Linda Olver
Town Hall: Budget update
On January 26th members of the UBC Okanagan community joined Principal Lesley Cormack and Okanagan campus executive team members for a virtual Town Hall to discuss the 2024/2025 budget.
Happy Holidays from UBC Okanagan Principal
Every year, the winter holiday season inspires me to be hopeful about the coming year, and the dawn of a new day.
Principal’s Fall Town Hall & Staff Awards of Excellence
On September 1st, 2022 faculty and staff joined Principal Lesley Cormack for her Fall Town Hall and the Staff Awards of Excellence. Watch the video or read the written responses to the questions that couldn’t be addresses due to time constraints.
Watch: 2022 Principal’s Spring Town Hall
On May 16, 2022 faculty and staff joined Dr. Lesley Cormack, Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, for her first in-person Town Hall. Dr. Cormack shares her vision for the UBC Okanagan campus before engaging in a Q&A session with the audience.
A statement on racism and discrimination
As we begin our academic year, I want to emphasize the special nature of your relationship with UBC. You are part of an extraordinary community—at UBC we share a commitment to build environments that uphold human rights, free of harassment and discrimination and that reflect the university’s core values of equity and inclusivity.
Watch: DVC Fall Town Hall 2020
If you missed Professor Cormack’s 2020 Fall Town Hall you can still catch the recording!
2020 UBC Okanagan Staff Awards of Excellence announced
Recipients demonstrated global citizenship, leadership, campus spirit and customer service
Q&A recap: DVC’s Spring Town Hall, May 2020
Catch the written recap of the DVC Town Hall Q&A! Questions range across three broad themes Human Resources, Students, and Safety and Operations.
Watch: DVC Virtual Spring Town Hall 2020
If you missed Professor Buszard’s 2020 Spring Town Hall you can still catch the recording!
Deborah Buszard a Woman in STEM – Podcast
Listen to Debroah Buszard as she discusses her experiences as a woman in STEM on this podcast from WWEST – from being one of three female students when she first began her studies agriculture to being the first female dean of agriculture to receiving an honourary degree from UBC.