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Now open for students: StEAR Enhancement Fund

Now open for students: StEAR Enhancement Fund

UBC students are invited to apply to the Strategic Equity & Anti-Racism (StEAR) Enhancement Fund by November 9, 2025.

Pride banners return to UBC Okanagan for Queer History Month

Pride banners return to UBC Okanagan for Queer History Month

Beginning October 6, Pride banners will again be installed across UBC Okanagan (UBCO) to mark Queer History Month and signal the university’s ongoing commitment to 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion.

Orange Shirt Day: Every child matters

Orange Shirt Day: Every child matters

Orange Shirt Day, September 30, is a day to honour and uphold Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors of the Indian Residential School system, and to commemorate those who didn’t return home.

Apply this fall: StEAR Enhancement Fund

Get $500 to $10,000 to catalyze student, faculty, and staff projects that advance equity and anti-racism.

New toolkit to support workplace accessibility at UBC

Explore the newly launched Workplace Accessibility & Inclusion Action Research Toolkit, a self-directed resource to help departments, units and teams start conversations about disability, identify and address accessibility barriers, and strengthen inclusive practices.

Progressing Black excellence at UBC: 2025 report

The annual report, produced by the UBC Equity & Inclusion Office, demonstrates university’s efforts to advance Black excellence at UBC. To advance its commitments to the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion and to operationalize recommendation 13 of the 2022 Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Task Force Report, UBC’s Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism (StEAR) Framework and 2023–2026 Roadmap for […]

Advancing equity at UBC: A leadership Q&A on the StEAR Report

Advancing equity at UBC: A leadership Q&A on the StEAR Report

The UBC Equity & Inclusion Office has released the 2025 Progress Report on the Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism (StEAR) Framework, marking two years since the launch of the StEAR Framework and Roadmap for Change in 2023. In this Q&A, Dr. Arig al Shaibah, Associate Vice-President, Equity and Inclusion, reflects on key milestones, areas of learning, and what’s ahead in the […]

2024 Employment Equity Report reveals highest survey participation to date, insights on workforce representation

2024 Employment Equity Report reveals highest survey participation to date, insights on workforce representation

As of November 2024, over 18,130 staff and faculty responded to the Employment Equity Survey, resulting in the highest response rate to date of 87.3 per cent. Survey results are analyzed and reported in UBC’s 2024 Employment Equity Report which includes important insights into the representation of employees identifying among the following designated groups: women, Indigenous […]

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