, Facilities Manager

Jeetender leads daily operations of buildings and is the primary contact for building maintenance services (for the Teal Zone), which include cleaning, preventative maintenance, repair…
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Pink Shirt Day 2021: Celebrate equity, diversity, and inclusion across the VPFO

The VPFO Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee presents Pink Shirt Day on February 24, 2021. The VPFO will be celebrating equity, diversity and inclusion…
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Municipal and Custodial Services keeping priority routes clear over the long weekend

While many were out playing in the snow or bundled up by the fire, Building Operations’ Municipal and Custodial Services crews were on UBC campus…
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Monday, February 15, 2021

Video: Virtual Hot Lunch with John Metras

John Metras, Associate Vice-President, Facilities presented at St. John College's Virtual Hot Lunch Series on January 27, 2021. If you missed the Virtual Hot Lunch with John,…
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Monday, February 8, 2021

Geetha Donepudi joins Building Operations as Business Analyst on the EMMS Sustainment Team

Geetha joins the EMMS Sustainment Team from UBC IT, where she worked on the Application Ecosystem Program (AEP) as a Business Analyst. The addition of…
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Monday, February 1, 2021

UBC planning $315 million facility expansion of medical research and nursing schools

The Vancouver Urbanized blog shared an overview of some key projects planned for the Point Grey campus, including new health sciences facilities located at the…
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

John Metras, UBC’s AVP Facilities, to speak at St. John’s College’s Hot Lunch speaker series, January 27

St. John's College's Hot Lunch speaker series invites you to meet over lunch with a group of our colleagues from across the university, and share…
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