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" Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nContents\nf Introduction 3\nLetter from the Board Chair and President 4\nInstitutional Overview 5\nGovernance 6\nStrategic Direction 7\nVision 7\nValues 7\nCommitments 8\nPlanning and Operational Context 9\nTrends in Education 9\nChallenges 10\nGoals, Actions and Results 11\nUBC- Selected Facts 12\nStudent Learning 14\nResearch Excellence 35\nCommunity Engagement 43\nAboriginal Engagement 49\nAlumni Engagement 57\nIntercultural Understanding 63\nInternational Engagement 72\nOutstanding Work Environment 78\nSustainability 85\nAlignment with Ministry Goals 95\nMinistry Indicators 99\nFinancial Information 102\nUBC Vancouver\nUBC Okanagan\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 2 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nIntroduction\nProfessor Stephen J. Toope, President and Vice-Chancellor\n1\n^ tA ^\nk \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 |\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 J\nH\n-^r^~^\n\u00C2\u00A3\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\*4k - ' ^mL\nf**.!\nw^/m\n[**\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nI \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2]\n1 *J***\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 m\n1\nw ^SHJ^HI\n1\n\"St: - -j^\n'\nP/ace and Promise: The UBC Plan was launched in December 2009.\nNow entering its third year, the plan continues to provide strategic\ndirection across the university.\nThis report also incorporates the annual Institutional Accountability Plan and Report as required by\nthe British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education.\nA web based report, this annual survey covers the highlights of the past year and provides links to\nfurther detail for each of the commitments of Place and Promise so the reader may quickly jump to\nspecific plans and contacts for follow up.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 3 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nLetter from the Board Chair\nand President\n20 July 2012\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Honourable Naomi Yamamoto, Minister of Advanced Education\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC students, faculty, staff and alumni\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Our communities, local, national and global\nWe are pleased to submit Place and Promise: The UBC Plan Annual report for 2011 /12, as approved\nby the Board of Governors. This report also includes the 2012/13 - 2014/15 Institutional\nAccountability planning and reporting requirements of the Ministry of Advanced Education.\nUBC is recognized as a globally influential research university; a leader in innovation; a destination of\nchoice for outstanding graduate students from around the world; and a university that provides a\nchallenging and enriching undergraduate experience for British Columbian, national and international\nstudents. It closely supports the Ministry's key goals for excellent public post-secondary education,\nand outstanding research and innovation.\nUBC completed Place and Promise, its strategic plan, in December 2009. This plan frames the\nprogress of the university over the next decade or so and integrates academic priorities, budget\nprocess, endowment management, campus planning and other initiatives to create an environment\nthat allows UBC to excel in diverse ways. UBC continues to operate in a fiscally constrained\nenvironment and has now completed a process that fully aligns priorities with the budget model.\nExploration and development of additional sources of funding beyond the provincial envelope\nthrough Federal government support, partnerships with industry and private philanthropy continues\nto be a focus. Innovation in education and research, contribution to economic and social\ndevelopment, and meeting the needs of an educated workforce continue as priorities.\nAs Board Chair and President, we accept responsibility for this Annual Report.\nYours sincerely,\nBill Levine\nChair, Board of Governors\nStephen J. Toope\nPresident and Vice-Chancellor\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 4 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nInstitutional Overview\nThe University of British Columbia (UBC), established in 1908, is the third largest university in\nCanada, educating a student population of 50,000 - including more than 6,000 international students\n- on major campuses in two cities and at sites across the Province. It holds an international\nreputation for excellence in advanced research and learning, offering innovative undergraduate,\ngraduate and professional programs. UBC consistently ranks among the two most influential\nuniversities in Canada and is in the world's leading 30.\nUBC is a publicly supported comprehensive university, employing over 19,500 faculty and staff and\nmore than 6,500 students. Approximately 5,000 alumni have chosen to work here. With a total\neconomic impact of $10 billion and over 39,700 jobs, UBC contributes strongly to the economy of the\nprovince and Canada. (See http://www.pair.ubc.ca/reports/Economiclmpact2009.pdf.)\nUBC's two main campuses are situated in Vancouver on the Point Grey Peninsula and in Kelowna (the\nOkanagan campus). In addition, UBC has a downtown presence in Vancouver at UBC Robson Square\nand at the Great Northern Way (GNW) campus, located just southeast of the downtown Vancouver\ncore. The latter is a collaboration between UBC, Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr University of\nArt and Design, and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.\nBuilding on its historical ties, its commitment to the Asia Pacific Region, and its focus on study and\nresearch related to Asia, UBC has maintained an Asia Pacific regional office in the central district of\nHong Kong since 2005.\nUBC is unique among British Columbia's post-secondary institutions because it has a Faculty of\nMedicine, through which it provides a distributed learning model for its medical program, partnering\nwith its Okanagan campus, the University of Victoria, the University of Northern BC, and with health\ncare facilities across BC. The faculty attracts a significant proportion of the University's research\nfunding, and medical research is responsible for a number of commercialization opportunities that\nhave led to patents and spinoff companies. UBC ranks among the top 10 universities in North\nAmerica for commercial activity in the biosciences.\nThe University offers resources for every academic and extracurricular interest, including the third\nlargest research library in Canada, the Museum of Anthropology (Canada's largest teaching museum),\none of the world's largest sub-atomic particle accelerators, three superb concert halls, a\ncontemporary art gallery, botanical gardens, and a full complement of theatre, music and athletics\nprograms.\nAs a national and international research leader, UBC is committed to the discovery of knowledge and\nthe enhancement of understanding, as well as to the expression, preservation and dissemination of\nknowledge and culture. UBC has strong core values: advancing and sharing knowledge; free inquiry\nand scholarly responsibility; educating students to the highest standards; fulfilling its promises and\nensuring open, respectful relationships; respecting all members of its communities; and working\nwithin the wider community to enhance societal good.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 5 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGovernance\nUBC's two major campuses are governed by a single Board of Governors, a President, and two\nSenates (one at each campus) whose activities are coordinated by a Council of Senates.\nBoard of Governors\nUBC's Board of Governors is comprised of 21 members:\n11 appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (two are nominated by the UBC Alumni Association)\n3 elected by faculty (1 Okanagan, 2 Vancouver)\n3 elected by Students (1 Okanagan, 2 Vancouver)\n2 elected by fulltime non-faculty employees (1 Okanagan, 1 Vancouver)\n1 Chancellor\n1 President\nBy legislation, the Board is responsible for the management, administration and control of the\nproperty, revenue, business and affairs of the University, including the appointment of senior\nofficials and faculty on the recommendation of the President.\nSenates\nUnder the terms of the University Act, academic governance is vested in the Senate, whose powers\ninclude:\nto determine all questions relating to the academic and other qualifications required of\napplicants for admission as students to the University or to any faculty and to determine in which\nfaculty the students pursuing a course of study must register;\nto consider, approve and recommend to the Board the revision of courses of study, instruction\nand education in all faculties and departments of the University;\nto provide for and to grant degrees, including honorary degrees, diplomas and certificates of\nproficiency, except in theology;\nto recommend to the Board the establishment or discontinuance of any faculty, department,\ncourse of instruction, chair, fellowship, scholarship, exhibition, bursary or prize;\nto determine the members of the teaching and administrative staffs who are to be members of\neach faculty.\nUBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan each have an autonomous senate. Coordination between Senates\nis achieved by the Council of Senates, which has the mandate to act on any matter brought forward\nby either the Vancouver or Okanagan Senate.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 6 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nStrategic Direction\nVision\nValues\nAs one of the world's\nleading universities,\nThe University of\nBritish Columbia\ncreates an exceptional\nlearning environment\nthat fosters global\ncitizenship, advances a\ncivil and sustainable\nsociety, and supports\noutstanding research to\nserve the people of\nBritish Columbia,\nCanada, and the world.\nAcademic Freedom\nThe University is independent and cherishes\nand defends free inquiry and scholarly\nresponsibility.\nAdvancing and Sharing Knowledge\nThe University supports scholarly pursuits that\ncontribute to new knowledge and\nunderstanding, and seeks every opportunity to\nshare them broadly.\nfxce//ence\nThe University, through its students, faculty,\nstaff, and alumni, strives for excellence, and\neducates students to the highest standards.\nIntegrity\nThe University acts with integrity, fulfilling\npromises and ensuring open, respectful\nrelationships.\nMutual Respect and Equity\nThe University values and respects all\nmembers of its communities, each of whom\nindividually and collaboratively makes a\ncontribution to create, strengthen and enrich\nour learning environment.\nPublic Interest\nThe University embodies the highest standards\nof service and stewardship of resources and\nworks within the wider community to enhance\nsocietal good.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 7 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nCommitments\nStudent Learning\nThe University actively\nsupports students in their\nlearning experience\nthrough transformative\nteaching, research, and\nrewarding campus life.\nResearch Excellence\nThe University creates and\nadvances new knowledge\nand understanding,\nimproves the quality of\nlife through the discovery,\ndissemination, and\napplication of research\nacross a wide range of\ndisciplines.\nCommunity Engagement\nThe University serves and\nengages society to\nenhance economic, social,\nand cultural well-being.\nAboriginal Engagement\nThe University engages Aboriginal people in mutually supportive\nand productive relationships, and works to integrate\nunderstandings of indigenous culture and history into its\ncurriculum and operations.\nAlumni Engagement\nThe University engages its alumni fully in the life of the\ninstitution as valued supporters, advocates, and lifelong learners\nwho contribute to and benefit from connections to each other\nand to the University.\nIntercultural Understanding\nThe University engages in reflection and action to build\nintercultural aptitudes, create a strong sense of inclusion, and\nenrich our intellectual and social life.\nInternational Engagement\nThe University creates rich opportunities for international\nengagement for students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and\ncollaborates and communicates globally.\nOutstanding Work Environment\nThe University provides a fulfilling environment in which to\nwork, learn, and live, that reflects our values and encourages\nthe open exchange of ideas and opinions.\nSustainability\nThe University explores and exemplifies all aspects of economic,\nenvironmental, and social sustainability.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 8 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nPlanning and Operational\nContext\nTrends in Education\nThe following table shows some of the trends evident in higher education today that affect UBC.\nExamples throughout this report demonstrate UBC's responses to these trends.\nCategory\nTrend\nUBC's Response\nChanging\nDemographics\nDeclining college entry age\npopulation in BC\nAdjust recruitment strategies to attract and retain the\nbrightest students from across Canada; move to broad-\nbased admissions.\nDomestic population equipped with\ntraining from BC post-secondary\ninstitutes will meet only half of the\nneeded skilled/educated labor in\nBC\nIncrease options for completion of course requirements,\nincluding part time studies, distance learning and\ncontinuing education; fulfill provincial government's plan\nto dramatically increase international student enrolment.\nGlobalization\nStudent Mobility - national and\ninternational\nNational recruitment strategy, established in 2007 has\nincreased direct-entry student enrolment from other\nCanadian jurisdictions.\nThe International Student Initiative (ISI) recruits\noutstanding international students in undergraduate\ndegree, diploma, and post-baccalaureate programs.\nGo Global develops and facilitates international learning\nopportunities for UBC students through academic\nexchange, group study programs, research and service\nlearning.\nContinue developing strategic partnerships with\ninternational universities.\nCompetition for faculty\nEnsure understanding of key issues in recruitment and put\nin place mitigating strategies. Two examples recently\nimplemented are a significantly improved housing loan\nprogram and a faculty relocation office.\nMassification globally (increase in\nstudent enrolment)\nEnsure international strategies are in place to handle\nincreased demand.\nSustainable\nPractices\nInvesting in environment, economy\nand social justice\nContinue to emphasize sustainability initiatives that\nintegrate teaching, learning and research opportunities;\ndrive operational decisions; and build on partnerships and\ncollaborations.\nSome high schools are moving to a\ntrimester system\nUBC is expanding its summer use of campus.\nAdvances in\nHow People\nLearn\nIncreasing use of technology,\nstudies identifying how people\nlearn\nKeep abreast of changes and incorporate into teaching as\nappropriate.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 9 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nPartnerships\nDevelop collaborative partnerships\nwith other universities,\ngovernment, public and private\nsectors\nUBC as a Living Laboratory concept has created industry\nand community partnerships that address leading issues\nfacing our communities; growing partnerships with civil\nsociety organizations re: community service and public\npolicy.\nKnowledge development\nEntrepreneurship@UBC helps researchers take their\ndiscoveries from the lab into everyday solutions.\nThe Peter Wall Solutions Initiative seeks more active\nknowledge transfer into our wider communities.\nChallenges\nThe key challenges facing UBC include:\nCategory\nChallenge\nUBC's Response\nEconomic\nClimate and\nResource\nManagement\nBalancing the budget\nUBC has again submitted a structurally balanced budget,\nhaving made significant savings in administrative\nfunctions through restructuring and reengineering\nsystems. This will be monitored carefully going forward,\nparticularly in light of no increase to the provincial\nfunding for 2012/13.\nChanging employment patterns\nImplemented strategies to retain and recruit first choice\napplicants; continue to implement \"Focus on People:\nWorkplace Practices at UBC\", now entering its fifth year.\nNeed for BC to build a stronger\nknowledge-based economy\nExpand and amplify UBC's innovation strategy through\nmultiple initiatives including UBC as a Living Lab,\nentrepreneurship@UBC, industry-friendly engagement\nprocesses and IP policies, partnership with the City of\nVancouver and the Province on economic development\nEnrolment\nManagement\nAdmissions procedures\nAn admissions best practice review was completed and\nrecommendations are being implemented. These include\nbroad based admissions; assigning each undergraduate\nstudent an enrolment specialist; and creating a learning\nplan for each student.\nCompeting on\nthe Global\nStage\nAttracting the best students and\nfaculty\nRecruitment strategies are in place for local, national\nand international recruitment.\nPartnerships and collaborations\nA new strategic plan for Research is being implemented\nand the International Engagement strategy is in its final\nconsultation phase.\nThe Research and International portfolio continues to\nidentify and develop key areas for partnerships and\ncollaborations, such as the new partnership with the\nFraunhofer Institute in Germany.\nInequalities\nin Access\nFinancial barriers\nPolicy 72 states no eligible student will be prevented\nfrom commencing or continuing his/her studies for\nfinancial reasons.\nStudent scholarships and bursaries have increased.\nPhysical barriers\nA multi-year program of phased access upgrades is\nunderway at the Vancouver campus; the Okanagan\nCampus has an inclusive campus initiative in place.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 10 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nGoals, Actions and Results\nPlace and Promise: The UBC\nPlan is set up around nine\ncommitments as described\nearlier in this report. The\nfollowing pages provide a high\nlevel look and selected\nexamples of the results related\nto our goals and actions. Links\nto more detailed information\nabout each commitment are\nincluded in the summary table\nat the end of the report. In\naddition, the link to the Ministry\ngoals is included.\nRead the Highlights:\nUBC Selected Facts\nStudent Learning\nResearch Excellence\nCommunity Engagement\nAboriginal Engagement\nAlumni Engagement\nIntercultural Understanding\nInternational Engagement\nOutstanding Work\nEnvironment\nSustainability\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 11 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nUBC - Selected Facts\nBackground Data\nUBC-V\nUBC-0\nUBC\nPrevious\nYear - UBC\nStudents (Full and Part time #, as at Oct 31, 2011)\nBaccalaureate full time\nBaccalaureate part time\nPost baccalaureate full time\nPost baccalaureate part time\nNon degree program full time\nNon degree program part time\nMasters full time\nMasters part time\nDoctoral full time\n21,917\n7,399\n2,629\n2,507\n1,511\n2,484\n4,795\n1,210\n3,621\n5,592\n1,259\n175\n17\n14\n192\n372\n103\n188\n27,509\n8,658\n2,804\n2,524\n1,525\n2,676\n5,167\n1,313\n3,809\n26,376\n8,462\n2,917\n2,587\n1,416\n2,738\n4,910\n1,099\n3,620\nFaculty/Staff (as at Oct 31, 2011)\nFaculty\no Professorial Ranks\no Lecturers/lnstructors(teaching only)\no Term Faculty: Sessional full time\no Term Faculty: Sessional part time\no Term Faculty: Other full time\no Term Faculty: Other part time\n2,110\n324\n81\n399\n282\n99\n281\n37\n12\n33\n17\n1\n2,391\n361\n93\n432\n299\n100\n2,412\n323\n119\n468\n397\n100\n- Staff (FTE)\n10,051\n601\n10,652\n9,857\nRatios\nUndergrad : Grad\nStudent : Faculty\n- Staff : Faculty (FTE)\n4.0\n14.6\n3.1\n10.9\n20.8\n1.6\n4.4\n15.2\n2.9\n4.5\n14.2\n2.9\nIndicators\n# Aboriginal student spaces\n(UBC Total)\n720\n777\n# u/g students in community engagement activities\n2,879\n386\n3,265\n2,617\nOverall Voluntary turnover rates\no Faculty\no M&P\n(UBC Total)\n7.4%\n1.1%\n7.68%\n6.7%\n1.6%\n6.3%\n# international graduate students\n2,742\n135\n2,877\n2,675\n# highly cited staff (Shanghai Jiao Tong ARWU\nweighting)\n(UBC Total)\n20\n20\n# Alumni contacts\n(UBC Total)\n35,051\n30,762\nGHG/Student FTE reduction from 2007 baseline\n5.4%\n12.2%\n25.9%\n18.6%\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 12 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nBackground Data\nUBC-V\nUBC-0\nUBC\nPrevious\nYear - UBC\nLibrary Holdings - physical volumes\nLibrary Holdings - e-books\ncIRcle (institutional repository) - # items\n(UBC Total)\n5,534,763\n943,945\n40,702\n5,483,103\n875,670\n31,700\nTotal space (nasm)\no Academic\no Informal Student Space\no Non Academic\n326,246\n32,480\n401,124\n33,808\n2,053\n46,042\n360,054\n34,533\n447,166\n352,308\n16,353\n438,923\nExpenses and Revenues\nTotal Revenue\n% government grants and contracts\n(UBC Total)\n$2,014,304\n49.9%\n$2,034,817\n50.1%\nTotal expenses\n% salaries and benefits\n(UBC Total)\n$1,974,607\n59.8%\n$1,943,116\n59.1%\nFundraising - total $'s raised\n(UBC Total)\n$194.1m\n$187.2m\nEndowment market value (as at Mar 31, 2012)\n(UBC Total)\n$1,116m\n$1,133m\nSee also Ministry indicators\nFor further UBC details, see: http://www.pair.ubc.ca/statistics/index.htm\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 13 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nStudent Learning\nThe University provides the opportunity for transformative student learning through\noutstanding teaching and research, enriched educational experiences and rewarding campus\nlife.\nENHANCE THE QUALITY AND IMPACT OF TEACHING\nUBC has a long tradition of promoting innovative approaches to learning and teaching, including using\ntechnology to extend and enhance the learning environment. A key innovation engine leveraged by\nthe University since 1991 is the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, which involves an annual\nfunding competition enabling academic departments, individual faculty members and students to\napply for project funding to support innovative formal and informal learning experiences.\nA well-known innovation supported by this fund is WebCT, the virtual learning environment software\ninvented in 1996 by Murray Goldberg in the Computer Science Department, which continues to\ninfluence educational delivery world-wide. UBC was an early adopter of this technology and it\nprovides a strong base platform for engaging students and managing course content delivery. The\nUniversity is currently in the process of migrating its courses into the latest version of the software\noffered by Blackboard, the company that eventually purchased WebCT.\nThe Carl Wieman Science Education initiative (CWSEI) is a multi-year project that is focused on\ndramatically improving undergraduate science education. It:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 establishes what students should learn;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 determines what students are actually learning; and\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 suggests research-based improvement of student learning.\nThe CWSEI looks in part to technology as a way of improving effectiveness and efficiency along with\nenhancing communication to allow improved understanding of student progress, difficulties and\nprovide more effective guidance. Faculty are supported in advancing understanding and use of\nmeasurable learning goals for their courses.\nThe Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology is a result of a recent merger of the Centre for\nTeaching and Academic Growth (including the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)\nand the Office of Learning Technology, intended to have an impact that is \"larger than the sum of its\nconstituent parts\". In addition, it positions the Centre as the university steward of learning\ntechnology initiatives, facilitating partnerships and identifying enterprise-based approaches to\nsupporting curriculum with appropriate technologies.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 14 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nThe new Centre brings together teams that have largely concentrated on supporting innovation at\nthe course or individual scale (e.g. support development of a distance course, an innovative teaching\napproach in a course, advance practice of individual faculty members) and expands that work to\nengage more broadly across curricular contexts, often through developing new partnerships with\nFaculties where seconded faculty members work on curriculum-related initiatives. A new team,\nStrategic Curriculum Services has been launched that will broker new partnerships and support\nFaculty-level projects.\nStudents\nRecruitment and Retention\nStudents are drawn to UBC for a variety of reasons, including its role as a globally recognized\nresearch and teaching institution. Recruitment is done through visits to high schools, through the\nwebsite with its self-tours, through faculty and researchers talking about UBC, and through targeted\ncampaigns across Canada and internationally.\nA new Admission Process, including Broad Based Admissions and the use of technology to develop a\nlearning plan, is underway. The Student Interactions Transformation Program (SITP) comprises a\nnumber of linked technology-related projects that seek to transform our interactions with students\nto ensure they support, enhance, and facilitate a transformative student learning environment. By\nlinking projects such as the Learning Management System Upgrade, Online Advising Management\nSystem, Early Alert, Student Evaluation of Teaching, Broad Based Admission, etc. into a coherent\nprogram, the various partners are able to work together, see connections, share innovations and\nlessons learned and to have consistency in our approach across the individual initiatives. The\nprogram goals are to:\nFoster excellent advising practices\nBuild student-centric enrolment services\nFacilitate enriched educational experiences\nSupport a transformative learning environment\nImprove student communications\nPromote student well-being\nEmmy Chahal, First Year Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, Gender\nand Women's Studies\n\"I didn't expect to fall in love with UBCO. But I did, when I least expected to. During orientation,\nHey Ocean played a concert in the sunshine on the green grass of the commons. Something\nextraordinary happened.\n\"Nestled in the middle of the crowd, students threw their arms around each other, the circle growing\nuntil hundreds of students held each other, swaying to the music as they embarked on a new\nchapter. In that moment, I knew I was in the right place. I knew I had chosen the right road.\n\"We are the most privileged people in the world and I say that with humility. I try to remember that\nfor me, the stars lined up, everything worked out and I am so fortunate to be studying at UBC's\nOkanagan campus. I feel truly lucky.\"\nAmanda Cheong, Fourth Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Sociology\n'The opportunity to study abroad through the Go Global program drew me to UBC. With\nEurope as my classroom, I gained an appreciation for taking my learning beyond the lecture\nhall and into the proverbial real world. This has informed my desire to effect positive social\nchange through scholarly inquiry ever since, through opportunities provided by the UBC Arts\nUndergraduate Research Award, Community Service Learning, Student Directed Seminars,\nand the Honours Sociology Program.\"\n\"I am grateful that I go to a university that places great emphasis not only on academic\nlearning, but also on the need for students to channel their knowledge and skills into\ncontributing back to their local and global communities.\"\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 15 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nLast fall, the International Student Initiative (ISI) recruiting staff from both campuses visited schools\nand carried out other recruiting activities in more than 70 countries, in Asia, Europe, Africa, the\nMiddle East, and throughout the Americas. Within the US, ISI visited schools, participated in college\nfairs and held information sessions in some 45 different US cities in 15 different States, including\nHawaii and Alaska. ISI also visited local schools and colleges in BC and across Canada that enrol\ninternational visa students and provided a full slate of on-campus recruitment activities, including\nhosting student-led campus tours six days a week for approximately 10,000 prospective students and\nfamilies.\nOne program underway to assist students with disabilities is the UBC Vancouver Access Fund, used to\ncover extraordinary costs associated with the provision of disability related accommodations, such as\nspecialized exam arrangements, alternate format materials, note taking, interpreting, captioning,\nuse of specialized equipment, etc. The fund provided $827,000, including $160,000 from provincial\nand federal funding, to offset these costs.\nRecruitment (% registered to total applicants)\nVancouver\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\n2011/12\n2010/11\nUndergraduates\n- # applicants\n- % registrations\n27,613 26,640\n23.2% 23.2%\n6,756\n25.6%\n5,842\n25.5%\nMasters Students\n- # applicants\n- % registrations\n10,691\n23.3%\n10,162\n25.1%\n476\n36.3%\n454\n33.9%\nDoctoral Students\n- # applicants\n- % registrations\n3,285\n18.7%\n3,040\n19.2%\n187\n28.3%\n211\n22.7%\nStudent Awards\nStudents can receive awards through university bursaries and scholarships and through government\nawards and student loan programs. Both needs based and merit awards are made. Further details\nare available here.\nUBC Arts Co-op Student Wins National Recognition\nSophia Kim, a third year Economics and International Relations\nstudent from the Faculty of Arts, has been recognized as one of the\nnation's best co-op students by CAFCE (Canadian Association For Cooperative Education). Sophia was awarded an honourable mention for\nher work term at Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development\nCanada, where she undertook what her supervisor described as \"an\nambitious research project examining the economic impact of treaties\non First Nations in British Columbia.\" Sophia produced and presented\na report to colleagues in Treaties and Aboriginal Government -\nNegotiations West, where her findings sparked debate about the\ntreaty system as it relates to economic development. Read more\nabout Sophia's award-winning work term here.\nIn addition, each faculty provide specific awards and these are listed on their websites. An example\nis the College of Health Disciplines Awards and Scholarships, which awards as listed here:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 BC Health Association Legacy Award\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Cedar Lodge Endowment Fund\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Excellence in Interprofessional Education Teaching Award\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 First Nations Health Sciences Scholarship\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 16 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nJessie Gordon McCarthy Memorial Scholarship\nJohn F. McCreary Prize\nJohn H. V. Gilbert Interprofessional Scholarship\nHarold F. & Anne Bedner Uphill Scholarship in Health Sciences\nOutstanding Leadership in Advancing Interprofessional Education & Professional Development\nAward\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Practice Education Team Award\nFaculty\nRecruitment and Retention\nFaculty are drawn to UBC not only because it is a globally recognized teaching and research\nuniversity, but for the quality of its students and faculty.\nSumi Siddiqua, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering\n\"I chose UBC's Okanagan campus because it is a new beginning. UBC is a strong brand, and I wanted\nto be part of the history of the Okanagan campus. There were no professors in geo-environmental\nengineering and my plan is to build our expertise in this area. It is a great starting platform to be\npart of UBC. I really believe we can blaze new trails on the Okanagan campus.\"\nDr. Siddiqua's area of specialty is unsaturated soil. She has conducted research on the proposed\nnuclear waste disposal system in both Europe and Canada, which involved numerical and physical\nmodeling of unsaturated clay soil. Her investigations focus on the use and characteristics of clay\nbarrier systems, toxicity issues in porous media, landslides-geohazard and environmental factors.\nCaroline Ichikawa Jenkins, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy\n\"I came to UBC Vancouver from the UK, attracted principally by the fact that UBC was\noffering an environment uniquely supportive of my research, as well as an opportunity for\nmy husband and myself to work at the same institution. In nominating me for a Canada\nResearch Chair, and making various other kinds of research support available, UBC has\nenabled me to achieve an ideal balance between intensive, focused research and\nresearch-led teaching at both graduate and undergraduate levels.\"\nDr. Jenkins' current goals at UBC include the mentoring and research training of early\ncareer scholars, the establishment of an international research partnership with the\nNorthern Institute of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and a project involving the philosophical significance of\nexplanation. In so doing, Dr. Jenkins hopes to return to one of her abiding philosophical interests: knowledge which is\nindependent of the evidence we gather through the senses.\nStudent/Faculty Ratios\nVancouver\nOkanagan\n2011/12\n2010/11\n2011/12\n2010/11\nProfessoriate (fte)\n19.8\n19.4\n24.9\n21.5\nTenure Stream (fte)\n18.3\n18.0\n22.5\n19.9\nAll faculty\n14.0\n13.3\n19.4\n17.3\nReview and Revise Curricula and Pedagogy\nCurriculum and pedagogy at UBC advances learning and teaching in a variety of contexts, including\ninformal educational settings. Periodic reviews are conducted of each faculty and curriculum review\nis a key component in ongoing planning for faculties and programs. Curriculum theory, design and\nevaluation, teacher education, digital media and learning technologies are all taken into\nconsideration with curriculum development. Faculty, student and community input is sought and an\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 17 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nincreasing emphasis on enriched and transformative experiences is included. The following are some\nexamples of curricular reform activity. There are many projects underway to provide enriched\nstudent learning through curriculum change. Also see the Community Engagement section for further\nstories.\nAll faculties are actively engaged in this area and the following are simply examples from three\nfaculties:\nDentistry\nProblem Based Learning - Classical Antiquity Comes of Age (details)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Prepares graduates to use critical and analytical thinking to assess, diagnose and manage complex cases\nVolunteer Dentistry in the Downtown Eastside (details)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Volunteer dentists, alumni and students volunteer annually at multiple locations, promoting health education and\nenhancing students' awareness and role as global citizens with sustainable opportunities to serve\nAhead of the Wave in Community Engagement - Preparing a New Generation of Dentists (details)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Professionalism and Community Service Program (PACS) is a dynamic model combining classroom learning with\ncommunity-based outreach initiatives\nPharmaceutical Sciences\nIntroduction of a \"Mogul's Den\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 PHAR 400 (Pharmacy Management) require teams to develop a business case for an innovative patient care service that\ncould be provided in a pharmacy, pitching their ideas to a panel of pharmacy business leaders. In three cases, teams\nwere approached to explore implementation of the proposals\nUse of Lecture Capture Technology\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Material can be prerecorded for review prior to class, as well as recorded in real time for availability for review\nthrough WebCT Vista\nHealth Mentors Program\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Developed through the College of Health Disciplines, students from 6 programs, including Pharmacy, work together to\nlearn from and with a person with a chronic condition\nSciences\nSkylight - A Research-Focused Unit Advancing the Science Behind Education (details)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Centre works with the UBC Science community and other units to contribute to the body of theoretical and\npractical knowledge about learning and teaching science, and to help students expand the depth and breadth of their\nlearning\nLaunch of a Sustainability Science Course\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Science 120 (Sustainability Science) was offered for 18 students in a single section, exploring selected topics in\nsustainability. It will be offered as four sections (24 students each) in September and January starting Sept 2012\nCommunicating Science\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC Science's 300-level Communicating Science Course is expanding to three sections. Developed for the Combined\nMajor in Science, it focuses on enabling students to critically evaluate and communicate scientific issues and findings\nTechnology is also being used to enhance curricula and pedagogy and relevant support and resources\nare provided throughout the university. Examples include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Faculty of Arts ISIT unit (Instructional Support and Information Technology) encompasses a\nvariety of services ranging from research in learning analytics, to learning technology innovations\nto teaching support and training incorporating diverse pedagogical models.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Faculty of Land & Food Systems Virtual Soil Sciences Resource Center provides a range of tools\nthat can be used in courses and by community partners.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Master of Public Health is the only MPH program in Canada that offers a distributed learning\noption.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 What I Learned in Class Today and Indigenous Foundations websites, with Amy Perrault, CTLT\nCoordinator of Aboriginal Initiatives, helps build capacity for discussing Aboriginal topics.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 E-Portfolios are in use in Pharmacy and Education at:\no http://ctlt.ubc.ca/2010/07/16/e-portfolios-at-a-glance-doctor-of-pharmacy-program/\no http://teach.educ.ubc.ca/resources/current-students/e-portfolios.html\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 18 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nSimplify and Streamline Program Requirements and Course Prerequisites\nThis year, the Bachelor of Education program at the Vancouver Campus has gone through a major\nrevision which is a good example of a curriculum renewal process that integrates streamlining of\nprogram requirements. The revised elementary, middle-years and secondary programs will now be\n60-credit-after-degree programs for most students. In the past, some options within the program\nrequired up to 75 credits. In addition, all courses will now be offered with the principle that one\ncredit hour equals one hour of in-class instruction. Teacher candidates will now have more time to\ndedicate to their courses and field experiences as they concentrate on becoming professional\neducators in an intense one-year-after-degree program.\nVancouver\nOkanagan\n2011/12\n2010/11\n2011/12\n2010/11\n% courses revised\n8.7%\n8.5%\n10.2%\n18.0%\n# courses with community service learning\n45\n75\n8\n6\n% classes under 20 students\n1,103\n1,063\n343\n252\n# academic reviews completed\n18\n15\n--\n--\nAcademic Reviews\nThe following academic unit and program reviews were undertaken in 2010/11 and 2011/12 at the\nVancouver Campus: Advanced Materials & Process Engineering Laboratory; Anaesthesiology,\nPharmacology & Therapeutics; Audiology & Speech Sciences; Anthropology; Athletics; Bioinformatics;\nBotany; Cell & Developmental Biology; Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies; Dentistry\n(DMD); Dermatology; Engineering programs (10); First Nations Programs; Forest Resource\nManagement; Forest Sciences; Geography; History; Interdisciplinary Oncology; International Relations\nProgram; Linguistics; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Medicine (Department); Neuroscience;\nSchool of Nursing; Occupational Therapy & Occupational Science; Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences;\nOrthopedics; Philosophy; Political Science; Pulp & Paper Research Centre; Sociology; Surgery;\nUrologic Sciences; Women's and Gender Studies Program; and Wood Science.\nSuccessful accreditation reviews were conducted on programs such as Counselling Psychology, MSc in\nAudiology and Speech Language Pathology, Bachelor of Social Work, Master of Architecture, and\nnumerous other programs and units.\nIn addition the following faculties/schools/colleges were reviewed in 2011 -12: Dentistry; Graduate\nStudies; Science; the College for Interdisciplinary Studies; and Commerce (Sauder School of\nBusiness). These units were praised for their various strengths such as the Sauder School's\n\"commitment to high-quality research\" and the Faculty of Science's \"prudent operation and steady\nacademic direction enabling it to prosper\". Dentistry received a unanimous endorsement of its\nexisting academic plan and Graduate Studies was noted to be \"well-respected nationally\". The\nreview of CFIS was followed by a university-wide process that led to Senate's approval of a revised\nmandate for the College and a re-alignment of some of its units with the Faculties.\nThe Okanagan campus Provost office has established a procedure for Academic Unit Reviews starting\nin September 2012.\nFaculties and Departments are strengthening their efforts to effectively assess the educational\noutcomes of UBC programs. Examples include:\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 19 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Evaluation Unit has set up a logic model to measure\noutcomes of the Entry-to-Practice BSc Pharmacy Program, whereby a series of evaluation\nquestions form the basis of a comprehensive plan for enhancements. An annual review of the\nDoctor of Pharmacy Program ensures constant monitoring of academic standing and competency\nof graduates.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Faculty of Law has reviewed and adjusted its programs to enable graduates to meet the\namended competency levels established by the Federation of Law Societies.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Faculty of Arts' new curriculum-development process ensures that curriculum presents clear\nlearning outcomes which align with the Faculty's graduate attributes and with the priorities\nstated in the Faculty's Strategic Plan.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Sauder School of Business has hired an Educational Assessment Specialist and established an\nAssurance of Learning Faculty Advisory Committee to collect and analyze student learning data to\nmeasure students' skills and recommend changes as appropriate.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences and the Okanagan campus' School of Engineering\nlaunched the Women in Science and Engineering Mentoring Program this year, with 39 student\nmentees and 15 industry mentors participating. A prospective longitudinal review has been\nembedded into the program structure to assess the educational outcomes of the program.\nInformation collected three times a year from mentees and mentors will inform future planning,\nand help to understand the academic benefits of mentoring female students in these programs.\nAlign Rewards and Recognition with Student Learning Goals\nProfessor of Teaching\nEffective July 1, 2011, the rank of Professor of Teaching has been introduced into the tenure-track\nteaching stream at UBC. This new rank reflects the commitment of the University to educational\nleadership, outstanding teaching, curriculum renewal and pedagogical innovation. This rank will\nallow the university to more effectively recruit and retain faculty with primary commitment to its\nteaching mission by offering a more complete career track for outstanding university teachers and\neducational leaders.\nKillam Teaching Awards\nUBC annually awards 25 Killam Teaching Prizes. Established from a generous endowment provided by\nDorothy and Izaak Walton Killam, these awards recognize and honour the excellence of our teaching\nfaculty nominated by students, colleagues and alumni. 2011-12 recipients include Dr. Steven Jones,\nProfessor and Head of Bioinformatics, Department of Medical Genetics in the Faculty of Medicine,\nand Dr. Cay Holbrook, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling\nPsychology and Special Education, Faculty of Education.\nKillam GTA Awards\nUBC also recognizes outstanding contributions of our Graduate Teaching Assistants in the\naccomplishment of the university's teaching mission. Each year Killam GTA awards are bestowed on\n15 GTAs in recognition of their valuable contributions to student learning in our undergraduate\nprograms. Nominations indicate a high level of respect from undergraduate students and academic\nor course supervisors. In addition, some Faculties have established their own Graduate Teaching\nAssistant awards. For example, the winner of the 2011 -12 Teaching Assistant Award in the Faculty of\nPharmaceutical Sciences was Dahai Zhang, a first-year PhD Student.\nTeaching and Learning Enhancement Fund\nThe Teaching and Learning Enhancement fund projects encourage grass-roots educational innovation\nand are making a substantial contribution to the quality of the student learning experience at UBC.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 20 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\n2011 /12 saw 69 projects funded for a total of $2.6 million. One exemplary project from 2011 -12 is\nthe School of Journalism's \"Reporting in Indigenous Communities\", the first Indigenous reporting\ncourse in Canada.\nAwards and Financial Assistance\nPolicy 72 states no eligible student will be prevented from commencing or continuing his/her studies\nfor financial reasons. UBC meets this policy through student scholarships, bursaries, awards and\nfinancial assistance programs.\nVancouver\nOkanagan\n2011/12\n2010/11\n2011/12\n2010/11\n#/% students receiving merit based support\n12,072 (24.9%)\n12,270 (25.8%)\n2,503 (31.5%)\n2,256(31.8%)\n#/% students receiving needs based support\n11,963 (24.7%)\n12,086 (25.4%)\n2,665 (33.6%)\n2,307 (32.5%)\n$ merit based support\n$63.0 m\n$64.8 m\n$6.1 m\n$5.7 m\n$ need based support\n$132.9 m\n$131.1 m\n$25.7 m\n$22. 3 m\n$ need based government funding\n$119.0 m\n$115.2 m\n$22.9 m\n$19.7 m\nIncrease in need based government funding\n3.3%\n4.2%\n1.7%\n16.9%\nFinancial Assistance Programs\nUBC has a number of programs in place, and the following table highlights some of those:\nVancouver\nOkanagan\n2011/12\n2010/11\n2011/12\n2010/11\n# international students in the Work Learn Program\n242\n291\n90\n74\n# domestic students in the Work Study Program\n1,510\n1,795\n616\n655\nInternational Leaders of Tomorrow (ILOT)\n# awards\namount\n# bursaries\namount\n55\n$1,598,502\n21\n$491,638\n43\n$1,219,046\n30\n$740,341\n5\n$205,000\n4\n$119,572\nInternational Student Humanitarian Award\n# students\ntotal amount\n10 10 2\n$382,861 $328,607 $78,570\n1\n$36,943\nStudent Debt\nStudents may take on student loans to pay for their education. The following table shows the\nnumber of students with loans and the average amount of the loan.\n2011/12\n# students with loans\nAverage loan amount\n% Students with Loans\nVancouver\nOkanagan\nVancouver\nOkanagan\nVancouver\nOkanagan\nBaccalaureate\n7,415\n1,971\n$8,487\n$8,779\n25.3%\n28.8%\nDoctoral\n157\n12\n$12,408\n$11,975\n4.3%\n6.4%\nMasters\n905\n60\n$12,088\n$11,088\n15.1%\n12.6%\nNon Degree\n171\n15\n$6,926\n$6,758\n4.3%\n7.3%\nPost Baccalaureate\n1,650\n110\n$12,619\n$11,804\n32.1%\n57.3%\nTotal\n10,298\n2,168\n$9,500\n$8,994\n21.4%\n27.4%\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 21 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nFacilities/Infrastructure\nUBCV Campus - major capital projects\nCompletion of\nAllard Hall - Faculty of Law\nCentre for Comparative Medicine\nCentre for Integrated Research on Sustainability (CIRS)\nChildcare Expansion Phase 1 - University Services Building\nNorman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering\nPublic Realm Enhancement - Main Mall, Agronomy Road,\nBuchanan Courtyards\nSauder School of Business Phase 2 and 3\nSteam to Hot Water Conversion Project - Phase 1\nTennis Facility\nWayne and William White Engineering Design Centre\nn construction\nBioenergy Research and Demonstration Facility\nDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\nEarth Sciences Building\nPharmaceutical Sciences/Centre for Drug Research and\nDevelopment\nPonderosa Commons Student Housing/Mixed Use Development\nPublic Realm Enhancement - Main Mall, Memorial Road,\nUniversity Boulevard, Medical Courtyards\nSteam to Hot Water Conversion Project - Phases 2 and 3\nUBCO Campus -buildings\nCompletion of\nEngineering, Management and Education Building\nHealth Sciences Centre\nStudent Housing Phase 4 (Purcell Residences)\nGeoexchange System Phase 3\nPublic Realm Enhancement\nIn construction\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Fitness and Wellness Centre\nInformal Learning Spaces\nInformal Learning Space (ILS) is increasingly popular and in great demand by all students at UBC.\nSignificant ILS is developed within every new capital project; this year new Informal Learning Spaces\nopened at the Vancouver campus in Allard Hall and the Wayne and William White Engineering Design\nCentre. The university also situates ILS in 'found space' in existing buildings every year, as\nopportunities arise. This year, the Vancouver campus' Informal Learning Spaces Committee\nallocated $213,000 to enhance student spaces in nine departments across three faculties.\nThe Collegia program at UBC's Okanagan campus has been expanded with the addition of a new\ncollegia in the Engineering, Management and Education building. This program focuses on students\nwho commute. Collegia offer students a place to hang out, eat lunch, spend time with classmates,\nand do school work. Each Collegium has a relaxing lounge-style atmosphere and is outfitted with\ncomfortable furniture, individual and group work spaces, and kitchen facilities. Please see video\nhere.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 22 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nThe Collegium Program at the Vancouver campus will establish a series of collegia over the next five\nyears to provide commuting students with a \"Home away from home\" where they can meet with\nother students, socialize, study, eat, relax and land comfortably between on-campus commitments.\nUBC Vancouver Collegium Design Guidelines are developed and the first collegia sites are selected in\nBuchanan Block D Breezeway (to be enclosed), Cunningham lower level, Old SUB ground floor (2\nlocations) and the new Ponderosa Commons (2 locations).\nEXPAND EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES\nParticipation in enriched educational experiences, such as undergraduate research, international\nlearning, co-op placements, student leadership, and community service learning contributes\ncritically to student learning at UBC. This is learning by doing. Through these activities students\nexplore concepts, test perceived boundaries and gain knowledge of their discipline and themselves.\nCareer and Leadership Development\nUBC provides students with exceptional opportunities to develop their leadership skills and build\ntheir careers. Mentoring (video) and Internship programs connect students with each other, faculty\nand professionals in the field. These experiences help students clarify their educational plans,\nexpand their network and make important connections between their classroom learning and\napplications in the workplace. There are also a host of student-led initiatives such as the Student\nLeadership Conference, and Imagine - UBC's orientation program for new students, that provide\nhundreds of students with opportunities to build their leadership skills.\nInternationalization of Learning\nIn 2011-12 there were over 3,800 international undergraduate students registered on the Vancouver\ncampus, and over 440 registered on the Okanagan campus, coming from 150 countries. The top five\nsource countries represented by citizenship are the United States, China, South Korea, Malaysia, and\nHong Kong, with strong representation from other countries including Japan, India, Indonesia,\nTaiwan and the United Kingdom.\nIn efforts to expand and diversify enrolments, UBC's International Student Initiative (ISI) ventured\ninto several new countries this year, or countries which for reasons of stability we have not been\nable to visit for some time, including Lebanon, Rwanda, and Colombia. ISI has also made in-roads\ninto Central Asia and countries such as Georgia and Azerbaijan.\nThe ISI supports a number of merit-based and need-based awards for international students such as\nthe International Leader of Tomorrow Award, the International Student Humanitarian Award, and\nemergency bursaries. In 2011 -12, funding for such assistance totalled approximately $300,000 for\nOkanagan undergraduates and $2,520,000 for Vancouver undergraduates, to our knowledge more\nthan any other Canadian University.\nAcademic English Support Program\nThe Academic English Support Program (AES) was piloted this past year. The AES was developed to\nsupport UBC students who have English as an additional language and whose academic performance\nmight be enhanced through some additional English support modules. The program is open to all\nstudents, undergraduate and graduate. It is free of charge and includes an online diagnostic\ncomponent and follow-up with a language coach who may recommend some language support\nmodules. Some modules are face-to-face and others are online and especially developed for the AES\nprogram. The pilot has received positive feedback from the participants.\nThe English Foundation Program (EFP) was developed this year for domestic and international\nstudents, and will be a new opportunity on the Okanagan campus in the upcoming academic year.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 23 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nStudents applying to Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Applied Science, or Bachelor\nof Management degree programs are eligible for the EFP will receive conditional admission to UBC's\nOkanagan campus. This innovative, accredited program combines intensive English language training\nand academic credit courses while engaging students in campus life \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a perfect blend of strong\nacademics, collaboration activities, and experiential and cultural learning.\nSupplemental Learning Program\nAlmost 1,500 students at UBC's Okanagan campus benefitted from the guidance of supplemental\nlearning leaders this year. This represented a 48% voluntary participation rate in the program of\nstudents enrolled in the 29 eligible courses. The SL initiative helps students develop the tools they\nneed to be successful in their undergraduate degree programs. This program represents a new\nattitude to delivering higher education that fits with the holistic approach to supporting student\nlearning and in fostering collaborative campus environments that support learning.\nInternational Learning\nUBC's international learning programs allow students to attend any of UBC's 150 prestigious partner\nuniversities. Through living and studying internationally, students engage in hands-on experience\nwith international development issues and grow both personally and academically as a result.\nPrograms such as Study Abroad and International Service Learning also build students' global\nawareness and cross-cultural understanding, (award winning video)\nUBC Cooperative Education\nCo-operative Education is a structured and formalized program integrating a student's academic\nstudies with relevant, quality work experience. Co-op students alternate study terms and work\nterms in appropriate fields of business, industry, government, social services and the professions that\noffer suitable learning situations. The UBC Co-operative Education program has grown to be the\nlargest program offered at post-secondary institutions in British Columbia with over 3,400 students\ncompleting work terms each year. Through co-op learning, students apply concepts from the\nclassroom in real-world environments, explore career possibilities, develop professional networks\nand experience and earn money to help to finance their degrees.\nCommunity Service Learning (CSL)\nCommunity service learning takes place locally through the UBC-CLI and internationally through Go\nGlobal. Students participating in community service learning (CSL) or community based research\n(CBR) build their capacity to collaborate with faculty, staff, and community partners toward the\nresolution of complex community-based challenges.\nUndergraduate Research\nEnriched learning happens in communities, at UBC and beyond. See International Engagement\nsection for further details.\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\n# students participating in community service learning\n2,879\n2,317\n386\n300\n# outgoing students engaged in international learning opportunities\n1,523\n1,205\n106\n102\n# students employed on campus through Work Study/Work Learn\n2,029\n2,331\n706\n741\n# students participating in co-op work terms\n2,095\n560\n125\n29\n# students in mentoring programs\n1,028\n845\n39\n-\n# students on incoming exchange\n687\n625\n4\n6\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 24 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nTwo examples of community service learning are:\nInternational Students Benefit From JumpStart\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 JumpStart is an orientation program for international students arriving at\nUBC's Okanagan campus.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 It engages current students to mentor new arrivals, developing new skills\nand enriching not only the learning environment but the campus community\nspirit.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Video available here\nQueen Alexandra Elementary - Reading Week Experience\nMike Johnston, a fourth-year student in the Faculty of Arts at the\nVancouver campus, participating in a Reading Week program to increase\nself-expression for kids through three days of activities in poetry, music,\nand photography.\nWorking in the poetry stream, Mike and six other students guided\nstudents through writing exercises to increase their sense of confidence.\n'This community experience has been one of the most meaningful things I\nhave done in my life,\" says Mike\nAs a result of his experience and seeing the interplay between the theory\non computer tools and technologies usage and its application, Mike feels\nable to make more strategic decisions on what he learns in class.\nCommunity Service Learning (CSL)\nThe UBC Community Learning Initiative collaborated on efforts to understand the impacts of\nparticipation in Community Service Learning on student development. The research indicates that\nthere are strong, statistically significant links between participation in CSL and higher levels of self-\nreported change in eight proficiency areas including:\nAbility to explore and appreciate sustainability in its many forms\nAbility to take personal social responsibility\nAbility to motivate and lead others toward a goal\nAbility to work as a team member\nInterpersonal skills\nAbility to appreciate racial and ethnic diversity\nAbility to appreciate cultural and global diversity\nAbility to understand and appreciate Aboriginal cultures.\nThis research is a powerful demonstration of the potential benefits of CSL and of the value of robust\ndata on CSL participation.\nThree examples of courses with a community service learning mandate are:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Students in Econ 317: Poverty and Inequality and in Political Science 464A: Global Civil Society\nand NGOs in International Politics, worked together in collaboration with the BC Council for\nInternational Collaboration (BCCIC) to support the BCCIC's Learning Circle through scribing,\nparticipating in discussions, and the creation of media and documentation. In collaborating with\na local partner with a global mandate, students gained a deeper understanding of how the local\nefforts of non-governmental organizations informed efforts to resolve global challenges beyond\nthe scope of the community within which the partner and students were situated.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 25 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nStudents in the Sauder School of Business' COMM 468: Marketing Applications course became\ninvolved with Klitsa Tutoring to help expand this new, fee-for-service, after-school program for\nchildren and youth launched by the Literacy Alberni Society. Sauder students travelled to Port\nAlberni for on-site learning and research, and returned to Vancouver better equipped to develop\na marketing plan tailored to the needs of this rural community.\nStudents in Sustainability 100 are working in small groups to research one of 12 key topics related\nto sustainability that will assist Fresh Outlook Foundation in developing material for public\ndissemination. As part of this course, students interviewed experts from the public, private and\nacademic sector and conducted independent research to develop a summary presentation that\nwill be readily accessible to the public. The presentations are in a poster, PowerPoint or video\nformat and may be used on Fresh Outlook's website to promote sustainability.\nSUPPORT STUDENT WELL BEING\nStudent Mental Health Plan\nA comprehensive plan for promoting student mental health at UBC has been developed. This plan is\nsystemic in nature and engages faculty, staff and students across multiple levels of prevention and\nintervention. Key approaches in this plan include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Early Alert\nThe Early Alert program, launched January 2012, helps create a campus community conducive to\nstudent wellbeing. Faculty and staff can identify their concerns about students who are facing\ndifficulties sooner, in a more coordinated way, giving students the earliest possible connection to\nthe right resources and support, before difficulties put their academic success at risk.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Support for Complex Student Concerns\nA Case Management approach has been developed to support students facing more complex\ndifficulties that require a higher level of coordination in order to effectively address barriers\nto academic success. It enables a more comprehensive and integrated approach to supporting\nthese students, maximizing the effectiveness of the services and resources being offered by any\ngiven unit. A new Case Manager position has been created to facilitate this approach. This\nposition also plays a central role in the Early Alert System.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Access to Counselling Services and Student Health\nUBC Student Health saw 38,345 student visits. 4,519 of these were seen by Psychiatrists. UBC\nCounselling Services provided service to 2,539 students in 7,126 appointments from April 2011 to\nMarch 2012. 35% of students were referred to off-campus supports for counselling.\nGroup counselling programs for management of stress, anxiety and depression were re-structured\nto provide timely access to group programs. This resulted in a 53% increase in the number of\nstudents who accessed group counselling over the same time period in 2011.\nUBC Athletics and Recreation\nUBC consulted on an opportunity to join the NCAA Division II program. After consultation with the\ncommunity and wide discussion, it was determined that working to revitalize the Canada West and\nCanadian Interuniversity Sports was the best way forward. Work is progressing on this project,\nthrough a Task Force convened by Canada West, which has produced a final report on principles and\ncommitments to guide restructuring of interuniversity athletics.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 26 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nVancouver Campus\nFour national titles were won:\n- women's field hockey (their 13th national title),\n- women's volleyball (their 5th consecutive title),\n- women's swimming (their 17th national title), and\n- men's swimming.\nFive UBC student athletes were named the best in their\nsport at the university level in Canada:\n- Billy Greene (Hec Crighton Trophy, Football),\n- Robyn Pendleton (women's field hockey),\n- Kyla Richey (women's volleyball),\n- Savannah King (women's swimming) and\n- Billy Gossland (men's swimming).\nAbout above picture: Women's championship field hockey team with (back left) coach Hash Kanjee\nwho led the Thunderbirds to 8 national titles during his 19 seasons at UBC.\nUBC student-athletes represented UBC and Canada proudly around the world this season. At the end\nof the summer, seventeen students and two coaches wore the Maple Leaf at the 26th Summer\nUniversiade in Shenzen, China. Tera Van Beilen (Oakville, ON) won two silver medals in swimming\nwhile Nathan Yu and coach Kevin Hanson led men's basketball to silver as well.\nThe next major international competition was the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico\nwhere rower Benjamin De Wit won silver as part of Canada's men's eight.\nWith the Summer Olympics this year, many UBC student athletes and UBC alumni have participated\nin the qualification process for London. Current student swimmers Tommy Gossland, Savannah King,\nTera Van Beilen, Martha McCabe and Heather MacLean all qualified to represent Canada at the 2012\nOlympc Games. Three UBC alumni, Scott Dickens and Brent Hayden (swimming) and Inaki Gomez\n(race walking) also qualified for the London Games.\nAthletics and Recreation opened a number of new facilities in 2011\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The UBC Tennis Centre officially opened its doors in fall 2011. The state-of-the-art facility\nhouses nine new courts and is open to the public.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 SHOT - UBC's first Synthetic Hockey Off-ice Training facility at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird\nSports Centre. The synthetic ice rink surface is 1500 sq feet and allows for added high-\nperformance training, youth programming and year-round hockey conditioning.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The new 4500 sq. ft. Smith and Laycoe Varsity Training Centre opened in Summer 2011 for the\nvarsity athletic strength and conditioning program.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The UBC Sports Hall of Fame officially opened at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre\nin April 2012. The facility recognizes over 100 years of Thunderbird success and highlights\nUBC's Olympic heritage.\nUBC Vancouver Campus' Athletics and Recreation hosts 2012 Davis Cup\nIn February 2012, UBC Athletics & Recreation hosted the 2012 Davis Cup tie between Canada and\nFrance at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. The arena was completely transformed into\na hard court tennis surface for the three day event. Over 15,000 spectators took came out to watch\nthe sold-out event.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 27 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nOkanagan Campus\nAt the Okanagan campus, the men's soccer team, under Head Coach\nDante Zanatta, qualified for playoffs and won the PACWEST Bronze\nMedal, the first-ever provincial medal for men's soccer. The women's\nsoccer team earned a provincial silver medal in a heartbreaking\novertime loss. The men's and women's golf teams saw rookie Cody Bell\nplacing first in the PACWEST and receiving the Provincial Academic\nExcellence, Provincial All-Star, Provincial Player of the Year and\nAcademic All-Canadian honors. Cody went on to place 8th at Nationals.\nTeammate Alanna Kent won the National Silver medal and was named a\nNational Championship Tournament All-star.\nThe Okanagan campus men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams entered the Canadian\nInteruniversity Sports (CIS) competition for the first time. All four teams set win/loss records for\nincoming Canada West members making UBC Okanagan the winningest new member since 1999.\nHighlights include women's volleyball winning five matches and taking their opposition to a fifth and\ndeciding set in an additional six matches, and men's volleyball making Canada West playoffs in their\nfirst year.\nConstruction started on The Hanger, the Okanagan campus' first-ever built-to-purpose fitness centre.\nFunded through a $3.5m donation from Barry Lapointe and Mary Jo Schnepf, this 8,700 sq.ft., two\nfloor facility will open in early 2013 and will provide studio and weight training space for the campus\nand surrounding community.\nVancouver\nOkana\ngan\n2011/12\n2010/11\n2011/12\n2010/11\nRecreational programs\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 # league registrants\n11,500\n11,000\n2,400\n1,780\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 # event and tournament participants\n10,000\n15,000\n400\n278\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 #drop in users of Student Recreation Centre facilities\n39,000\n39,000\n3,250\n2,891\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 # Bird Coop Fitness Members\n12,000\n11,200\nn/a\nn/a\nVarsity Sports\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 National championships\n4\n2\n0\n0\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 National podium\n5\n5\n1\n2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Conference championships\n4\n7\n2\n3\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Provincial Gold Medalist\n--\n\"\n2\n1\n3\nStudent Housing\nLiving on campus offers students an unparalleled opportunity to develop a community of academic\nand social support, building a sense of connection to other students and the university, while\nlearning valuable skills for living and learning with others.\nStudents Living on Campus Vancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\n# student residence beds, managed by Housing Services\n8,947\n8,374\n1,676\n1,521\n# student residence beds, managed by others (Theological/frats)\n682\n682\n-\n-\n# new beds added during the year\n566\n...\n212\n136\n% students living on campus\n27%\n18%\n21%\n21%\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 28 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nIn 2011 UBC Vancouver expanded its residence guarantee (all first year students entering UBC\ndirectly from high school) to include students who had \"stopped out\" for one year before enrolling at\nUBC.\nUBC has the largest on-campus residence program in Canada. UBC Vancouver's Student Housing and\nHospitality Services (SHHS) continues to move toward a target of 2500 new residence spaces by 2016\nat the Vancouver campus. Key milestones of the past year include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The successful opening of hem'lesem' and q'elexen Houses at Totem Park residence - 566\nnew student spaces.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Breaking ground on the Ponderosa Commons development, which will contribute 550 new\nupper year and graduate student spaces in each of September 2013 and 2015, for a total\nof 1,100 new spaces.\nThe Okanagan campus expanded its on-campus residence program with the addition of 212 new beds\nin the Purcell building.\nFaculty in Residence Speaker Series\n1 SQ 1\nSPEAKERf-\nIn continued support of enhancing living/learning opportunities in\nresidence, and to encourage student out-of-class contact with faculty,\nStudent Housing & Hospitality Services launched the 2011-12 Faculty in\nResidence Speaker Series at the Vancouver Campus. Faculty members\nfrom a variety of disciplines offer a short talk on a topic they found\npersonally interesting or relevant, followed by discussion with attending\nresidents. This series featured 13 faculty members ranging from UBC's\nProvost and VP Academic to the Director Voice and Opera divisions.\nCommunication with Students\nVancouver Campus\nIn the 2010 and 2011 New to UBC survey, students named 'communications' and 'websites' as the\ntwo primary services for students that require improvement. In 2011 a newly hired Director of\nStudent Communications Services at the Vancouver campus implemented a new staffing model and\ndeveloped a strategic plan to improve the way that the campus communicates with its diverse range\nof students. Over the next two years students will experience increasingly focused, simplified\nand consistent messaging that will highlight information and opportunities and take their personal\nexperiences and interests into account. An overhaul of www.students.ubc.ca will capture the key\nelements of the UBC student experience and will result in more integrated messages and information\nabout services, experiential learning programs and involvement opportunities. This streamlined\napproach to communication will be critical to engaging students with the University and developing a\nlife-long affiliation with UBC.\nAt the Okanagan campus, the first year experience is an initiative that matches senior students with\nfirst year students in their respective academic disciplines. This year the Peer Mentors\ncommunicated with incoming first year students in July, and 1,100 first year students responded with\na variety of questions for their Peer Mentors. As a result, the Peer Mentors were able to effectively\nassist and ease students' first year anxiety levels and make appropriate referrals as needed prior to\ntheir first week on campus. Students then met their Peer Mentors in person at orientation and\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 29 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\ncontinued to receive information about on campus events or program information throughout the\nyear from the same Peer Mentor. This program provided consistency in the messaging and\ninformation students were receiving from a familiar person to them.\nAssessment of the Student Experience\nNew to UBC (NUBC) survey results\nThe 2011 New to UBC Survey shows that the expectations of incoming UBC students are changing. In\nparticular there was a 5-10% increase in new entrants who are intending to experience enriched\neducational opportunities such as Community Service Learning, Co-op, Internships, Research\nActivities etc. UBC's strategic plan is well positioned to meet student's expectations by committing\nto providing all students with at least two enriched educational opportunities during their course of\nstudies.\nNational Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) results\nThe last two NSSE surveys have shown substantial and continuous improvements in the quality of\nrelationships with faculty for both first year and senior levels students. The following examples\nillustrate those improvements.\nFaculty of Science:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Faculty of Science has substantially increased the availability of small-group classes such\nas SCIE 113 (First-year Seminar in Science). Senior students have seen a growth in student\nled events aimed at strengthening Faculty / Student connections such as Get into Research\nFaculty of Arts:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Faculty of Arts has instituted a requirement, for every student to enrol in a small-group'\nlearning community in First Year. Curriculum in these small-group courses emphasizes an\nintroduction to the research disciplines in the humanities and the social sciences. Every\nstudent is also required to complete a Research-Intensive' course in their major, typically in\ntheir fourth year. In this course they work collegially with research faculty on a project and\npotentially contribute to knowledge in the field.\nSupplemental Learning Program:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The results for the Okanagan campus have shown that over the last two NSSE surveys, we\nhave improved a great deal on providing a supportive campus climate. Most specifically,\nstudents are more satisfied with the quality of academic advising and their entire educational\nexperience.\nInternational Student Barometer (ISB) Survey\nFor the first time this year, UBC joined leading institutions around the world in assessing the\nexperiences of its international undergraduate and graduate students with the ISB Survey. Results\navailable in spring will allow UBC to know what matters most to its international students and how\nbetter to support their learning and overall success.\nStudent Focus Groups\nStudents are invited to participate in focus groups throughout the year to provide feedback on the\ndifferent programs that they are involved in on the Okanagan campus. These are opportunities for\nstudents to let us know what is working well for them or to offer suggestions for ways we could\nimprove. Students have been very positive about having multiple opportunities to speak about their\nexperiences. These sessions also promote student involvement and encourage students to offer\nfeedback that will benefit current and future students. Any changes made to programming, based on\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 30 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nstudent feedback, are reported to students so they are aware that their participation has made a\ndifference.\nSupport Student Led Initiatives to Create a Campus Culture of Involvement\nThere are a variety of initiatives undertaken annually by students. The following examples show\nsome of those initiatives.\nOkanagan\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Students' Japan relief fundraiser tops $7,100\nStudents at UBC's Okanagan campus joined with faculty, staff, UBC\nStudents' Union Okanagan and the wider community during spring 2011\nto raise funds to assist the Japan earthquake relief effort. Through bake\nsales, a Festival of a Thousand Cranes, and other events on campus, the\nstudents raised $7,160. The money was given to the Japanese Consulate-\nGeneral for use in Japan.\nStudents share with GlobalFest\nGlobalFest on the Okanagan campus saw international students organize\nand participate in a community celebration of their diverse cultures\nfrom around the world. (VIDEO)\nBottled water target of student initiative\nWorld Water Day showcased student-led initiatives to reduce bottled\nwater use on the Okanagan campus. The day also served as an important\nconnection time for students, faculty, staff and the community to share\nideas about improving water sustainability. (VIDEO)\nUBC's Okanagan students brave winter chill to help homeless\nA group of UBC's Okanagan campus students gave up their warm beds\nfor hard concrete and cold winter winds in a bid to raise money and\nawareness of the plight of homeless people in March. The students\nspent their first night sleeping in front of the Irving K. Barber School of\nArts and Sciences Sunday and remained 'homeless' until Friday at 5 p.m.\nThey still attended classes through the day, but were outside from 7\np.m. to 7 a.m.\nVancouver\nThe Centre for Student Involvement (CSI) in its second year of\noperation, provided support to 1,300 student leaders whose\nleadership efforts reached over 10,000 students across campus\nthrough dozens of programs.\nAll initiatives through the CSI are either led by students or are\nconducted in collaboration with students.\nThe Student Leadership Conference (SLC) celebrated its 10th\nanniversary and sold out with a record 1,280 delegates.\nThe SLC provides students with opportunities for professional\nand personal development and to engage with the UBC\ncommunity, whether as an attendee, presenter, volunteer, case\nstudy participant, or planning committee member.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 31 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nHarvard World Model United Nations a group of UBC students,\nwith the support of the University, were successful in winning\nthe bid to host the 2012 Harvard World Model United Nations in\nVancouver from March 11-15, 2012. The United Nations\nsimulation brought together 2100 university students from 65\ncountries representing 203 universities in a simulation\nrepresenting assigned nations to build consensus and pass\nresolutions on current real-world issues.\nSince May 2011 a 60-member Host Committee worked with the\nHarvard Student Secretariat to plan all aspects of the\nConference. 80 UBC students were selected and trained to work\nas Assistant Committee Chairs alongside the 22 Committee\nChairs from Harvard. 300 students from Lower Mainland\nuniversities and high schools volunteered at the conference.\nTED X Terry talks for the past four years this event has provided\n8 students per year with a high profile platform to communicate\ntheir passions and desires to a campus audience of 350. The\nevent is part of the TEDx initiative: http://www.ted.com/tedx\nwhich allows local communities to plan TED like events to\npromote dialogue and the sharing of ideas. All talks are\nrecorded and the videos are posted on the TEDx You Tube\nChannel and the Terry Project website www.terry.ubc.ca\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 32 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nSTUDENT LEARNING: Summary Table\nGoals\nActions (planning; process established and\nongoing; in place; new)\nSelect Outcomes\nEnhance the quality\nand impact of\nteaching for all\nstudents\nExpand educational\nenrichment\nopportunities,\nincluding research, a\nfirst year small class\nexperience,\ninternational learning,\ncommunity service\nlearning, and co-\nop/practicum/\ninternship\nopportunities\nReview and revise curricula and pedagogy to\nensure that they are informed by leading edge\nresearch and research on how people learn\nSimplify and streamline program requirements\nand course prerequisites whenever possible to\nenhance flexibility and self-directed learning\nEnsure that periodic academic reviews include\nan assessment of educational outcomes for all\nprograms\nFurther align the University rewards and\nrecognition systems with student learning goals\nDevelop and implement key metrics and\nbenchmarks as part of the periodic academic\nreviews\nProvide undergraduate students with at least\ntwo enriched educational opportunities during\ntheir course of studies\nCurriculum review is a key component\nin ongoing planning for faculties and\nprograms\nTechnology is being used to aid in\nrevision of curricula\n37 faculty/department reviews were\ncompleted\nThe Teaching and Learning\nEnhancement Fund approved 69\nprojects valued at $2.6 million\n10 academic and student life capital\nprojects were completed at the\nVancouver campus and 7 are under\nconstruction\n5 academic and student life capital\nprojects were completed at the\nOkanagan campus and 1 is under\nconstruction\nSupport student well-\nbeing, personal\ndevelopment and\npositive affiliation\nContinue the rapid expansion of student\nhousing, informal learning space and on-\ncampus work opportunities\nImplement a coordinated strategy for\ncommunication with students\nCommunity Service Learning (CSL)\nplacements increased by 24% from last\nyear\nOver 2,000 students were in work\nstudy/work learn programs at the\nVancouver campus and 706 at the\nOkanagan campus\n39 student mentees and 15 industry\nmentors participated in the first\nWomen in Science and Engineering\nMentoring Program at the Okanagan\ncampus\nThe Supplemental Learning (SL)\nProgram was offered in 29 courses at\nthe Okanagan campus, with 1,500\nstudents taking part in the sessions\n27% of Vancouver students live on\ncampus and 21% of Okanagan students\nThe Ponderosa Commons is under\nI construction, adding 550 new spaces in\n2013 and 550 in 2015\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 33 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nwith UBC through\noutstanding campus\nlife programs and\nservice excellence\nEnsure regular assessment of the overall\nstudent experience, including alumni feedback\nSupport student led initiatives to create a\ncampus culture of involvement\nPeer mentors connected with 1,100\nfirst year students to offer support and\ninformation about transitioning to\nuniversity life at the Okanagan campus\nNSSE, New to UBC and an International\nStudent Barometer Survey are\ncompleted annually\nVancouver launched its Early Alert\nprogram in January 2012 to connect\nstudents with mental health resources\nand support\nStudent Health Services had over\n38,000 student visits; Counselling\nServices saw over 2,500 students\nAthletics and Recreation programs\ncontinue to be well utilized\nOkanagan Campus started construction\non their first built-to-purpose\nrecreational facility\nLINKS\nCarl Weiman Science Education Initiative www.cwsei.ubc.ca/\nArts Co-op Placements http://artscoop.ubc.ca\nCo-op Placements http://coop.ubc.ca/\nCo-op UBCO http://olt.ubc.ca/category/spotlight/distance-learning/\nOkanagan - health and wellness http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/students/health-wellness/welcome.html\nVancouver - health and wellness www.students.ubc.ca/health/wellness.cfm?page=centre\nVancouver campus athletics www.gothunderbirds.ca\nOkanagan campus athletics http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/athletics/welcome.html\nCentre for Teaching, Learning and Technology http://ctlt.ubc.ca/\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 34 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nResearch Excellence\nThe University creates and advances knowledge and understanding, and improves the quality of life\nthrough the discovery, dissemination and application of research within and across disciplines.\nINCREASE THE QUALITY AND IMPACT OF RESEARCH\nFocus efforts on areas of excellence\nIn 2011/12, UBC researchers attracted over $511 million in research funding, received an above-\naverage number of prestigious national and international research awards, and generated impactful\nresearch across disciplines that benefits Canadian and global societies.\nScholarly Output\n2011\n2010\n# of published and ISI-indexed journal articles\n6,151*\n4,760*\n# of articles in top journals Science and Nature\n67\n54\n# of articles containing international collaborations\n2,629\n2,947\n# of full-time tenure-track faculty members\n2,368\n2,346\nArticles per full-time tenure-track faculty member\n2.6\n2.0\nFigures provided by UBC Planning and Institutional Research, from the ISI Web of Knowledge\n* Changes to the ISI Web of Knowledge in 2012 have made it impossible to exclude conference publications, as they were in\n2010 and in previous years. 2011 figures exclude conference publications, 2010 include them\nIn 2011/12, UBC ranked #22 in the Times Higher Education (UK) ranking of the world's top 200\nuniversities, and #37 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.\nIndicators used in the surveys include numbers of Nobel laureates, number of highly cited\nresearchers, number of articles published in Nature and Science, number of articles cited in the\nScience Citation Index, and academic performance per faculty.\nUBC researchers made a number of discoveries and\nexcellence, including:\nComposite Research Network\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The UBC-led Composites Research Network (CRN) will\nconnect western Canadian academic researchers with\nbusinesses in the composite materials industry\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 This industry produces materials reinforced with carbon\nand glass fibre for use in aerospace, shipbuilding, sports\nequipment and industrial products\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Made possible by a $9.8M grant from Western Economic\nDiversification Canada, the CRN is led by Anoush\nPoursartip (Materials Engineering)\ncaptured funding in key areas of research\nMichael Smith Foundation Award\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dr. Neil Eves (Health and Exercise Science, Faculty of\nHealth and Social Development, Okanagan campus)\nreceived a Michael Smith Foundation for Health\nResearch Award Career Investigator Award\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Worth more than $630,000, it was awarded for his\ninnovative work in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary\nDisease.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 35 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nGates Foundation Grand Challenges Award\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Deanna Gibson and Sanjoy Ghosh (Biology, Irving K Barber\nSchool of Arts and Sciences, Okanagan campus) were\nawarded a $100,000 Grand Challenges Exploration grant\nfrom the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Gibson and Ghosh will examine how a pregnant woman's\ndiet can affect her child's future susceptibility to\ninfectious disease\nTop 10 Medical Breakthrough of 2011\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In a discovery that ranked as one of Time Magazine's Top\n10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2011, a UBC-led research\ngroup reported that Fusobacteria, which are rarely found\nin the human gut, appear to flourish in colon cancer cells\nand are linked to higher rates of the disease\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 It's the first time Fusobacteria have been linked to cancer\nAward to Prevent Sepsis\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Led by Dr. Charles Larson (School of Population &\nPublic Health), researchers from UBC, Child & Family\nResearch Institute, and BC Children's Hospital won a\n$2.8-million grant from the Canadian International\nDevelopment Agency (CI DA)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The initiative will enable early detection of sepsis\namong mothers, newborns and young children, who\nare particularly at risk from sepsis\nTop Ten People Who Mattered in 2011\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC Zoologist Rosie Redfield was one of Nature\njournal's Top Ten People Who Mattered in 2011\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In her academic blog, Redfield questioned a NASA\nstudy that claimed to have found bacteria that could\nincorporate arsenic into their DNA in place of\nphosphorus\nSelected awards\nDeanna Gibson\nSanjay Ghosh\nRosie\nRedfield\nNeil Eves\nUBC Press Receives Canadian History Prize: UBC Press received the prestigious Wilson Prize for\nPublishing Canadian History, awarded annually by the Wilson Institute for Canadian History at\nMcMaster University. The $10,000 prize will be used to establish a fund for first-time authors in\nCanadian History to enhance the value of their works for wider audiences.\nUBC professor wins distinguished humanities award: George C. Grinnell (English, Faculty of\nCreative and Critical Studies, Okanagan campus) is the first Canadian academic to receive the\nGustave 0. Arlt Award, given annually by the Council of Graduate Schools to a young scholar-\nteacher who has written a book deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to scholarship\nin the humanities.\nUBC drug delivery expert wins \"Nobel Prize\" of pharmaceutical research: The Prix Galien\nCanada 2011 Research Award, the most prestigious award in Canadian pharmaceutical research\nand innovation, was presented to Dr. Pieter R. Cullis (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology), a\npioneer in the field of lipids, biological membranes and drug delivery systems.\nUBC geneticist receives premier award for leadership in medicine: Dr. Michael Hayden (Centre\nfor Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics) received the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award, the\npremier honour for leadership in medical science in Canada. Hayden was selected for his\nleadership in medical genetics, entrepreneurship and humanitarianism.\nUBC biologist wins MacArthur \"genius\" grant and Guggenheim Fellowship: Dr. Sally Otto\n(Zoology) received a MacArthur Fellowship, known as a\"genius grant\", from the John D. and\nCatherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She also received a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John\nSimon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, for prior achievement and exceptional promise. Otto\nfocuses on fundamental research in population genetics and evolution.\nUBC innovator receives Manning award for green engine technology: Phil Hill (Mechanical\nEngineering) was the 2011 recipient of the $100,000 Encana Principal Award by the Ernest C.\nManning Awards Foundation. Hill was chosen for his discovery of a technology that enables diesel\nengines to run on clean-burning natural gas without sacrificing their power or efficiency, and\nwith reduced greenhouse gas emissions.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 36 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nUBC gains global politics expertise through new visiting Trudeau Fellow: Macartan Humphreys,\nan international expert on the politics of global aid, conflict and security, joined UBC from\nColumbia University as a Visiting Trudeau Fellow in the Department of Political Science. The\n$225,000 fellowship from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is awarded to individuals who\nhave made meaningful contributions to social issues of importance to Canada.\nImprove UBC Research and Graduate Support Funding\nSix new Canada Research Chairs were appointed at UBC and 11 more were renewed, infusing\n$12.1 million into research at the university. The new appointments support research on brain\nhealth, fish physiology, psychology, discrimination, philosophy and catalyst development.\nUBC and Providence Health Care appointed Dr. Karin Humphries as the inaugural UBC Heart and\nStroke Foundation Professor in Women's Cardiovascular Health, the first research program in B.C.\nto focus on gender-based differences in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Humphries will focus on\nresearching the detection and early treatment of cardiovascular disease and finding new ways to\nimprove the education of physicians, women and their families on heart disease and stroke.\nThe UBC Peter Wall Solutions Initiative provided at total of $865,000 in funding for 12 new\ncollaborative research projects involving UBC faculty members and partner communities or end\nusers. The projects address a broad range of issues, including: palliative care in rural settings,\nimproving health choices for youth, housing justice, specialized robotics-assisted therapy for\nstroke patients, and energy poverty and drinking water quality in First Nations communities.\nUBC's Okanagan campus established a Tri-Council scholarship seminar workshop series,\nsignificantly increased graduate travel support, doubled the opportunity for internal research\ngrant support; and facilitated a broad range of research workshops in partnership with the Centre\nfor Scholarly Communication.\nImprove Infrastructure to Support Leading Edge Research\nThe following are just a few examples of significant new research infrastructure, initiatives and\noutcomes in areas of excellence at UBC in 2010/11:\nSustainable Makeover to Biological Sciences Complex\nUBC's hub for biology research and education received a $61.8 million makeover that\nprovides more than 2,200 undergraduates and 370 researchers, staff and graduate students\nwith brand new research labs and classrooms featuring sustainability features\nFunding was provided through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, including $30.9\nmillion each from the provincial and federal governments \t\nUBC and Vancouver Coastal Health open new medical research centre\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The new Robert H.N. Ho Research Centre at Vancouver General Hospital will focus on\nresearch in early detection and prevention of disease in three internationally renowned\nresearch programs: the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, the Vancouver Prostate Centre,\nand the OvCaRe ovarian cancer research program\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Approximately 150 staff, clinicians and scientists will work at the building with 40 new jobs\ncreated within the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility\nNew UBC Law building opens\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Canada's first new, purpose-built university law school building in 30 years is a $56-million\nfacility with powerful learning and sustainability features\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Named after donor and alumnus Peter A. Allard, Allard Hall will advance legal research and\neducation in Canada, expand the Faculty of Law's presence in the community, and honour\nties to B.C. First Nations.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 37 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0m\nNew Scanning Electron Microscope and Micro Fabrication Lab\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Housed at UBC's Okanagan campus SEM Lab, this enables researchers to better support\ninnovation and high-tech training in areas such as mining and mineral exploration,\nagriculture/ agroforestry, biomedical sciences and aerospace\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 An industry outreach program with UILO is facilitating connections with companies in the\nBC interior that can benefit from accessing these facilities, and is building collaborative\nprojects to address industry challenges\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Funding was provided by the Charles E. Fipke Foundation and Western Economic\n Development Canada\t\nEngineering, Management and Education Building - Okanagan Campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 completed in summer 2011\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 This $68-million, 14,500 sq. m. building is home to three faculties and includes a wide\narray of student and research labs, faculty, staff and graduate student offices, graduate\nwriting rooms, videoconference board rooms and meeting rooms\nReichwald Health Sciences Centre - Okanagan Campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 This $31-million Centre is the home of the Southern Medical Program (SMP), part of UBC's\ndistributed medical program\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In January 2012, the first class of 32 students began classes on the Okanagan campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 They will also receive clinical training at the SMP's clinical campus at Kelowna General\nHospital\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Clerkship programs in years three and four will take medical students to sites throughout\nBC's Interior including Kamloops, Vernon, Penticton, Trail and Cranbrook\nExpand Recruitment of Top Ranked Graduate Students\nChris Willie (PhD Candidate - Human Kinetics, Okanagan campus)\n* Chris examines the mechanics that control blood flow to the brain and how it may vary in\ndifferent clinical populations and environmental conditions, challenging assumptions about\nthe roles of arteries in controlling blood pressure and blood flow to the human brain\n* In 2011, Willie received the Vanier Scholarship in Interdisciplinary Studies, a Killam\nMemorial Predoctoral Fellowship, the Killam-Donald N. Byers Prize, an Alexander Graham\nBell Graduate Scholarship, and a Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement\n* Willie cites the leading research expertise and world-class facilities on the Okanagan\ncampus as factors in his success\t\nLara Rosenoff Gauvin (Doctoral Student - Anthropology, Vancouver campus)\n* One of 14 national Trudeau Scholars in 2011, recipients are awarded a $180,000 scholarship to\nexamine issues of fundamental importance to Canadians, such as the environment, international\naffairs, responsible citizenship and human rights\n* Rosenoff is studying how violence and displacement in northern Uganda have interrupted the\ntransmission of moral and cultural knowledge between generations\n* She chose UBC because of the reputation of the Anthropology Department, the Museum of\nAnthropology and the Liu Institute for Global Issues\nKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND MOBILIZATION\nFor the past five years, the University Industry Liaison Office (UILO) has been refocusing its activities\nto better serve UBC researchers and the Canadian innovation ecosystem. The UILO is establishing\nmultiple channels to support innovation that go beyond traditional concepts of research partnerships\nand commercialization, and concentrating its activities on the three key areas of industry\nengagement, knowledge mobilization and entrepreneurship.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 38 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nThese changes emphasize the value of ongoing relationships over individual transactions and look to\nmeasure value through the ultimate impacts of sharing research knowledge, discoveries and\nexpertise. To develop new partnerships most effectively, the UILO is also increasing its activities\nwith local industry organizations, particularly in the sectors identified as BC strengths: digital media,\nlife sciences, clean tech, wireless, and information and communications technologies.\n2011/12\n2010/11\nNew spin offs\n3\n9\nCumulative total of spin offs\n152\n149\nInvention disclosures\n124\n129\nIndustry sponsored research projects\n977\n1,179\nContracted research projects\n1,622\n1,871\nRevenues from technology licensing\n$7.7m\n$8.8m\nPatents filed\n171\n212\nPatents issues (all countries)\n46\n32\nThe following projects demonstrate ways in which UBC innovation has local and global impact:\nSystem Reduces Waitlist for Chemotherapy Patients\nA new scheduling technology created by researchers from the Sauder School of Business and\nthe BC Cancer Agency has substantially improved scheduling for chemotherapy treatments\nSince SmartBook was launched in June 2010, the number of patients who receive fewer\nthan seven days' notice of an appointment has dropped by 58 per cent, and the number of\nwaitlisted patients has dropped by 84 per cent.\nNew Drug Delivery Device Treats Diabetes-Related Vision Loss\nA team of UBC engineers and scientists developed a device that can be implanted behind\nthe eye for controlled and on-demand release of drugs\nThis device will treat retinal damage caused by diabetes\nNew technology to monitor brain aneurysms\nUBC researchers developed an approach for monitoring brain aneurysms\nIt is potentially less invasive and more accurate than current methods, and simple enough\nfor home use\nIn the first study of its kind, the team used a standard platinum embolization implant as an\n\"antenna\" to wirelessly monitor blood flow in a weakened artery\nPhone Oximeter wins global competitions\nA UBC invention transforms a cell phone into a portable blood-oxygen tester\nPost Doctoral Fellow, Dr. Walter Karlen, was awarded a $100,000 Grand Challenges grant to\nfurther develop the invention by using the built in camera to diagnose pneumonia in South\nAfrica\nA short video is available here\nMaking Future Computers Cooler\nHarish Rajput, a recent Masters graduate of the School of Engineering (Okanagan campus)\ndeveloped software that will help predict and avoid problematic heat build up in complex\nintegrated circuits\nThe start-up company, Trajectory Design Automation, will license the tool and integrate\nthe algorithm into chip design tools to be marketed worldwide\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 39 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nEngaging the Community\nUBC Hosted/Sponsored Research Focused Events\nEvent Description\nCelebrate Research Annual\nAwards\nAn annual awards ceremony recognizing honours and achievements by top UBC\nresearchers in the past year, drawing over 200 to the Vancouver event and 150 to the\nOkanagan event.\nCelebrate Research\nSpeaker Series at Robson\nSquare\nA free public lecture series at Robson Square featuring UBC researchers speaking on the\nU.S. election, the genomics of wine, and politics in the modern workplace, attracting\nover 400 attendees.\nCanada Excellence\nResearch Chairs public\nforum\nOrganized in partnership with SSHRC, this half-day event featured a series of brief public\nlectures by 13 Canada Excellence Research Chairs at Robson Square.\n2012 Annual Meeting of the Vancouver hosted the world's largest general science and policy conference, with UBC as\nAmerican Association for I a local university partner. The meeting had a record-breaking 12,478 attendees from 59\nthe Advancement of 1 countries, including 6,387 members of the public who attended the free Family Science\nScience (AAAS) 1 Days.\nCFI Speaker Series at In partnership with CFI, internationally renowned speakers presented on early child\nRobson Square development, quantum computing, regenerative building design, and brain imaging.\nMultidisciplinary An annual conference for UBC undergraduates involving oral and poster competitions,\nUndergraduate Research 1 judged by graduate students.\nConference\nNeuroscience Research\nColloquia\nA regular series of 30+ one-hour talks by local, national and international neuroscientists\nat the Brain Research Centre.\nBarber School Distinguished\nSpeaker Series\nOver 1,300 Okanagan residents came out to listen to four outstanding speakers from the\nIrving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, on a wide range of topics and issues.\nExpand the Multiplicity of Knowledge Exchange Channels\nThe entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator fund, a partnership between the BC Innovation Council,\nUBC and alumni, is a venture fund providing UBC students, faculty, staff and recent alumni with up\nto $100,000 in early-stage capital to establish new start-ups. By the start of December 2011, more\nthan 140 new ventures had applied for support. In the inaugural seed funding competition, Aeos\nBiomedical won a $50,000 equity investment for an invention developed by students in a joint Sauder\nSchool of Business-UBC Engineering undergraduate class.\nAt the Okanagan campus, entrepreneurship@UBC programs are partnering with Accelerate Okanagan,\nthe local tech incubator, which organizes a variety of technology mentor and business development\nprograms. One entrepreneur to benefit is Samuel Schaefer, a fourth-year Engineering student, who\nis developing a smart compact microscope that 'fits in the palm of your hand.' The UILO is helping\nSam to establish a start-up company to develop his prototype for school and home use.\nUBC launched the Start-up Services Voucher in Jan 2011 to provide new ventures from the UBC\ncommunity with up to $5,000 in start-up business services, such as business planning, market\nresearch, intellectual property strategy and grant writing. One company to benefit from the pilot\nprogram was SemiosBio, which offers non-toxic and sustainable pest management solutions, and\nwhich closed its first round of financing after receiving assistance with corporate structuring.\nThe Okanagan internal research grant program has expanded its program to include funding to\nengender new research collaborations by funding workshops and/or travel for research collaboration.\nIncreased funding for student travel grants and a commitment to fund a full time research facilitator\nand a research workshop/event programmer will also allow increased capacity in this area.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 40 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nMake UBC Research Accessible in Repositories\ncIRcle, UBC's digital repository, helps students, researchers, and\ninternational scholars access a treasure trove of research. Started\nas a pilot project in 2007, cIRcle is already ranked 21st among US\nand Canadian repository rankings and 48th in the world.\nCoordinator Hilde Colenbrander notes, \"We're aiming to be a\ndigital archive of the University's intellectual output.\" cIRcle is\nbased on an open access model, which allows anyone with a Web\nbrowser to access more than 40,000 works from UBC faculty and\nstudents for viewing, research and other scholarly pursuits.\nTilt fAlillKH) stvnui.\nHistorical BC Newspapers digitized by UBC Library\nUBC Library is digitizing versions of 24 community newspapers from around the\nprovince as part of its BC Historical Newspapers Project. The project, led by the\nLibrary's Digital Initiatives unit, range from the Abbotsford Post to the Phoenix\nPioneer and date from 1865 to 1924. All are available for free online viewing at\nhttp://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca.\nPreserving Cultural Heritage\nUBC Library's Indigitization project is helping preserve First Nations\nhistory and culture for the digital age by assisting First Nations\ncommunities to preserve and digitize their own valuable oral\nhistories and language recordings. These histories can be preserved\nand accessed by researchers and community members for\ngenerations to come. Partners include the Irving K. Barber Learning\nCentre, the First Nations House of Learning, the Museum of\nAnthropology (MOA) and the School of Library, Archival and\nInformation Studies. The First Nations Technology Council, and the\nHeiltsuk, Ktunaxa and 'Namgis First Nations.\nAnniversary of Japan Disaster: UBC Library Exhibit\nsupports reflection, healing\n^fe\ n I D i \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 i |p In February 2012, UBC Library held an exhibition\n^J^etell | Kethink | KeCPVgr^ (Retell, Rethink, Recover) commemorating the disasters\nthat struck Japan last year. The event featured a\nportrait project at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre\nwhich featured images of survivors and an all-day\nconference co-sponsored by the UBC Asian Studies\nDepartment for students, faculty, alumni, and community members. Conference topics included\npresentations on the rescue efforts from Vancouver and a historical look at the similar geographical\ndisasters from the Edo Period (1600 - 1868). For more information, visit http://bit.lv/HdURNI.\netell I Rethink I Recover\nM\nAn exhibition & conference commemorating v^^\"\nthe one-year anniversary of Japan's Tohoku\nEarthquake & Tsunami\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 41 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nRESEARCH EXCELLENCE: Summary Table\nGoals\nActions (planning; process\nestablished and ongoing; in place; new)\nSelect Outcomes\nIncrease the\nquality and\nimpact of\nUBC's research\nand scholarship\nFocus efforts on areas of excellence\nIncrease UBC research and graduate\nsupport funding in both absolute and\nrelative terms, including support from\nnon-traditional sources\nImprove infrastructure to support leading\nedge research\nExpand recruitment of top ranked\ngraduate students and postdoctoral\nfellows\nContinued focus on areas of excellence, including\ngenomics, clean energy, neuroscience, composite\nmaterials, cancer, public and population health, and\nbiodiversity\nUBC was a partner university for the 2012 AAAS\nAnnual Meeting, the world's largest science and\npolicy conference, held in Vancouver\n18 doctoral students received Vanier Scholarships.\nUBC Peter Wall Solutions Initiative provided first\nround of funding to researchers and community\npartners\nentrepreneurship@ubc Seed Accelerator Fund held\ninaugural funding competition, awarding $50,000 to a\nUBC start-up formed by students\nUILO start-up services vouchers provide $5,000 in\nbusiness services to UBC start-up companies.\nCutting edge new facilities and equipment in\nbiological sciences, law, medicine, and geochemistry\nRecruitment efforts continue and the university\ncontinues to seek ways to increase funding support\nBe a world\nleader in\nknowledge\nexchange and\nmobilization\nExpand the multiplicity of knowledge\nexchange channels, such as global access\nlicensing\nDevelop a campus strategy for making\nUBC research accessible in digital\nrepositories, especially open access\nrepositories\nPublications in leading journals Science and Nature\nincreased by 24 per cent over 2011\nUBC's digital repository - cIRcle is ranked 21st in USA\nand Canada and 48th in the world repository rankings\nOpen access repository https://circle.ubc.ca\nCelebrate Research Week www.celebrateresearch.ubc.ca\nEntrepreneurship@UBC www.uilo.ubc.ca/entrepreneurship.html\nResearch website www.research.ubc.ca\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 42 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nCommunity Engagement\nThe University serves and engages society to enhance economic, social and cultural well-\nbeing.\nCommunity engagement happens in all corners of the University, through student projects, research,\nteaching activities and by all faculties and departments. UBC must coordinate these activities to\nensure a strategic focus is maintained and deliverable goals are achieved. A community engagement\nstrategic plan is anticipated to be finalized by late fall 2012.\nPUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIETAL ISSUES\nFacilitate Deliberative Public Dialogues\nUBC holds many lectures and dialogues on a variety of topical issues. Open to the public, most are\nposted on the UBC Events webpages at http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/events.html and\nhttp://www.events.ubc.ca. The following are examples:\nIndigenous Studies Hosts International Virtual Forum\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC Okanagan's Prof Tirso Gonzales and Prof Miquel Gonazlez from York\nUniversity organized a series of 5 dialogues\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Indigenous Peoples, Self-determination and Autonomy in Latin\nAmerica and Canada forum is a project of the Bolivian Centre for\nMultidisciplinary Studies; the International Secretary for Human\nDevelopment at York University and the Okanagan's Indigenous Studies\nProgram\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The forum and related activities were in preparation for the annual\nmeeting of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean\nStudies, held at the Okanagan campus in May 2012\nEthan Zuckerman\nCute Cats and the Arab Spring, when social media\nmeet social change ^^^^^\nCute Cats, Arab Spring and Social Media\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 2011 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture with Ethan Zuckerman, a media\nresearch scientist from MIT\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Presented in partnership with UBC Continuing Studies, The Laurier\nInstitution, Yahoo! And CBC\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The lecture discussed the use of social media into platforms essential to\ntransparency and the instantaneous dissemination of information.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 http://www.thelaurier.ca/human-rights/human-rights-lecture-2011\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 43 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nOther examples include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Niquab and Religious Expression: This 2011 UBC-Laurier Mulitculturalism Lecture, in\npartnership with CBC Radio One, featured Farzana Hassan, a commentator on Islam and Muslim\nissues. Hassan examined the issues surrounding the niquab and religious freedom.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dr. Paul Kershaw partnered with the YWCA on a national \"Does Canada work for all generations?\"\nspeaking tour to report on the findings of his recent Family Policy Report for Canadians.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Okanagan hosted a UBC Dialogues forum on Sept 24th with Paul Kennedy, host of CBC Radio's\nIdeas, moderating the topic: The Okanagan's future: age and diversity.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Community Engagement and Service Mission of Universities, a compendium of essays edited\nby Hans G. Schuetze, UBC Faculty Emeriti, was released in 2011. This book has a particular\nemphasis on economic and social development challenges.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Okanagan's Distinguished Speaker Series saw more than 1,300 Okanagan residents attend four\ntalks by noted speakers around the theme of Civil and Sustainable Society.\nFacilitate Engagement of Faculty and Students in Public Policy\nFaculty and students engage in issues that may lead to changes in or a deeper understanding of\npublic policy.\nThe Community Discusses the Growing Problem of Obesity\n\"Weighing In: Current Scientific Evidence and Community Perspectives on\nObesity\" was a half-day symposium held at Kelowna General Hospital\nSpeakers included UBC professors Gareth Jones, Jonathan Little, Mary Jung and\nDeanna Gibson\nIt showcased research initiatives to reduce adult obesity; highlighted community\nexperiences in addressing obesity; and explored advances and challenges related\nto improving healthy living with obesity\nVeterans Transition Program (VTP) Helps Former\nSoldiers Return to Everyday Life\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Members of the Standing Committee on National Defense and\nVeterans Affairs visited UBC to learn about the VTP\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Founded by Dr.'s Marvin Westwood and David Kuhl, developed by\nthe Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special\nEducation, the VTP helps former members of the Canadian military\ntransition back to civilian life\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 See video\nOther examples include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Grade 11 and 12 students join community members, UBC scholars and victims of genocide or the\nHolocaust at a forum at UBC's Okanagan campus on the causes and consequences of genocide.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Economist and leading happiness researcher John Helliwell has coauthored a \"World Happiness\nReport\" that will support a special UN meeting.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Researchers from UBC's Okanagan campus, Australia's CQ University and the University of New\nSouth Wales held a symposium, titled Research on Motion: Innovative Approaches to Support\nPhysical Activity.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Seven experts from four universities in Iceland, Sweden and Denmark visited UBC's Okanagan\ncampus for a day long public forum on neoliberalism and post-welfare Nordic States - considered\nan international model of successful social democratic governance.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Canada Foundation for Innovation Dialogues at UBC Robson Square presents a public lecture on\nearly child development. Adele Diamond and Clyde Herzman, both Canada Research Chairs,\nshared their perspectives on the factors and activities that determine whether a person thrives or\nstruggles in the face of challenges that require a nimble, resilient and creative mind.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 44 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nFOSTERING ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY\nIncrease Student, Faculty and Staff Participation in Service to the Community\nEngagement within the wider community comes through avenues such as community service learning,\ncommunity based research, public access to events as discussed in the previous section, and\ncommunity use of the cultural and outdoor venues on the UBC campuses. It also includes\ncelebrations of our milestones.\nAcademic Initiatives\nMany community engagement opportunities reach out through the academic stream. The following\nstories embody how the Place and Promise goals can be achieved - bringing together community\nengagement, student learning, sustainability and alumni engagement goals.\nHarvest Research has Benefits for Students and\nCommunity\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The UBC Preservation Farm and Research Initiative (PFRI) is an acre\nof land near the Okanagan campus that brings together research and\nteaching.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The project was founded by Claude Desmarais, Reichwald Professor\nin Germanic Studies\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Students from a variety of faculties complete projects ranging from\ngrowing and selling organic produce, to writing poetry for the garden\nto conducting a sustainability study\nForestry Students Go Into the Field and Get\nTheir Hands Dirty\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 CONS 451 (Integrated Field School) is a fifteen\ncredit capstone course\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Students address interdisciplinary issues including\nalpine, grasslands and aquatic ecosystems\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Students work on real world problems to come up\nwith practical solutions\nCommunity Service Learning\nGet Involved\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Headed up by Michelle Lowton, Get Involved based in the University Centre at\nthe Okanagan campus, provides opportunities for students to volunteer, locally\nand internationally\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Many volunteering opportunities are non-traditional and cover a broad spectrum\nof activities\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 A recent opportunity took students to a small village in Peru where students\nworked on projects that improved life in the village\nUBC Farm - Children and Farm Friends\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Faculty of Education's Intergenerational Landed Learning Project is donor funded\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Children in Vancouver's urban centre can work alongside volunteers called \"Farm Friends\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The out-of-classroom learning opportunity uses experiential learning, mentorship and place-\nbased learning\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The project explores how participation in an urban farming project can foster environmental\nconsciousness, respect for nature and an understanding of food-land issues\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 45 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nCommunity Partnerships\nUBC partners with many agencies, working with organizations such as the United Way, the City of\nVancouver, the YWCA, and the City of Kelowna through co-op programs and affiliated institutes. The\nfollowing illustrates partnerships making a difference.\nFood Mapping Concept Born on UBC's Okanagan\nCampus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 A partnership with the Central Okanagan Food Policy Council and\nthe Interior Health Authority\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Funding is from UBC's Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic\nDisease Prevention and the Geomatics for Informed Decisions\n(GEOIDE) network\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Human geography student Shayne Wright and Jon Corbett,\nassistant professor of Community, Culture and Global Studies\nbelieve people want to think about where their food comes from\nand discuss issues on this new website\nUBC Judicial Externship Program\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 8 third year students each term are chosen to serve as interns to the judges of\nthe BC Provincial Court\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Students obtain hands-on legal experience, ranging from research, observing\ntrials or participating in a circuit court sitting\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Sites range from Vancouver to Surrey to Haida G'waii\nLearning Initiatives\nCommunity Service Learning (CSL) and Community Based Research (CBR), coordinated through the\nLearning Exchanges at each campus provide many opportunities for students. 2,879 students at the\nVancouver campus and 386 at the Okanagan campus participated in programs through the Learning\nExchange. Students work on a variety of projects such as those illustrated in these two examples.\nStudents Revamp Websites for Local Non-Profit Groups\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Third year Human Computer Interaction students worked with seven\nnon-profit groups in the Okanagan\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Working in teams of three, students gathered information and\nconducted detailed analyses of the organizations' websites, users and\nfunctionality\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Students then recommended how to make the websites more effective\nand user-friendly, both technically and from the users' viewpoint\nESL Conversation Program Breaks Down Barriers\nOne Language at a Time\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The ESL Conversation Program is supported by the HSBC Bank\nCanada and hosted in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Recent immigrants and citizens can improve their English-\nlanguage skills, assisted by student volunteers\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The program has expanded with the establishment of new\ncurriculum development committees and the creation of an\nESL Creative Writing group\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 46 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nCommunity Research Initiatives\nResearchers partner with communities in many ways. Please see Research Excellence commitment\nfor further details. The following examples illustrate the variety of engagements:\nStudying Wellbeing of Newcomers Who Settle in Smaller Centres\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Shirley Chau, associate professor of social work, has received a grant from the\nCanadian Institute of Health Research to examine the wellbeing of immigrants\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The study is being conducted in Kelowna, Red Deer and Brandon\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 It will look at the stress of moving to a new country, building a new life, new\ncareer and trying to find one's way in a new culture\nMitacs\nAcceferat\nMtacs-Accelerate Graduate Research\nInternship Program\nA graduate research internship program connecting\nstudents from UBC and other Canadian universities with\ncompanies through research projects\nFunding is from the province, Western Economic\nDiversification and the Networks of Excellence Industrial\nR&D Internship Program\nA national program, MITACS is based at UBC Vancouver\n(note: same table as is in student section)\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\n#1% students participating in community service learning\n2,879\n2,317\n386\n300\n#1% outgoing students engaged in international learning\nopportunities\n1,523\n1,205\n106\n102\n#1% students employed on campus through Work Study/Work Learn\n2,029\n2,331\n706\n741\n#1% undergraduates graduating with a co-op designation\n2,095\n560\n125\n29\n#1% students in pilot Arts internships\n146\n129\n-\nn/a\n#1% students in mentoring programs\n1,028\n845\n39\n-\nVancouver Campus Cultural Venues\nThe cultural venues provide learning and research opportunities not only for students and faculty,\nbut also for the public. Over the past year, these cultural venues at the Vancouver campus have\nbeen moved to either the Arts or Sciences Faculty to better coordinate all activities. Plans are\nunderway to heighten public awareness of the various venues and of the offerings open to the public.\n# visitors to venue: Vancouver Campus (calendar year)\n2011/12 2010/11\nChan Centre for the Performing Arts\n107,324\n129,419\nNitobe Gardens\n75,979*\n76,125*\nMuseum of Anthropology\n137,645\n141,545\nBeaty Biodiversity Museum\n32,193*\n4,011**\n' Calendar Year; ** Beaty opened in Fall 2010, so this is a partial year only\nSome of the popular events that happen annually include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The family friendly Apple Festival at the UBC Farm celebrates over 70 varieties of apples with\ntastings, children's games, baking and how-to demonstrations, with over 44,000 pounds of apples\ngoing home with festival-goers.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Life Sciences Institute graduate students organize CSI@LSI, a science outreach activity where\nhigh school students determine 'whodunit' using real scientific experiments and equipment.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Out to Lunch music series, created by music sessional lecturer Gene Ramsbottom, has been\npart of the Vancouver Art Gallery program for over 25 years.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 47 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nCOMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Summary Table\nGoals\nActions (planning; process\nestablished and ongoing; in place; new)\nSelect Outcomes\nDedicate\nUniversity\nresources to\npublic\nunderstanding\nof societal\nissues and\nstimulate\naction for\npositive change\nFacilitate deliberative public dialogue on\nissues of public concern and actively\ninvite community participation\nFacilitate engagement of faculty and\nstudents in public policy development\nDialogues on societal issues continue, ranging from\nIndigenous Studies to Human Rights lectures\nSymposiums, forums and research venues continue to\nengage the public in discussion on issues that lead to\nchanges in, or a deeper understanding of, public\npolicy\nBe a leader in\nfostering\nstudent,\nfaculty, staff\nand alumni\nengagement\nwithin the\nwider\ncommunity\nIncrease student, faculty and staff\nparticipation in community service\nlearning, community based research and\nservice to the community\nBetter define and assess \"service\" for\npurposes of tenure and promotion\nIncrease community use of learning,\ncultural and outdoor venues on UBC's\ncampuses and sites\nDiversify and broaden UBC's\ncommunications to fully engage UBC's\ncommunities\n2,879 students in Vancouver and 386 at the Okanagan\ncampus were involved in community service learning\nthrough the Learning Exchange\nCampus cultural venues provide learning and research\nopportunities for students, faculty and the public.\nOver 350,000 visits were made to venues at the\nVancouver campus\nThe VP Portfolio has been repositioned and a search\nfor a new communications lead is underway\nEvents at UBC http://www.events.ubc.ca or http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/events.html\nVancouver Learning Exchange www.learningexchange.ubc.ca/Welcome.html\nOkanagan Learning Exchange http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/students/learningexchange/welcome.html\nCultural Attractions at UBC www.attractions.ubc.ca/culture entertainment/\nBeaty Biodiversity Museum http://www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca/\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 48 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nAboriginal Engagement\nThe University engages Aboriginal people in mutually supportive and productive\nrelationships, and works to integrate understandings of Indigenous cultures and histories into\nits curriculum and operations.\nEXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLE\nStrengthen Programs of Academic and Social Support\nAs the demographics of Aboriginal UBC students shift, so do their needs in terms of academic services\nand social supports. In Vancouver, staff at the First Nations House of Learning, the VP Students\nOffice, and within individual faculties are continuously reassessing student needs and responding\nwith new initiatives or improvements to existing services.\nOver the past year staff have worked on the way in which Aboriginal student information is collected\nand managed, providing a more accurate understanding of the University's Aboriginal student body\nand allowing more effective service delivery. For example, Student Housing is now better able to\nautomatically provide priority to Aboriginal students.\nThe Aboriginal Access Studies (AAS) Program\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Spencer Belcourt dropped out in Grade 11-9 years ago. Now a mature\nstudent with a family, he joined the Aboriginal Access Studies Program at\nUBC's Okanagan Campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Students have access to tutoring sessions, capacity-building workshops and\nnetworking with other students in the program\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The program fits a broad range of students from recent high school\ngraduates to mature students and at full capacity will offer services to 100\nAboriginal students\nUBC Aboriginal Jumpstart\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 This year, UBC's Jumpstart orientation program included a new\nAboriginal Cohort at the Vancouver campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Nine new Aboriginal students took part in this engaging program,\nparticipating in wider Jumpstart programming as well as special\nactivities tailored specifically to their academic and cultural needs\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Programming included academic workshops, lectures, cultural\nactivities, and social events\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 49 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nFinancial Support\nFinancial hardship continues to be a barrier to post-secondary education for many Aboriginal\nstudents. To address this, UBC is working to create and expand scholarships and bursaries at both\nthe undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition to awards open to all students, each year nearly\n$600,000 in scholarships, bursaries, awards, and fellowships is reserved specifically for Aboriginal\nstudents at UBC Vancouver. Just over half of this funding is directed to Aboriginal graduate students.\nThis year, a new $5,000 Aboriginal Major Entrance Scholarship was created at the Vancouver campus.\nRenewable for up to three additional years for a total of $20,000, it will be awarded annually to two\nAboriginal students according to broad-based criteria including academic excellence, leadership\nqualities and outstanding contributions to the community. Similar entrance awards are already being\noffered at UBC's Okanagan campus.\nExpand Curriculum Offerings\nThe development of curriculum and programs that address the issues and concerns important to\nAboriginal communities continues to be a major focus. At least nine new courses were created\nacross three faculties and a total of over 80 courses with significant Aboriginal content were offered\nat the Vancouver campus in 2011/12 including the Faculty of Law's Aboriginal and treaty rights in its\nfirst year law curriculum and the Faculty of Education's core Aboriginal education course for all\nteacher education students. The Okanagan campus is developing new courses in indigenous studies,\nBiology, Nursing and the Faculty of Education. Three new courses were created and 18 courses with\nsignificant Aboriginal content were offered at the Okanagan campus. UBC continues to build on its\nlong history of offering programs and concentrations that specifically address Aboriginal topics.\nThis year two new programs at the masters' level have been launched at the Vancouver campus. The\nFaculty of Education will offer a new Masters of Indigenous Knowledges and Pedagogies and the\nSchool of Community and Regional Planning's Indigenous Community Planning specialization will have\nits first intake of seven students, four of whom are Aboriginal. The specialization in planning aims to\nempower indigenous communities and community planners in their aspirations for sustainable social\nand economic development (read more and watch the video here).\nThe Okanagan campus created the Centre for Indigenous Media Arts (CIMA) to foster innovation and\nadaptation of new media technologies as it seeks to devise new expressions of indigenous culture for\nthe 21st century. CIMA will work with Elders to expand and develop new modes to disseminate and\ntransmit traditional knowledge, as well as to document innovative approaches to cultural expression.\nThe Summer Institute for Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies is designed for Aboriginal graduate\nstudents at the Okanagan campus to learn and engage with Indigenous Methodologies from leading\nAboriginal scholars.\nVancouver\n2011/12\nOkanagan\n2011/12\n# courses with significant Aboriginal content\nAt least 82\nAt least 18\n# new courses with significant Aboriginal content added this year\nAt least 9\nAt least 3\nIncrease Hiring of Highly Qualified Aboriginal Faculty and Staff\nFaculty and Staff\nRecruiting highly qualified Indigenous faculty and staff is key to the University's work to expand\nrelevant curriculum, community-based research, and Aboriginal student enrolment. UBC Vancouver's\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 50 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\ncomplement of tenure-track indigenous faculty members has nearly doubled in the last 3 years, with\na number of faculty searches currently underway for experts in Indigenous areas. For a full list of\nIndigenous faculty members at UBC Vancouver visit http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/faculty/\nAt least two new Indigenous staff were also recruited to the Vancouver Campus. Debra Martel (Metis)\njoined the First Nations House of Learning as Associate Director and Sarah Dupont (Metis) has filled\nthe new Aboriginal Engagement Librarian Position at XwiVxwa Library. Her work includes providing\nreference and instruction services to students and faculty.\nRevitalization of Language Through Technology\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Originally from Hawaii, Dr. Galla studied Linguistics at the University of Arizona\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dr. Galla's research explores what technology initiatives Indigenous language\ncommunities are using to revitalize, maintain, and promote their language\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 She was drawn to UBC by the focus, particularly within the Faculty of Education,\non Indigenous Languages and education as well as their complement of indigenous\nfaculty members with eight tenure track/tenured members and five (9-12 month)\nlecturers, the largest cluster of its kind in Canada\nUBC's Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), in partnership with the First Nations\nHouse of Learning, also works towards the development of more effective instructional approaches\nfor faculty and teaching assistants working with Aboriginal and other socially and culturally\ncontentious issues.\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nTenure-track indigenous professors\n21\n21\nIndigenous academic caucus members\n28\n27\nCreate and Support Programs that Help Prepare Aboriginal Students for Post-\nSecondary Education\nYouth Programming\nUBC has a wide range of innovative programs that help prepare Aboriginal youth for post-secondary\neducation and to envision themselves at university. In Vancouver, these programs reach nearly 300\nAboriginal youth every year and hundreds more visit for tours and events. Annual youth programs\ninclude the Native Youth Program at MOA, CEDAR in the Faculty of Science, Summer Science at the\nInstitute for Aboriginal Health, Ch'nook Cousins at the Sauder School of Business, and the Bridge\nThrough Sport Program, a partnership between FNHL and Musqueam.\nPeer Support Network - Okanagan Campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 As part of the Aboriginal Student Centre, students are hired as peer\nmentors\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 These students provide much needed support to other students, and\nreceive a small source of income while creating a student-friendly\natmosphere in the Centre\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 51 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nmerging Aboriginal Scholars Summer Camp\n20 First Nations students in grades 10 and 11 participated in a new 5-\nweek summer camp jointly run by the Pacific Institute for the\nMathematical Sciences and the First Nations House of Learning\nParticipants took English and Math classes each morning and\nparticipated in an internship program\nTime was also spent speaking to elders and meeting with members of\nthe Aboriginal community working in a variety of fields\nTo read more and watch the video, visit\nhttp://aboriginal.ubc.ca/2011/10/13/9670/\nExamples of other initiatives include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In partnership with the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (now Indspire), UBC\nwelcomed over 450 Aboriginal secondary school students from across Canada to both campuses to\nparticipate in hands-on activities that showcased opportunities and services at UBC while helping\nthem to picture themselves in post-secondary.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The eHealth Strategy Office, with a $917,000 award from the Canadian Institute for Health\nResearch, has developed an online mentoring program to support Aboriginal youth's secondary\nhealth science programs. The first program has 59 mentees and 45 mentors.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The UBC Youth Sharing Circle brings together Aboriginal youth from across the province through\ninteractive videoconference and online streaming/chat rooms.\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\nNumber of Aboriginal secondary school student groups participating in campus\ntours\n14\n7\n20\n28\nNumber of Aboriginal secondary school students participating in campus tours\n303\n146\n307\n534\nNumber of Youth Participating in after school and summer programming\nat least\n271\n\"-\nn/a\nn/a\nNumber of Aboriginal Students Enrolled (all degree categories)\n1,080\n924\nUBC Total\nFaculty of Law Aboriginal Student Enrolment\n56\n54\nn/a n/a\nNew to UBC Aboriginal undergraduate student admissions\n117\n75\nn/a n/a\nINCREASE ENGAGEMENT WITH ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES\nIncrease Service Learning Opportunities with Aboriginal Organizations and Schools\n360 UBC students spent over 10,000 hours engaged in service learning with Aboriginal organizations\nor schools with significant Aboriginal populations, with 18 schools and organizations.\nEast Vancouver school Grandview/(;uuqinakuuh Elementary, with over 60% Aboriginal students, is\ntrying a different approach to teach their students. As an Earth School, it dedicates a full academic\nyear on a particular \"Earth\" theme to provide overarching learning opportunities throughout the\nyear. This year, the Year of the Forest, saw the school work closely with 20 Faculty of Forestry\nstudents to develop and deliver hand-on workshops and field trips, helping forestry students\nunderstand how to deliver their academic knowledge to elementary school classrooms.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 52 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nCommunity Service Learning in Schools with Significant\nAboriginal Population\nVancouver Okanagan\n# Schools and community organizations involved\n18\n8\n# UBC students involved\n360\n20\nTotal hours of participation\n10,624\nn/a\nStrengthen and expand research grounded in significant community collaboration and\nconsultation\nUBC has over 50 faculty members conducting research with an Aboriginal focus and their work is\nincreasingly being done using community-based research practices. A community-based research task\nforce has been appointed to look at community-based research and make recommendations\npertaining to its institutional support. This work is significant in that collaborative research with\nAboriginal communities and organizations is increasingly important both in the relationships it forms\nand in the direction and quality of the research it generates.\nOne leading example of community-based research out of the Faculty of Medicine is the Cedar\nProject. It is well established that HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C virus are disproportionately affecting\nAboriginal people across BC. The Cedar Project is a CIHR-funded cohort study designed to address\nthis inequity by exploring the reasons for HIV and HCV vulnerability among young Aboriginal people\nwho use drugs in Vancouver, Prince George and Chase, BC. Its aim is prevention, and it is the first\nand only study of its kind in North America. A coalition of Aboriginal leaders, scientists and\ncommunity members has provided governance and support for the entire research process, and its\npartners include Carrier Sekani Child and Family Services, Splats'in-Secwepemc First Nation,\nNeskonlith First Nation, Adams Lake Indian Band, and many others.\nCreate venues for dialogue with Aboriginal communities and the broader public\nDialogue on the History and Legacy of the Indian\nResidential School System in Canada\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In fall 2011 UBC welcomed nearly 200 university administrators,\nnational Aboriginal leaders, faculty members, and residential school\nsurvivors to an important dialogue on the legacy of residential schools\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The highly successful dialogue was on the history of the Indian\nresidential schools and the role that contemporary educational\ninstitutions can play in addressing their effects\nAboriginal Education Coordinators Conference\nThis two day event entitled \"Supporting Student Success\" was held\nat the Okanagan Campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 It included a cultural tour of Westbank First Nation's Community\nServices Building, Sensisyusten House of Learning and the Nk'Mip\nDesert Cultural Centre of the Osoyoos Indian Band\nThis inaugural conference welcomed more than 80 participants from\nacross Canada\nIn addition to UBC, sponsors included the Okanagan Indian Band, the\nOsoyoos Indian Band, the Westbank First Nation, and Okanagan\nCollege\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 53 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nOther examples include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Native Indian Teach Education Program brought together Aboriginal support workers,\nresource teachers, education district staff and teachers working with Aboriginal K-12 learners in a\nconference at the Longhouse in Vancouver. Experiences were shared and resources were\ndeveloped to facilitate Aboriginal student success, as well as to introduce NITEP mentoring and\nrecruitment.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The first annual student-led Global Indigenous Conference at the Vancouver campus was held in\nthe spring, with 250 students, faculty and community members meeting over two days. It\nfeatured Indigenous speakers from across BC and the world, including Klaus Quicque and Antonio\nFernandini, Indigenous environmental activists from Peru, to discuss and generate dialogue on\ncomplex and universal issues related to globalization and Indigenous peoples.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 A partnership with the Interior Health Authority, Westbank First Nation, Ki Low Na Friendship\nSociety, and the BC Metis Family Services (Kelowna) will investigate mental health and addictions\ntreatment specifically related to Aboriginal communities.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 54 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nABORIGINAL ENGAGEMENT: Summary Table\nGoals\nExpand educational\nopportunities for\nAboriginal people\nand widen\nopportunities for all\nstudents to learn\nabout Aboriginal\nissues and\nperspectives\nIncrease\nengagement with\nAboriginal\ncommunities in\nmutually supportive\nand productive\nrelationships\nActions (planning; process\nestablished and ongoing; in place; new)\nStrengthen programs of academic and\nsocial support for Aboriginal students\nExpand curriculum offerings focusing on\nAboriginal issues and perspectives\nSelect Outcomes\nIncrease hiring of highly qualified\nAboriginal faculty and staff\nCreate and support programs that help\nprepare Aboriginal students for post-\nsecondary education\nAboriginal student orientation offered in\npartnership with Jumpstart\nNew to UBC Aboriginal undergraduate student\nadmissions at the Vancouver campus increased\nby 56% to 117\nNew Aboriginal Major Entrance Scholarship\ncreated, providing support for 2 students\nAt least 82 courses with significant Aboriginal\ncontent offered (nine new)\nMasters of Indigenous Knowledges and\nI Pedagogies, and Indigenous Community Planning\nspecialization created\nAt least one new Indigenous Faculty member\nand two new indigenous staff members hired at\nUBC Vancouver\nYouth programming reaches 300 youth each\nyear at the Vancouver Campus and 150 at the\nOkanagan campus, plus hundreds more for\nevents and school tours, including a doubling of\nAboriginal secondary school students visiting\neach campus\nE-mentoring BC, an online mentoring program\nfor Aboriginal youth, has 59 mentees and 45\nmentors in its first intake\nEmerging Aboriginal Scholars Summer Camp\nlaunched\nAboriginal Access Studies program will support\n100 students at the Okanagan campus\nPeer Support Network at the Okanagan's\nAboriginal Centre hires 20 students as mentors\nIncrease service learning opportunities\nwith Aboriginal organizations and schools\nwith significant Aboriginal populations\nStrengthen and expand research grounded\nin significant community collaboration\nand consultation\n360 UBC students engaged in over 10,000 hours\nof service learning at schools with significant\nAboriginal populations or Aboriginal\norganizations at the Vancouver campus\nCommunity-based research task force struck to\nlook at community-based research and its\ninstitutional support\nThere are hundreds of research projects across\nall disciplines working on Aboriginal topics. This\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 55 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nCreate venues for dialogue with\nAboriginal communities and the broader\npublic on significant issues\nincludes projects in the Humanities, Social\nSciences, Natural Resources, Biological\nSciences, Education, Medicine and Law\nDialogue on the History and Legacy of the\nIndian Residential School System in Canada held\nat the First Nations Longhouse\nLINKS\nAboriginal Portal http://aboriginal.ubc.ca\nAboriginal Strategic Plan http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/plan/\nInstitute for Aboriginal Health www.iah.ubc.ca\nAboriginal Programs http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/students/aboriginal/welcome.html\nhttp://aboriginal.ubc.ca/programs\nFirst Nations House of Learning www.longhouse.ubc.ca/\nAboriginal Access Program http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/students/aboriginal/access.html\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 56 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nll\n~ 1\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0R\nAlumni Engagement\nThe University engages its alumni fully in the life of the institution as valued supporters,\nadvocates and lifelong learners who contribute to and benefit from connections to each\nother and to the University.\nIn September 2011 UBC launched the most ambitious alumni engagement and fundraising campaign in\nCanadian history. The start an evolution campaign aims to double the number of alumni involved in\nthe life of the University to 50,000 annually and to raise 1.5 billion dollars by 2015. The campaign\nfeatures hundreds of specific opportunities for involvement and investment at\nwww.startanevolution.ubc.ca. The initiatives outlined below fall under the umbrella of the start an\nevolution campaign.\nAlumni Affairs at UBC, representing the combined efforts of the University and UBC Alumni\nAssociation, engages alumni and students as future alumni, in the life of the University. Through\ncommunications and by connecting alumni to the institution and one another, we enrich the lives of\nalumni and position them to be supporters of and advocates for UBC.\nDEEPER CONNECTION TO UBC\nCreate Opportunities for Alumni to Connect Intellectually with the University\nSurveys of UBC alumni indicate they desire a continuing intellectual connection with UBC. Alumni\nAffairs aims to satisfy this desire through programs and podcasts that give access to UBC expertise\nand insight; publications that draw attention to the high-calibre research and people this university\nhas to offer; and by pointing alumni in the direction of further learning opportunities. Some\nexamples of opportunities include:\nUBC Dialogues\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 This event series continues to pose provocative questions\nand stimulate intellectual discussion. It has been well\nreceived and attended in the Lower Mainland, across Canada\nand abroad.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 A recent post-event survey for Vancouver indicated more\nthan 88 per cent of attendees would attend another\ndialogue or recommend one to a friend, and 77 per cent\nstated that the event met or exceeded expectations, citing\nthe topic as the main draw for their attendance, followed\n by hearing from UBC experts.\t\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 57 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Topical questions for panel discussion have included: Do fish\nhave a future? Is our oil dependency crude? Are our children\npaying the price for our work-life imbalance? Who's\ncontrolling the police? Complementary medicine: can we\nhave faith in health alternatives? Where is the value in art?\nTrek Magazine\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Trek Magazine is a publication for UBC alumni, with annual\nspring and fall print issues and four online issues that\nstarted in September 2011.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 It provides at-the-fingertips opportunities for alumni to\nlearn and comment about what's happening at UBC or\nbecome further involved.\nThe Alumni Travel Program\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Often delivered by UBC experts, this program adds an\neducational element to trips.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Last year's program included an expedition to Antarctica\nhosted by Thelma Cook, alumna and professor emerita; an\nexploration of the Mekong River hosted by alumnus Gordon\nLongmuir, associate of the Institute of Asian Research at\nUBC and former Ambassador to Cambodia (1995-1999); and a\nvoyage in Canada's Northwest Passage with Professor\nMichael Byers, Canadian Research Chair in International Law\nand Politics.\nDevelop Volunteer Opportunities\nAlumni Affairs wants to increase alumni involvement with UBC to 50,000 individuals a year by 2015.\nVolunteering is just one way alumni have to connect with UBC. They can mentor students, present\nat student events, organize reunions for their classmates, help out at campus attractions, and more.\nThe many volunteer opportunities included:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Spring Graduation took place over six days on UBC's Vancouver Campus, adding more than 7,300\nnew members to the UBC alumni community. Inside the Chan Centre, 49 volunteer alumni\nrepresentatives provided each new member with an official welcome. Each had personal\nreasons for taking on this role: ten volunteered for the ceremonies of family members; four\ndidn't participate in their own ceremony, and wanted to see what they'd missed; eight were\nsharing in the success of their mentees; and one was celebrating the 50th anniversary of his\ngraduation - almost to the day - on stage.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In the Okanagan, alumni continued to mentor students as panelists at the Career Cafes and were\nalso on hand at the annual Grad Gala.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Rachel Lewis, MBA'00, Chief Operating Officer of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, recently spoke\nand engaged with students at the 2012 Student Leadership conference, UBC's largest student-run\nconference, providing over 1100 delegates with the opportunity to achieve their personal\nbreakthroughs through engaging workshops and speakers.\nAlumni Affairs, with support from Career Services, has opened up more volunteer opportunities for\nalumni and made these easily accessible online. And a set of tools has been added to the Alumni\nAssociation website:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Volunteering landing page\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Resource bank for volunteer managers\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Mentorship landing page\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 58 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012 1\nGoals, Actions and Results\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\n# of volunteers\n2,455\n1,878\n102\n...\nUBC Dialogues (attendance)\n490\n520\n48\n...\nBuild Highly Engaged Alumni Communities\nUBC alumni form communities based on commonalities such as place of residence, former\nmembership of student clubs, professional interests, and shared causes. Alumni Affairs facilitates\nand encourages such connections whenever possible by providing tools such as website templates and\nassistance with event and committee organization.\nSome of the events included:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The SPARK alumni branch is a joint initiative between Business and Computer Science alumni\nand students, dedicated to bringing together UBC's entrepreneurial alumni and building bridges\nbetween student companies and industry contacts. The launch party in fall 2011 brought out\nmore than 100 attendees and opened with a welcome from the founder of SPARK, Ryan Fetterly.\nIt proceeded with two exceptional keynote speakers: Janice Cheam, President and CEO of Energy\nAware, and Darcy Hughes, CMO for Recon Instruments\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Held in 11 cities in Asia and three in North America last fall, UBC Bound! student send-off events\nwelcomed more than 230 new students to the UBC family. The events were hosted by 215 alumni\nin their home communities, enabling local students to establish early UBC connections by meeting\npeers destined for Vancouver and the Okanagan, and finding alumni mentors.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner was a popular alumni engagement and fundraising initiative that\ntook place in early December in the Okanagan. Alumni hosts cooked dinner for paying guests and\nthe proceeds went to the Okanagan Alumni Endowment, a bursary fund set up by local UBC\nalumni for current students. Earlier in the year, summer socials in North, South and Central\nOkanagan were also held in the homes of alumni, with UBC providing catering. Young alumni and\nstudent performers provided entertainment.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The 2011 UBC Athletics Big Block Banquet celebrated student and alumni athletes with more\nthan 500 students in attendance. Alumni Affairs partnered with Athletics to provide the\nThunderbird rings. During Vanier Cup/Grey Cup week, the Thunderbird Football Association\nexecuted three successful events (with communication, event management and volunteer\nsupport from Alumni Affairs). Between them they engaged 130 young footballers from the\nVancouver area, 25 coaches (including CFL Hall of Famers, UBC Football alumni, and special guest\nUBC Quarterback and 2011 Hec Creighton Winner Billy Greene), and 400 UBC Alumni. They also\nraised $200,000 for endowed scholarships.\nINCREASE ALUMNI COMMITMENT THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIFELONG\nENGAGEMENT\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\nActively Engaged\nAlumni\nEngagement includes attending events, mentoring,\nvolunteer activity, editorial commentary, making a\ndonation to UBC, etc. This figure is up 36% from\n2009/10\n35,051\n30,762\nAlumni Weekend\nAnnual event with tours, classes, presentations\n2100\n2,000\n-\n-\nPublications\nTrek [UBC alumni print magazine, twice annually]\nTrek Online [electronic magazine 4 times annually]\n172,000\n102,000\n175,000\n\"\"\n\"\"\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 59 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nAlumni Connections [Okanagan monthly newsletter]\n-\n-\n8,000\n8,000\nE-blasts\n# individual touches to promote programming and\nevents\n2,412,951\n3,389,7444\n--\n--\nWebsite Visits\nUnique visit total\n117,588\n121,855\n-\n-\nAlumni Contacts\nAddressable alumni\n208,093\n205,267\n-\n-\nExpand University Wide Efforts to Engage Alumni\nAlumni Affairs holds events in the Lower Mainland, the Okanagan and in its branches across Canada\nand around the world. Many of these events involve Professor Toope, senior academics, alumni\nrelationship managers and/or Jeff Todd, Executive Director/AVP Alumni. Alumni Affairs works with\ncampus partners throughout the year to develop opportunities of value to alumni, including:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Alumni Weekend 2011 offered educational sessions, campus tours, access to museums and\ngalleries, open-houses, family-friendly events, and reunions. Events were organized in\npartnership with more than 50 different faculties and departments on campus and affiliated\nalumni. Compared with 2010, RSVPs increased by 29 per cent and overall attendance by 30 per\ncent.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In the Okanagan, the annual UBC Community Curling Funspiel, a collaborative effort between\nAlumni Relations, Campus Life and Campus Rec, brought together both Okanagan and Vancouver\nalumni, students, staff and friends.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Chekhov's Wild Honey at the Frederick Wood Theatre last spring showcased UBC student talent.\nMore than 300 attendees enjoyed a pre-reception for guests and remarks by the director, MFA\ncandidate Brian Cochrane. The Faculty of Arts and Alumni Affairs plan to host more events to\nhelp promote student productions.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Next Step event series focuses on professional development and social networking\nopportunities for young alumni. The series entered a new stage of growth in 2011/12, developing\ncloser partnerships with campus colleagues and reaching more targeted markets. The Next Step:\nStaying Competitive was presented in partnership with UBC Athletics and the School of\nKinesiology. The Next Step: Building Your Practice is a partnership with UBC Dentistry, UBC\nPharmaceutical Sciences and the UBC Faculty of Medicine.\nBuild Positive Regard for UBC\nAlumni are UBC's most important ambassadors and their positive regard for the institution is key to\nits success, and to their increased involvement in its endeavours. From publications that elevate the\nreputation of UBC and stress its enduring relevance to alumni, to celebrations of its most\naccomplished grads, students and faculty, Alumni Affairs demonstrates that UBC is a valuable social\nasset worthy of its grads' attention, pride and support.\nIn 2011, UBC won an award from the Association of\nAmerican Medical Colleges (AAMC) for an event\nCelebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Peter Jepson-\nYoung, a Vancouver physician diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in\n1985. When his condition became too debilitating to\ncontinue practising medicine, he sought to inform and\neducate the public and others living with HIV/AIDS via\nThe Dr. Peter Diaries aired on CBC. The celebration\nevent attracted overwhelming attendance and interest,\nCelebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Peter\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 60 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nincluding local and national media coverage, and brought together members of Peter's Medicine\nClass of 1985 for a reunion. It was a successful partnership between UBC and community\norganizations to reflect on a legacy of courage and humour.\nThe annual Alumni Achievement Awards are always a reminder of the talent and\ndedication that exists within our community. From ground-breaking medical\nresearch to far reaching social advocacy efforts, the accomplishments of our 2011\nawards recipients were celebrated at the Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown\nVancouver on November 29. The Global Citizenship Award was given to M. Hosny\nEl-Lakany, PhD'69 who is an adjunct professor and director of the international\nprogram in the Faculty of Forestry. He has dedicated his life to pushing the\nenvironmental agenda on the world stage. During his four-decade career, he has\nnot only conducted novel and award-winning research but also applied it to shape\npolicies addressing some of the world's most imperative issues. These include\ndeforestation, land degradation, climate change, globalized trade and investment, forest\ngovernance, poverty reduction and natural resource conservation.\nAlumnus Ross Langford began his UBC journey as a student and is\ncontinuing it as cabinet chair of the start an evolution campaign for\nthe Okanagan campus. Langford and the volunteer cabinet are helping\nto raise $100 million for student learning, research innovation and\ncommunity engagement initiatives. Their involvement and dedication\nis invaluable as the University seeks to increase its capacity and expand\nits impact.\nBuild a New Alumni Centre\nBuilding an alumni centre at the Vancouver campus is one of the key objectives of the University and\nthe UBC Alumni Association. Positioned at the heart of campus, this iconic building will be the first of\nits kind in Canada and a physical embodiment of the critical role of alumni in the life of the\nUniversity. The UBC Alumni Centre will be home to the energy of bright minds from the community\nand across all faculties, and a host to thought-leaders from Canada and around the world. It will be\na starting point and gathering place - a campus home to build relationships, exchange knowledge,\nand contribute positive change to the world.\nDesigning a home that truly captures the spirit and power of UBC and its alumni requires a dedicated\ngroup of individuals. The UBC Alumni Centre can certainly lay claim to some of the best.\nAlongside a core group of alumni staff, Mark Mawhinney (BA '94), Rod Hoffmeister (BA '67), Graham\nSenft (BA '01), and John Metras (MBA '92), lent their considerable talents to realising the vision for\nalumni engagement through the Centre. Contributing countless hours to the project, these alumni\noffered expertise in project management, building design, strategic partnerships, and sustainability,\namongst other areas emerging through the design process.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 61 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nALUMNI ENGAGEMENT: Summary Table\nGoals\nActions (planning; process\nestablished and ongoing; in place; new)\nSelect Outcomes\nEnrich the lives of\ngraduates through a\ndeeper connection\nto UBC, and help\nthe University\nachieve its vision\nCreate opportunities for alumni to\nconnect intellectually with the University\nDevelop volunteer opportunities that are\nvaluable for alumni and the University\nPartner with students and graduates to\nbuild highly engaged alumni communities\nOver 490 people attend UBC Dialogues to\ndiscuss issues facing society today\n2,455 alumni volunteered with the University\nthrough events, mentoring, presenting at\nstudent events, etc.\nAided by Alumni Affairs, connections and\ncommunities of alumni continue to be built\nthrough shared causes, professional interests,\nlocation and faculties\nIncrease alumni\ncommitment to UBC\nthrough an\nexpansion of\nopportunities for\nlifelong\nengagement\nExpand University-wide efforts to engage\nalumni\nBuild positive regard for UBC through\ninspiring events, effective\ncommunications and outstanding services\nBuild a new Alumni Centre that will serve\nas a dynamic welcome centre on the\nVancouver campus, bringing together all\nmembers of the campus community\nEvents from Alumni Weekend at the Vancouver\ncampus, the Grad Gala at the Okanagan\ncampus, Funspiels and alumni evenings at\ncampus cultural events bring alumni together\nThe Next Step event focuses on professional\ndevelopment and social networking\nopportunities for young alumni\nOver 2.4 million e-blasts were sent out\npromoting programming and events\nA core group of alumni staff are members of the\nBuilding Committee committed to ensuring the\nAlumni Association sees the Alumni Centre\nbecome a reality\nAlumni Affairs strategic plan http://strategicplan.ubc.ca/files/2009/11/AA-Strat-plan.pdf\nAlumni Affairs www.alumni.ubc.ca\nIrving K Barber Learning Centre www.attractions.ubc.ca/lifelong_learning/\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 62 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nIntercultural Understanding\nThe University engages in reflection and action to build intercultural aptitudes, create a\nstrong sense of inclusion and enrich our intellectual and social life.\nIntercultural understanding is an inherent aspect of all commitments in Place and Promise, resulting\nin concurrent activity across the University.\nThe development of the intercultural understanding mid-level strategic plan is in draft phase,\nundergoing final consultation. It provides a framework for forwarding the University's commitment\nto intercultural understanding, with a focus on four key objectives: fostering social relationships\nacross cultural difference, \"courageous conversations\" on campus, learning intercultural\nunderstanding in the classroom, and research and operational excellence.\nAs part of the development of this plan, numerous initiatives have been undertaken, including an\ninformal audit of existing activity contributing to intercultural understanding on campus, a review of\navailable literature and related research, and piloting a number of actions. The development of the\nplan included over 200 individual meetings with faculty, staff and students, and student focus groups\nand was aimed at capturing the most pressing issues relating to intercultural understanding.\nThe mid-level plan will also help to focus existing activity towards the four key objectives. The\nfollowing highlights capture only a fraction of the breadth of activity in this area.\nBENEFITS OF INTERCULTURAL LEARNING\nExpand learning opportunities encouraging cultural diversity, dialogue and\ndebate.\nIntercultural understanding is an integrated part of the student learning experience, in and outside\nthe classroom. This is especially true for the following examples that include intercultural learning\nthrough curriculum, student-directed learning and learning through community service and studies\nabroad.\nCurriculum\nIntercultural understanding is core to the subject matter for many courses at UBC. This is especially\ntrue for UBC's world-renown program in Cultural Psychology; the Specialization in International\nForestry; the Conflict Resolution, Arts and iNtercultural Experience (CRANE); the English Language\nInstitute (ELI); the First Nations Studies Program; and the Immigrant Vancouver Ethnographic Field\nSchool (IVEFS). Courses dealing specifically with intercultural understanding can be found at the\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 63 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nContinuing Studies Centre for Intercultural Communication (CIC) and courses in Anthropology, Asian\nStudies; Educational and Counselling Psychology; Psychology; Language and Literacy Education; and\nSociology.\nThe most profound curricular examples are often experienced in less obvious courses. Undergraduate\nstudent Joy Richu had come to assume that her childhood in Kenya would never be reflected in CRWR\n203, a children's creative writing course. She had become accustomed to unfamiliar book titles and\nthe \"blank and confused stare\" she often received when she mentioned books from her own\nchildhood. In the semester, her professor laid out a selection of books and asked the students to\ndiscuss the literary elements from one of the books. As Joy approached the table, she was\nunexpectedly surprised: \"Lying amongst the other novels and fairy tales, a book with a girl on the\ncover that looked like ME! I felt my heart skip a beat. Without a second thought (or glance at the\nother books), I quickly grabbed the book, marvelling at the cover.\"\nThere are also numerous curricular examples in graduate student programs. A notable example is\nSCARP 548B: Current Issues in Planning: Building Inclusive Communities in an Age of Uneven\nDevelopment, a social learning studio for graduate students in the UBC School of Community and\nRegional Planning (SCARP). This course provides an introduction to concepts and theories about\ncommunity development and social learning combined with hands-on experience with social learning\nprocesses that form the foundation of effective community engagement and participatory planning.\nPerhaps the most notable curricular advancement has been the announcement of the Asian Canadian\nStudies Minor in the Faculty of Arts, with a goal to learn from anti-Japanese and anti-Asian racism\nand discrimination in our history so that future generations can engage better in issues of justice,\nequity and inclusion. This new minor is one of three measures approved by the UBC Senate in 2011\nto recognize and understand what happened to Japanese Canadian UBC students in 1942.\nCommunity, Culture and Global Studies at the Okanagan campus pursues education and research in\nAnthropology, Gender and Women's Studies, Human Geography and Indigenous Studies.\nThe Okanagan campus' Centre for Social, Spatial and Economic Justice is currently researching\nprocesses that marginalize Aboriginal people, disabled people, economically disadvantaged people,\nqueer and two-spirited people, and racialized people.\nStudent-Directed Approaches\nUBC students demonstrated much passion and readiness through the many student-directed efforts\ntowards intercultural understanding. Select initiatives include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 the Tandem Language Exchange, a student-driven program supported by the Centre for\nIntercultural Language Students (CILS), the English Language Institute (ELI), the Simon K.Y. Lee\nGlobal Lounge and Resource Centre, and the Provost's Office, paired students in facilitated\nlanguage exchange. Piloted in January 2011 and run over three semesters, the program has\npaired 402 students and proven to be an effective way of fostering meaningful relationships and a\ndepth of understanding across cultures. In the most recent semester, 27 languages were offered.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Peer Program, a network of over 300 students in 11 peer-to-peer support programs, has\nmade intercultural understanding and social responsibility a priority for student learning.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Student clubs have also played a major role in fostering difficult conversations. In September\n2011, Perspectives Magazine, a student-run publication whose mandate is to foster intercultural\nawareness on campus, developed criteria and presented its list of the \"Top-10 Intercultural\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 64 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nClubs\", profiling the student clubs whose activities and programming aim to facilitate\nintercultural understanding on campus.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Asian Canadian Cultural Organisation (ACCO) ran a series of dialogues in November 2011\ncalled, Huddle 2011, which explored the challenges of coordinating of initiatives around\nenvironmental issues, advocacy for LGBTQ rights, and civic engagement across cultures.\nSimilarly, the Caribbean African Association (CAA) presented a student-directed dialogue called\nUncensored Series, which challenged student clubs to consider \"cultural cliquing\" as a barrier to\nbeing an intercultural campus.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Dean's Lecture Series on Equity, Diversity and Intercultural Understanding and The\nInterdisciplinary Roundtable on Diversity - a partnership between students and faculty, was\nlaunched this year. Sponsored by the Equity Office, the Provost's Office, the Faculty of Arts and\nFaculty of Education, this series featured presentations by faculty, the Dean of Education\n(November 2011), and the Dean of Arts (February 2012) on related topics. The series lead up to\nThe Futures of Change: Equity, Diversity and Intercultural Understanding Colloquium (March\n2012), which showcased graduate student research in related topics.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Indigenous Studies program offers interdisciplinary courses providing perspectives of\nIndigenous peoples from the Okanagan, Canada and world communities. The involvement of the\nOkanagan nation and the En'owkin Centre in its development and in ongoing partnership provides\na strong foundation in the Okanagan community and ensures continuing input from Indigenous\nperspectives.\nExperiential and Hands-On Learning\nUBC facilitates intercultural learning opportunities for more than 1,500 students through Go Global\nprograms, including academic exchange, international service learning, group study, research abroad\nand the U21 Global Issues Program;\nThe UBC-Community Learning Initiative (UBC-CLI) coordinates community-based experiential learning\n(CBEL) throughout UBC. CBEL encompasses initiatives that provide students with opportunities to\napply their discipline-specific knowledge toward the resolution of complex community-based\nchallenges. Intercultural understanding is a core aspect of pre-departure and community service\npreparatory training, the learning experience itself, and the guided self-reflection during and after\nprogram completion.\nThe following are examples of courses that use community and hands-on experience to facilitate\nintercultural learning.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ANTH 100-001 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology is a tutorial that uses interactive\ntechnologies to video-conference and on-line chat with students at partner universities in\nMichigan, Korea, Taiwan and/or the Czech Republic (including students from across Europe). For\nthree consecutive periods of approximately 2-3 weeks each, UBC students participate in telecom\ngroup interviews, on-line chatting, and faculty-guided discussions to learn about their partners'\nculture while simultaneously teaching them about their own.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 HKIN 489D Interculturalism, Health & Physical Activity, a fourth-year seminar taught by Dr.\nWendy Frisby in the UBC School of Kinesiology, aims to examine: the juxtapositions between the\ntheoretical, the practical, and the personal in relation to promoting interculturalism, health, and\nphysical activity. This course is designed to develop skills and an inventory of 'promising\npractices' that will better equip fourth-year students for working in a variety of intercultural\ncontexts (e.g., local community, schools, government, business, research, internationally).\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 65 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nPromote effective intercultural professional development for faculty and staff\nIntercultural understanding is at the core of numerous initiatives aimed at building the intercultural\ncompetencies of faculty and staff provided though Human Resources (HR [as part of the Focus on\nPeople Framework]), the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), the Equity Office\nand Continuing Studies Centre for Intercultural Communication. Examples include:\nHuman Resources\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Leave for Change Program sends six UBC staff overseas on volunteer placements annually,\nresulting in transformational experiences that are shared here.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC Community Leadership Program, a partnership with the Community Learning Initiative,\nOrganizational Development and Leadership, and Student Development that involved 10 staff\naccompanying graduate students to schools in Vancouver's downtown eastside, an area that\nexperiences great diversity with respect to ethnicity and economic advantage.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Academic Leadership Development Program (ALDP) for new academic Heads and Directors, and\nmodules within UBC's Managing at UBC program for new staff managers, address foundational\nconcepts such as conflict resolution and cultural interpretation. Greater intercultural content\nfor both programs is under development.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 HR Advisory Services has been building the capacity of HR Advisors at each campus in\nIntercultural Communication and Cross-Cultural Interviewing for the purpose of promoting barrier\nfree recruitment and promotion.\nCentre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) - Vancouver Campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Living Lab is an interactive theatre program that engages UBC teaching and learning communities\nin conversations about complexities and challenges that arises in diverse and multicultural\nclassrooms. Since fall 2009, Living Lab has performed over 20 times across UBC for TA training,\nprofessional development for faculty, and teacher education courses.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Aboriginal Initiatives programming at CTLT provides expertise and support for faculty-based\ninitiatives focused on improving classroom climate, environments conducive to student success,\nand strengthens local capacity to conduct effective approaches to intercultural dialogues about\nrace, identity and socially contentious topics. This year an innovative series of professional\ndevelopment workshops titled Aboriginal Initiatives: Classroom Climate was created, focusing on\nclassroom discussions of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal histories and relationships. This series\npilot was well-attended by senior and junior faculty, teaching assistants, researchers, graduate\nstudents and staff from all over the University.\nUBC Equity Office\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Produced and officially released Valuing Difference: A Strategy for Advancing Equity and\nDiversity at UBC , the mid-level strategic plan giving effect to the values of equity and diversity\nas expressed in Place and Promise and outlines how the University plans to embed equity and\ndiversity goals in all aspects of its strategic planning.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Launched UBC's new Diversity at UBC website. Administered by the Equity Offices, this website\naggregates diversity and equity-related web links from across the University and helps to\nfacilitate the ability of all students, staff and faculty to find relevant UBC resources in the areas\nof employment, academic programs, research, university services, campus involvement and\nengagement, grants, awards and other diversity and equity related resources.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 66 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Introduced equity briefings for search committees for senior academic positions across the\nuniversity. Equity training was also provided to faculty search committees in 2011. Both\ninitiatives have been received well and will continue to expand.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Newly established the Provost's Advisory Committee on Equity and Diversity in early 2012. This\ncommittee replaces the President's Advisory Committee on Equity, Discrimination and\nHarassment, which historically provided the University with advice and direction to meet the\ncommitment to create and maintain an inclusive work and study environment for students,\nfaculty and staff.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Equity Matters Campaign promotes education and awareness on issues of equity and diversity\non the Okanagan campus; provides learning resources on the website; connects with on and off-\ncampus units and groups.\nOffice of the Ombudsperson for Students - Vancouver Campus\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Coordinates an annual \"professional development opportunity for UBC frontline staff\", called\nConnecting Place and Promise: Building a Community of Service Excellence. Sessions included\nInternational Students: Responding to Diversity; Intercultural Understanding; Access & Diversity;\nand Handling Difficult Conversations.\nUBC Continuing Studies Centre for Intercultural Communication (CIC) provides:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The UBC Certificate in Intercultural Studies program has been a key source for professional\ndevelopment for hundreds of UBC staff and faculty for well over a decade. Courses in Strategies\nfor Effective Intercultural Communication, Building Multicultural Teams, Identity and Intergroup\nRelations and Internationalizing Post-Secondary Institutions, are some of the most frequently\nchosen courses for UBC staff and faculty.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 CIC also offers customized workshops for campus groups, frequently in the area of Creating an\nInclusive Classroom for TAs and last year in the area of Intercultural Supervision of Graduate\nStudents, for faculty in partnership with FOGS.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 For managers and human resource professionals, CIC has several HRMA accredited workshops in:\nEngaging and Retaining a Diverse Workforce; Cross-Cultural Interviewing; and Strategies for\nSuccess with Culturally Diverse Learners.\nREMOVE BARRIERS TO DIVERSITY\nImprove processes and supports to achieve a diverse and excellent student, staff, and faculty\nbody\nIt is important to note that UBC has a rich resource of international diversity. There are 144\ncountries represented by international students at both campuses and nearly 4 out of 5 students can\nspeak two or more languages. In places like St. John's College, UBC's International Graduate College,\ntwo-thirds of the students come from outside North America from over 45 different countries.\nAs in the previous year, improvements to processes and supports to UBC staff and faculty begin with\norientation and professional development, as described in the Focus on People Framework. As\nintercultural understanding has been recognized as contributing to the mental health of UBC's staff\nand faculty, UBC is also looking at ways to integrate intercultural understanding into health\npromotion at UBC, including growing intercultural awareness and related interpersonal capacity\nthrough content in the Healthy UBC Newsletter.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 67 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nUBC Jump Start, an intensive pre-session academic orientation designed originally for international\nstudents, connected this year's first ever cohort of Aboriginal students with students across\ndifference in authentic and meaningful ways. Partners in learning, nine first-year Aboriginal students\nand 300 new-to-UBC international students explored their own and each other's ways of knowing,\nwhile creating robust social networks to support them through their time at UBC. In 2012, 900\ninternational students are expected to participate in UBC Jump Start.\nAccess and Diversity works with the each of the University's campus' to foster an inclusive and\nwelcoming living and learning environment at UBC and to eliminate structural and attitudinal\nbarriers based on disability, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Highlights\ninclude:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Support for over 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students with documented disabilities,\ncoordinating disability-related accommodations such as specialized exam arrangements,\nalternate format materials, note taking, interpreting, captioning, and facilitates access to\nfunding for specialized equipment; facilitate over 5,000 exams for students requiring specialized\nadapted equipment, a distraction free environment and extended testing time.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The \"Be More Than a Bystander\" campaign, a partnership with UBC Athletic and the Ending\nViolence Association of BC was launched. Drawing on the power of peer and cultural influences\nin society to compel individuals to take on leadership roles in violence prevention in their\ncommunities, five UBC Varsity athletes received bystander awareness training with the BC Lions\nand will serve as role models on campus. This work will be furthered by the development of a\nViolence Intervention and Prevention project on the Vancouver campus in the coming year.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Training was facilitated for an initial cohort of students based on Dr. Ishu Ishiyama's (2000)\n\"Active Witness Model\", which encourages every individual to move from being a passive to an\nactive witness, taking an active role in promoting positive social change. In its second year, this\nprogram engaged 30 student leaders who will support 150 student organizations and communities\nin building their capacity to promote a healthy and respectful environment.\nThe Equity Offices at each campus drives many systemic improvements, including:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 A project to welcome new Academic Heads of Units, and to invite them to discuss their roles and\nresponsibilities on the handling of concerns related to harassment and discrimination and the\nadvancement of equity and diversity at UBC was implemented.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Funding of the Equipment Accommodation Fund (EAF) and the Equity Enhancement Fund (EEF),\nwhich support the University in attaining its educational and employment equity goals. In 2011,\nsix projects were funded on both campuses at a total of $47,000.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Educational offerings on discrimination and harassment, sexual harassment, racism, bullying and\nhomophobia, customized sessions on human rights and diversity strategies and issues can be\nrequested at any time for students, staff or faculty and events to mark days of national or\ncultural significance. These include conferences, speakers, educational and social programming\nfor days like the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 New facilitators have been added to the Positive Space Campaign, a popular campus-wide\nprogram that works to make UBC more welcoming and inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer,\ntrans and gender variant people and issues on campus. From the program's inception in 2002 to\npresent, the Equity Office has offered 153 workshops to UBC students, staff and faculty, many of\nwhom have then chosen to become Resource Persons for the Campaign.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 68 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nThe Office of the Ombudsperson for Students incorporates intercultural understanding into every\ninteraction with students.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC's students from all over the world and from a wide range of backgrounds seek the\nOmbudsperson's support in managing conflict resolution, often with faculty or staff who also\nreflect a variety of ethnic and academic cultures.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The Office functions as a central resource around cultural awareness for various committees and\nworking group discussions across the University.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Over the past year, the Office of the Ombudsperson for Students has coordinated an effort\ntowards an \"integrated conflict resolution system\" at UBC (on-going).\nIn partnership with St. John's College, the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Access and Diversity, the\nOffice of the Ombudsperson for Students, VP Students Office and the Provost's Office, 200 first year\ninternational graduate students were brought together to share their stories, seek resources and ask\nquestions in an informal environment. Representatives from a broad range of units and offices were\npresent to mix and mingle among the students and where appropriate, answer questions and provide\nresources. This event aimed to foster a stronger sense of community and inclusion amongst\ninternational graduate students.\nVancouver Okanagan\n2011 2011\nEquity: Human rights related concerns\n98\n75\nNon-human rights related concerns\n55\n30\nOther (can include inquiries unrelated to a specific incident or concern)\n4\n--\nEquity Enhancement Fund - # projects\n6\n7\nOmbudsperson for Students: # of student visitors\n249\nn/a\nEnhance accessibility of the physical environment at UBC for people with\ndisabilities\nOver the last two years, Campus and Community Planning (C&CP) has initiated considerable\nstructural and environmental changes that go far beyond compliance to UBC's building code around\naccessibility. Continuing with the updates to the Vancouver Campus Plan (2010), all new buildings\nand public realm capital projects are being built to the new standard. Please refer to Section 4.3\nof Part 2 and Section 2.2 of Part 3 (Design Guidelines) of the Vancouver Campus Plan. Improvements\nthat address the accessibility and mobility with a more holistic approach of how people journey\nthroughout the entirety of campus continue each year.\nSignificant completed examples include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Improvements to length of Agricultural Road. Paving material and gradients are now in\ncompliance with highest standards of accessible design. Removal of all curbs and barriers from\nAgricultural Road walkways and lawn areas. Creating a primary east-west corridor across campus\n(East Mall to West Mall).\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Universal integrated access provided to the front door of the Klinck Building from Agricultural\nRoad (removal of barrier previously created by flight of steps). Interior improvements required\nto provide universal access inside the building from this entry point.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Universal integrated access provided to Math Annex Building.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Removal of all curbs and barriers from Main Mall walkways and lawn areas between Koerner Plaza\nand University Boulevard. Improvements to paving material and gradients on this segment are\nnow in compliance with highest standards of accessible design. Renovations to the rest of the\nMall (Rose Garden to Thunderbird Commons) currently underway.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 69 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Removal of two exterior sets of steps on Main Mall frontage of Chemistry Building.\nThere are at least ten major enhancements underway involving the removal of curbs and barriers\nalong major pathways, improvements to paving material and gradients, the creation of a new\nuniversally accessible north-south route, the creation of barrier free large commons, and the\ncreation of integrated universally accessible ramp entrances.\nWith a similar commitment to making classrooms and learning spaces more accessible, UBC has\nrecently updated its Learning Space Design Guidelines with added provisions addressing accessibility\nin classrooms. Please refer to Section 5.04 of the Learning Space Design Guidelines.\nUBC has 339 General Use classrooms at its Vancouver campus. 333 or 98% are accessible. All\nbuildings are accessible at the Okanagan campus.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 70 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nINTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING: Summary Table\nGoals\nIncrease awareness\nand experience of\nthe benefits of\nintercultural\nlearning\nRemove barriers to\ngreater cultural and\nintellectual diversity\nwithin the\nUniversity, including\nthose faced by\nhistorically\ndisadvantaged groups\nActions (planning; process\nestablished and ongoing; in place; new)\nExpand learning opportunities\nencouraging cultural diversity, dialogue\nand debate\nPromote effective inter-cultural\nprofessional development for faculty and\nstaff\nImprove processes and supports to achieve\nan excellent and diverse student, staff\nand faculty body\nEnhance accessibility of the physical\nenvironment at UBC for people with\ndisabilities\nExpand opportunities to safely express\nand converse on issues of cultural\ndiversity at all levels of the university\nSelect Outcomes\nFaculty of Arts have implemented an Asian\nCanadian Studies minor\nStudent directed efforts, such as the Tandem\nLanguage Exchange and Peer Programs\nCommittee have been implemented\nExperiential and hands-on learning\nopportunities continue to expand\nDiversity at UBC website was launched,\naggregating diversity and equity-related web\nlinks from across the university\nProvost's Advisory Committee on Equity and\nDiversity was established\nUBC was recognized as one of Canada's Best\nDiversity Employers for the fifth consecutive\nyear\nStudent Development and Services include 24\ntraining programs that support intercultural\nunderstanding\nThe Jump Start program expanded to include\nAboriginal students as well as international\nstudents\nThe Equipment Accommodation Fund and\nEquity Enhancement Fund support educational\nand employment equity goals, supporting 6\nprojects in 2011\nCampus and Community Planning continue\ntheir multi-year program of access upgrades at\nthe Vancouver Campus, with ten major\nprojects underway\nOkanagan Campus continues its inclusive\ncampus initiative\nI Opportunities continue to be developed\nI through student and academic programming\n|| LINKS || Diversity at UBC http://diversity.ubc.ca/\nEquity Office Vancouver campus www.equity.ubc.ca/\nEquity Office Okanagan campus http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/equity/welcome.html\nInclusive Campus initiative http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/equity/programs/inclusivecampus.html\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 71 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nInternational Engagement\nThe University creates rich opportunities for international engagement for students, faculty,\nstaff, and alumni, and collaborates and communicates globally.\nINCREASE CAPACITY TO ENGAGE INTERNATIONALLY\nIncrease Student Participation in Learning and Service Abroad\nUBC offers a wide range of options for students to gain international experience during their studies.\nFaculties may offer co-op placements abroad and UBC's dedicated student mobility office, Go\nGlobal, works with academic departments to offer undergraduate and graduate students\nopportunities to study abroad, research abroad and undertake international service learning. About\n14% of undergraduates at UBC's Vancouver campus and 22% at the Okanagan campus will have had an\ninternational experience by the time they graduate, compared to the national average of 3%.\nInternational Community Service Learning and Community Based Research\nUBC's International Service Learning (ISL) programs help students contribute to projects led by\ncommunity partners around the world, connecting their academic studies with real-world\nexperience. Students discover the local impact of global issues and build meaningful connections\nwith communities. Students are also eligible to conduct research at many of UBC's 150 partner\nuniversities, which offers many benefits to UBC students, including opportunities to learn new\nresearch techniques, improve prospects for an academic career, engage with people from other\ncultures, and make contacts and build international networks.\nOkanagan Campus Volunteer Efforts Extend to Peru\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Seven students participated in the new Get Involved Program, stepping\naway from urban life to get involved in the small village of Lobitos, Peru\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Focusing on health promotion, the students endeavored to make a\ndifference in the lives of the villagers, volunteering with the WAVE\nFoundation\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Their outreach, with three health promotion drives, was conducted in\nthe community centre and the local beach\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 72 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nSustaining Delicate Ecosystems in Costa Rica\n1 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Vancouver students participate in sustaining and developing the\ndelicate coastal ecosystem in Costa Rica through the International\nService Learning program\n1 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Students in photo take notes while examining sea turtle nests at the\nQuelonios project in Pacuare\n1 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Student Rhys Edwards says \"the supervisors of Go Global will teach\nyou how to deal with challenges, derive personal meaning from your\nprojects, effectively contribute to your host organization, and\nultimately return with more than a line on your resume.\"\n1\n^^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0fe\nf<\, : M\n.'\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094^^^^^^ Hi\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nFurther examples include:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 a sustainable livelihoods program in Uganda in partnership with the Canadian International\nDevelopment Agency (CIDA) and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 a community-based food security intervention in Rwanda for a fourteen-week placement working\non a Multiple Micronutrient Powders project within a collaborative partnership model.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Project GROW - Ghana Rural Opportunities for Women, started four years ago, continues to work\nwith a cooperative group of 120 women from two villages to meet their community objectives.\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\n# outgoing students engaged in international community service learning\n73\n85\n36\nPublished articles with an international co-author(s)\n2,629\n2,455\nSystem total\nIncrease the International Dimension of Educational Opportunities\nUBC aims to offer all of its students a learning experience that incorporates an international\ndimension. While this can be achieved in part through opportunities to study or research abroad, it\nmust also be an aspect of learning here on the UBC campuses to prepare students for careers in\nglobal society.\nUBC's Faculty of Dentistry students connect and collaborate with their\npeers across three continents using a specialized website developed at\nUBC. The site allows them to review each other's clinical work and\nparticipate as a group in case-based tutorials. Also, the dialogue\nbetween peers unveils cultural, political and infrastructure issues that\nhave as much impact on clinical activity as pure science. The project\ncurrently involves five dental schools \u00E2\u0080\u0094 UBC, Birmingham, Hong Kong,\nMelbourne and Tecnologico de Monterrey, and aims to expand further.\nDr. Karen Gardner, associate clinical professor of oral health sciences\nand dental education research at UBC, was recognized for her work in\ncreating the site with the inaugural U21 Award for\nInternationalisation.\nIncrease Support for International Collaborations\nPublished in the spring of 2011, the UBC International Strategic plan provides a framework for\ninternational engagement, and identifies specific goals and regions of key interest. UBC's recent\nactivities in support of these goals include the following:\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 73 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Professor Toope accompanied BC Premier Christy Clark on her Nov. mission to India, where the\nopening of the UBC India office, with centres in Delhi and Bangalore was announced. The office\nwill support relationships between UBC and Indian partners, provide information on UBC to\npotential students and help to raise the profile of UBC in India.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC hosted a meeting of the Canada-China Joint Science and Technology Committee, co-chaired\nby Dr. Alain Beaudet, President, Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and Dr. Jianlin\nCao, Vice Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) in Oct, thereby strengthening its\nrelationships with the Chinese government and Chinese university and industry partners.\nProfessor Toope is a member of the Joint Committee.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC's Sauder School of Business formed a strategic partnership in June with the Copenhagen\nBusiness School (CBS), one of the largest in Europe. The new partnership builds on an active 16-\nyear exchange program, and supports stronger ties between the two institutions in research,\nacademic programs, student and faculty exchange, and other scholarly pursuits.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC is developing a range of innovative multidisciplinary partnerships in India to create a centre\nof excellence to accelerate community transformation and sustainability. UBC has established an\nIndia Advisory Committee of community and business leaders with significant expertise in India.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Partnerships in China are an important part of UBC's collaborative research agenda. UBC's\nFaculty of Medicine has a particularly strong network with top Chinese universities. One example\nis Dr. Weihong Song;s joint institute for research into Alzheimer's disease at Chongquing Medical\nUniversity. Dr. Song, a professor of psychiatry and a Canada Research Chair, received China's\nhighest honour for foreign experts - the Friendship Award, in October 2011.\nExpand Recruitment of Outstanding Students and Faculty\nFaculty\nUBC recruits talented faculty members from around the world. Professors and lecturers from\ncountries other than Canada help to create globally relevant and responsive curricula, a multicultural\nlearning experience, and research and training of the highest caliber. UBC has programs in place to\nsupport faculty members who are new to Canada, including the Work-Life & Relocation Services\nCentre, University-wide orientations, and research-specific orientations.\nGraduate Student Support\nUBC helps graduate students study, conduct research, and form connections all over the world.\nGraduate students can work with UBC's dedicated student mobility office, Go Global, to find funding\nsupport and investigate mobility opportunities with UBC's international partners.\nGraduate Student Recruitment\nPrograms and partnerships support UBC's efforts to attract top international students to UBC\ngraduate programs. For example:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 UBC has entered into a new partnership with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences\n(AIMS), a centre for the development of math and science talent across Africa. UBC will fund\nscholarships through the AIMS Next Einstein Initiative, which will support African students at an\nAIMS centre located in South Africa. UBC will also promote the opportunity for UBC faculty and\ngraduate students to visit AIMS as short-term course instructors, and to build connections\nbetween UBC students and AIMS students. While the scholarship program will help to build\ncapacity in Africa, it will also support UBC's efforts to attract top students from Africa to\ngraduate programs at UBC.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Through the RISE Worldwide program, German students in engineering and natural sciences come\nto UBC for up to 12 weeks for research internships. The German Academic Exchange Service\n(DAAD) provides funding for the students in form of travel support, monthly allowance and\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 74 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\ninsurances. In 2011, UBC had 11 participants, the largest group in North America; in 2012, 20\nstudents are confirmed to come to UBC, bringing with them up to $48,000 total in funding\nsupport. The students are undergraduates; the goals of the program are to recruit these top\nstudents into UBC graduate programs, increase research collaboration with German partners, and\nencourage RISE alumni to act as ambassadors for UBC in Germany.\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\n# international graduate students\n2,852\n2,571\n144\n104\n% international graduate students\n28%\n26%\n21%\n19%\nIncrease over past year in international applications\n13.8%\n23%\n3.4%\n54%\nSTRENGTHEN UBC'S PRESENCE AS A GLOBALLY INFLUENTIAL UNIVERSITY\nIncrease Substantial Strategic Partnerships in Regions of Priority to UBC\nPartnership Funding\nand show through 3D visualizations\nInternational Visitors\nTo support the activities of its international partnerships, UBC\nseeks funding from a variety of sources, such as the Nereus\nProgram. A $13-million international research network, with\nfunding from Japan's Nippon Foundation, it brings together\nexperts in fisheries, climate change, environmental policy,\ngeospatial modeling, marine ecology and socio-economics for\nresearch collaborations, capacity building and to increase\npublic awareness about fish stock depletion. It connects UBC\nwith Princeton, Duke, Stockholm and Cambridge universities.\nIn February it unveiled the first global model of life in the\nworld's oceans, allowing scientists and policymakers to predict\n- the state of life in the oceans of the future.\nUBC's Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies has a scholarly\npartnership with the College de France, which allows\noutstanding faculty to come to UBC as Wall Distinguished\nVisiting Professors. In turn, the College de France invites UBC\nfaculty to spend time in Paris as \"Chairs d'Etat\". In 2011 Alain\nBerthoz, Founding Director of the Laboratory of Physiology of\nPerception and Action of the French \"Centre Nationale de\nRecherche Sceintifique\" returned to the Pater Wall Institute as\na Distinguished Visiting Professor and Brett Finlay, Professor of\nBiochemistry and Microbiology at UBC went to the College de\nFrance, as a \"Chair d'Etat\nUBC hosts formal visits from high-level partners, potential\npartners, and international embassies. Many of these visits\nsupport the development of international collaborations and\npartnerships. For example, UBC hosted presidents and/or\nchairs from three top Chinese universities: Peking University,\nRenmin University and Tsinghua University. The delegates\nwere interested in discussing the strategic management of a\ntop research-intensive university. In March, Professor Toope\nPage 75 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nvisited these universities in China and signed agreements to strengthen research relationships and\nsupport student mobility.\nUBC strives to accommodate hundreds of visitor requests each year at all levels; the high volume\nreflects UBC's status as a sought-after partner and research collaborator.\nThrough a number of funding mechanisms, both internal and external, UBC supports the scholarship\nof many visiting fellows, faculty and graduate students. At UBC's Okanagan campus, the invited\nInternational Distinguished Visitor Fund, valued at $5,000/visit, was established. This provides\nopportunities for international colleagues to visit UBC, engage with the campus community and share\ntheir research and expertise.\nEnhance Scholarly Communications on Global Issues\nUBC Press is Canada's leading social sciences publisher with an international reputation for producing\ninnovative works of scholarly excellence. Each year the Press produces seventy new titles, which are\navailable to the world English-language market in digital and print form. UBC Press publishes in\nmany areas of global interest, including environmental studies, Aboriginal studies, security studies,\nand globalization and transnational studies, and keeps more than 19,000 scholars informed about\nforthcoming titles pertinent to their work. This year UBC Press sold more than 46,000 books to\nlibraries, scholars, students, and researchers in Canada and throughout the world.\nStrengthen UBC's Role in International Development\nMany of UBC's internationally focused research projects and teaching projects support capacity-\nbuilding in the developing world. Some of these projects receive funding from the International\nDevelopment Research Centre (IDRC) or the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).\nThe Canadian International Food Security Research Fund is a collaborative program with funding from\nboth the IDRC and CIDA. In June 2011, a UBC international research project was awarded a $3.4\nmillion grant from the Fund to increase food security in the Andean regions of Peru.\nDr. Shafique Pirani, Clinical Professor in UBC's\nDepartment of Orthopaedics received the 2012\nHumanitarian Award from the American Academy of\nOrthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) for his commitment to\nimproving the function and quality of life of Ugandan\nchildren afflicted with clubfoot. Dr. Pirani helped\nlaunch the Uganda Sustainable Clubfoot Care Project\n(USCCP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing\nwidespread disability from neglected clubfoot. The\nUSCCP received funding from CIDA, and a $100,000 gift\nfrom an anonymous donor to support the expansion of\nthe program to other countries.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 76 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nINTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT: Summary Table\nGoals\nActions (planning; process\nestablished and ongoing; in place; new)\nSelect Outcomes\nIncrease the\ncapacity of UBC\nstudents, faculty,\nstaff, and alumni\nto engage\ninternationally\nIncrease student participation in learning\nand service abroad\nIncrease the international dimension of\nUBC's educational opportunities\nIncrease support for international\ncollaborations by faculty, staff and\nalumni\nExpand recruitment of outstanding\nstudents and faculty from around the\nworld\n14% of undergraduates at the Vancouver campus\nand 22% at the Okanagan's campus will have an\ninternational experience, compared to the national\naverage of 3%\nResearch is conducted at UBC's 150 global partner\nuniversities\nStrategic partnerships, such as the one between\nthe Sauder School of Business and the Copenhagen\nSchool of Business provide research, academic\nprograms and exchanges\nThis year saw a 13.8% increase in international\napplications at the Vancouver campus and a 3.4%\nincrease at the Okanagan campus\nStrengthen\nUBC's presence\nas a globally\ninfluential\nuniversity\nIncrease the number of substantial\nstrategic partnerships in regions of\npriority to UBC\nEnhance UBC's scholarly communications\non global issues, including on the web\nStrengthen UBC's role in international\ndevelopment\nNew partnerships were formed, such as that with\nthe Nereus Program, a $13 m international\nresearch network\nUBC Press sold more than 46,000 books, producing\n70 new titles\ncIRcle, UBC's digital repository, piloted in 2007,\nnow has over 41,000 entries and continues to grow\nA partnership with CIDA and AUCC saw a\nsustainable livelihood program established in\nUganda\nLINKS International Strategic Plan http://research.ubc.ca/vpri/call-input-draft-international-strategic-plan\n- Go Global www.students.ubc.ca/global/index.dfm\nInternational Student Initiative www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=6,231,723,0\nOffice of the Vice President Research and International www.research.ubc.ca\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 77 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nOutstanding Work Environment\nThe University provides a fulfilling environment in which to work, learn and live, reflecting\nour values and encouraging the open exchange of ideas and opinions.\nBE THE PLACE OF CHOICE FOR OUTSTANDING FACULTY AND STAFF\nProcesses are in place to recruit first choice applicants\nThe \"employer story\" is a recruitment branding project initiated to support the attraction and\nretention of faculty and staff who will be successful at UBC. The goal of the project is to convey\nwhat it means to work at UBC, to those who are considering a career here. New advertising\ntemplates were developed in 2011 /2012 to support the faculty and staff recruiting process. These\nadvertising templates will be rolled out to the University community in 2012.\nEstablish a faculty/staff relocation office in Vancouver; expand services to the Okanagan\nProfessor David Rummel, who left New York\nand the New York Times to teach at the UBC\nGraduate School of Journalism, says that\nCentre staff helped him connect with the\nmoving company, referred him to software\nthat aided his housing search, and gave him\ninformation about navigating the intricacies of\nimmigration and importing a car from the U.S.\nThe Centre helps as many as 300 new faculty,\nstaff, and postdocs each year. Dr. Ricardo\nCarvalho, says he and his wife Dr. Adriana\nManso, who relocated with their daughter\nfrom Brazil to teach at the Faculty of\nDentistry, were always treated as though they\nwere the Centre's only clients. He says,\n\"every time I have a chance I stop over there\nfor a black tea. They are just fun and lovely\npeople to spend time with.\"\nJayne Booth and her staff at the Work-Life and\nRelocation Services Centre provide what Booth calls\n\"five-star concierge service\" to incoming professors,\npostdoctoral fellows, senior staff, and visiting faculty.\nThe Centre's staff connects new arrivals with resources\nto ease their transition to a new city.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 78 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nIn addition to the in-person services offered in\nVancouver, UBC's Okanagan Campus launched\nonline resources to support relocating faculty\nin 2011/2012 and will soon open its own\nWelcome and Relocation Services Centre,\nwhere incoming faculty will have personalized\nsupport to help them connect with\nappropriate childcare and housing resources,\nand to help partners with job search efforts.\nExpand efforts to create and recognize linkages between performance and academic priorities,\nadministrative effectiveness and the budget framework\nSignificant work has been done to develop and review the faculty financial and operational 10-year\nplans, based on the enrolment-driven budget framework. This work will provide the foundation on\nwhich UBC can make appropriate linkages between its academic priorities and the budget\nframework.\nTo further support this goal, a distributed, integrated model of administrative support was\nimplemented in 2011/2012 in the Finance function across all administrative and ancillary units, three\nFaculties, and the UBC Library. In addition, the budget review process was expanded further into the\norganization with reviews now being conducted with many schools and departments.\nOn the Okanagan campus, the Provost is establishing positions to support Faculties with strategic and\nfinancial planning to better link academic operations with the enrolment and budgeting processes. In\naddition, the Office of the Provost, supported by Human Resources, is beginning to develop a\nresource planning and review cycle that supports academic planning and budgeting needs.\nDevelop and implement effective communication vehicles for faculty and staff\nImproving the communications infrastructure has been a priority for UBC in the past year. An\nincreased focus on communications resulted in the recasting of the VP portfolio External and\nCommunity to VP Communications & Community Partnership.\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkana\n2011/12\ngan\n2010/11\nI feel proud to work for UBC* (% agree)\n75%\n-\n79%\n-\nWould recommend UBC as a good place to work* (%\nagree)\n70%\n-\n71%\n-\nVoluntary turnover rates\n7.7%\n6.8%\n4%\n4.2%\nFaculty hires (Bargaining Unit)\n334\n344\n69\n44\nRelated Academic Appointments (includes post-doc\nemeritus, etc)\nclinical,\n1,485\n1,710\n57\n35\nStaff hires\n2,671\n2,582\n365\n296\nWork-Life and Relocation Services - # clients\n275\n225\n3\n-\n' All faculty and staff\nProvide faculty and staff with professional development opportunities\nUBC is committed to supporting all employees in their professional development, and to creating\nreflective learning opportunities that engage and benefit the mind. In 2011 /2012, a project was\ninitiated to support staff to apply for professional development funds online. Programming has\nbegun, and the online system is expected to launch in 2012/2013.\nFaculty and staff are invited to explore UBC resources best suited to their learning needs at\nhttp://www.hr.ubc.ca/learning-development/ubc-service-providers/.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 79 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nVancouver Okanagan\n2011/12 2010/11 I 2011/12 2010/11\n# faculty/staff using tuition waivers for self/professional\ndevelopment\n2,696\n2,394 (UBC Total)\n# participants: HR sponsored staff workshops (Note: Vancouver\nnumbers include only MOST offerings)\n207\n311\n458\nn/a\n# faculty/staff working with a Coach through Coaching@UBC\n136\n126\n9\n8\n# faculty using PD funds\n1,208\n1,078\n179\n149\n# staff using PD funds\n742\n608\n44\n62\nAs a UBC employee, I am satisfied with the opportunities for\nlearning available to me at UBC through internal providers* (% agree)\n73%\n715\n\"Source: 2011 Workplace Experiences Survey\nHEALTHY, INSPIRING WORKPLACE\nRespectful, Inclusive and Collegia! Work Environment\nDevelop an integrated strategy to create a respectful, inclusive and collegial work environment\nFaculty leadership accessed grant funds made\navailable by the University's Respectful\nEnvironment Committee and created an event\nthat invited faculty, staff and student\nrepresentatives to help direct the Faculty's\napproach to bringing UBC's Respectful\nEnvironment statement to life. The event was\nlaunched with a welcome, singing, and\ndrumming by members of the Musqueam\ncommunity. Then incoming Dean Blye Frank,\nwhose research specialties include equity and\ndiversity, opened the session, emphasizing the\nimportance of the Respectful Environment\nstatement, which was developed by the\nUniversity to provide guideposts for creating a\nworkplace culture that is inclusive and\nrespectful.\nImportantly, Dr. Butler says, initiatives\nfocused on ensuring a culture of respect have\nbeen launched with the arrival of the new\nDean, who is a supporter of what he terms\njoyous quarrelling: where colleagues engage\nrespectfully with ideas without any \"nasty\nbusiness.\"\nAt an event to welcome their new Dean, the\nFaculty of Education signalled its commitment\nto nurturing a respectful environment in\nwhich to work and learn by envisioning how to\ndo so as a community.\n\"The point was to start [the Dean's] tenure\nhere by bringing the community together in a\nway that started this dialogue,\" says Dr.\nDeborah Butler, Associate Dean, Strategic\nDevelopment.\nContinue to implement recommendations of the Task Force on Family Responsibilities\nThe primary accomplishment in 2011 -2012 was the drafting of the Statement on Family\nResponsibilities. Similar to the Respectful Environment statement, the Statement on Family\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 80 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nResponsibilities is intended to guide the University community in how to consider the personal and\nfamily responsibilities of faculty and staff in order for them to balance their professional and\npersonal lives. The importance of this initiative was confirmed by faculty and staff responses to the\nNovember 2011 Workplace Experiences Survey. The Statement is expected to be finalized in\n2012/2013.\nStaff Awards\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\nPresident Service Awards for Excellence\nDVC and Principal Award\nPresident Service Awards (Vancouver); Staff Awards of Excellence\n(Okanagan) \t\nI\n(UBC total)\n1 To~\nA I ->\nMy immediate unit head/manager treats people fairly*\n\"Source: 2011 Workplace Experiences Survey\n(% agree) | 74%\nI 77% I\nHealthy Workplace Initiatives\nAs the Health Promotions Co-ordinator for\nHuman Resources, Suzanne Jolly reports she\nwas fielding requests from across the\nVancouver campus for training to help better\nunderstand mental illness.\nUBC has created many programs to engage\nfaculty, staff and students about the\nimportance of mental well-being. Employees\ncan attend lunchtime seminars on subjects\nsuch as work-life balance, healthy eating, and\nstress management. UBC Thrive, held in\nOctober at the Vancouver and Okanagan\ncampuses, promotes ways for UBC community\nmembers to build positive mental health. In\n2011, Thrive events featured sessions about\noptimism and anxiety, and yoga and\nmeditation classes. When asked about the\nbenefits of participating in Okanagan Thrive\nevents, Tracey Hawthorn, Coordinator WRAP\nand Health Promotions said \"in our first ever\nThrive Week, we effectively challenged the\nway people look and deal with mental health\non campus and have provided a foundation on\nwhich all campus stakeholders can have the\nability to flourish in both academic and\nprofessional environments.\"\nDr. Joyce Boon and Dr. Wisdom Tettey\nIn order to augment existing programs offered\nby the University, UBC and the Canadian\nMental Health Association jointly developed a\nnew training program called Responding with\nRespect. It's designed to help faculty and staff\nidentify mental health warning signs in the\nworkplace, and refer their colleagues to\nresources.\nJolly says that for years, people were more\ncomfortable talking about their physical\nhealth. \"It's very bold for an employer to talk\nabout mental health and UBC is definitely in\nthe forefront.\"\nThe Healthy Workplace Initiative Program (HWIP) provides semi-annual funding to UBC units, to help\nreduce faculty and staff long-term and chronic disease by supporting healthy behaviours. In\n2011/2012, HWIP funded 23 projects, ranging from a holistic nutrition series for all staff and faculty\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 81 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\ninitiated by the Library at the Okanagan campus, to diabetes screenings and prevention program as\npart of Aboriginal Health Initiative at the Vancouver campus.\nIn 2011/2012, the Okanagan campus fully rolled out the Work Reintegration and Accommodation\nProgram (WRAP) to provide centralized case management of work-related illness and injury, and to\nsupport individuals, heads and supervisors in planning for a healthy return to work.\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\n# of Work loss accidents\n271\n252\n(UBC tot\nal)\nal)\nal)\nIncome replacement - number\n247\n239\n(UBC tot\n- % of workforce\n2.4%\n2.6%\n(UBC tot\n# of units accessing Healthy Workplace Initiative Program (HWIP)\n20\n26\n3\n# of Healthy Workplace initiatives\n48\n45\n34\nMy unit supports me in making choices that contribute to my mental\nhealth and well-being* (% agree)\n53%\n54%\n\"Source: 2011 Workplace Experiences Survey\nAffordable On-Campus Housing and Childcare Options\nAffordable on-campus housing - Vancouver\nThrough the Vancouver Campus Plan and the Land Use Plan processes, faculty, staff and student\nidentified housing affordability and choice on the Vancouver campus as key issues. In response, the\nCommunity Planning Task Group of the UBC Board of Governors led the process of developing a\nHousing Action Plan for the Vancouver campus in 2011 /2012.\nBetween April 2011 and March 2012, the Community Planning Task Group of the UBC Board of\nGovernors, supported by Campus and Community Planning, gathered feedback and information to\ninform the development of potential housing options. This process began with a thorough review of\nUBC's existing housing programs. Several new options were brought forward for consideration as a\nresult of an assessment of other universities' and jurisdictions' housing programs and public input.\nFaculty, staff, and students actively participated in three public forums, focus groups, a blog by Task\nGroup Chair Dr. Ghoussoub and outreach meetings between April 2011 and March 2012. The\nfaculty/staff housing demand study and the student housing demand study also informed the\ndevelopment of the options.\nIn spring 2012, a Discussion Paper was released for public consultation which outlined potential\nhousing program options, which will be considered by the UBC Board in 2012-13.\nChild care - Vancouver\nBy opening an additional 37 spaces at the\nUniversity Services Building in September 2011,\nUBC Child Care Services has expanded to more than\n570 licensed spaces for children (infant to 12 years\nof age).\nUBC plans to open an additional 24 child care\nspaces in the Ponderosa Phase 2 building in 2014.\nAdditionally, there will be a 16-space Occasional\nCare Centre located in the new Student Union\nBuilding, to provide flexible short-term services for\nthree- to five-years-olds whose parents need child\ncare services while they attend or teach classes, or\nparticipate in on-campus activities.\nPage 82 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012 1\nGoals, Actions and Results\nVancouver Okanagan\n2011/12 2010/11 | 2011/12 2010/11\nChildcare Spaces - existing\n527\n425\n3ra party\n- added this year\n45\n102\nprovider\nDevelopment of Academic and Administrative Heads and Directors\n2011 /2012 saw the launch of the Academic Leadership Series at the Okanagan campus. The program\nis an opportunity for Academic Heads of Unit to come together to enrich their leadership practices\nand facilitate success in the carrying out of their administrative responsibilities. The Academic\nLeadership Development Program (ALDP) was launched at the Vancouver campus in 2006/2007, and\ncontinues to attract new Academic Heads each year.\nManaging at UBC continued to have a strong year, with 121 Administrative Leaders participating\nacross UBC.\nVancouver\n2011/12 2010/11\nOkanagan\n2011/12 2010/11\n# of participants: Managing at UBC\n107\n80\n14\n11\n# of participants: Academic Development Leadership Series\n23\n15\n19\n-\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 83 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nOUTSTANDING WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT: Summary Table\nGoals\nActions (planning; process established\nand ongoing; in place; new)\nSelect Outcomes\nBe the place of\nchoice for\noutstanding\nfaculty and staff\nEnsure processes and supports are in place\nto recruit first choice applicants\nProvide faculty and staff with the means\nand professional development\nopportunities to fulfil UBC's vision, values\nand commitments\nEstablish a faculty/staff relocation office\nin Vancouver; expand services to the\nOkanagan\nExpand efforts to create and recognize\nlinkages between performance and\nacademic priorities, administrative\neffectiveness and the budget framework\nDevelop and implement effective\ncommunication vehicles for faculty and\nstaff\nCompleted programming requirements for faculty e-\nrecruit.\nBegan project to give staff access to professional\ndevelopment funds.\nWork life and Relocation Services extends virtual\nservices to Okanagan. In-person service is planned\nfor 2012/2013.\nDeveloped and reviewed 10-year faculty financial and\noperational plans based on the enrolment-driven\nbudget framework.\nExpanded budget reviews at the school and\ndepartment level in selected areas.\nCompleted recruitment for a new VP Communications\n& Community Engagement.\nMovement of staff and faculty to a common email\nsystem\nBe a healthy,\ninspiring\nworkplace that\ncultivates well-\nbeing, resilience\nand\ncommitment,\nand be\nresponsive to\nthe family needs\nof faculty and\nstaff\nDevelop an integrated strategy to create a\nrespectful, inclusive and collegial work\nenvironment\nIncrease support for Healthy Workplace\nInitiatives\nProvide a variety of affordable on-campus\nhousing and child care options\nEnsure that academic and administrative\nheads and directors have the training, time\nand support they require to be effective\nContinue to implement recommendations\nof the Task Force on Family\nResponsibilities\nImplemented a fund that departments could access to\nfocus on creating respectful work environments.\nSuccessfully provided departments from Vancouver\nand the Okanagan with funds to support healthy\nworkplace initiatives.\nWRAP program established on Okanagan campus\nOpened new child care facility at the University\nServices Building at the Vancouver campus.\nNew Academic Leadership Series launch at the\nOkanagan campus.\nDrafted the Statement on Family Responsibilities\nLINKS II Human Resources www.hr.ubc.ca/\n- Focus on People: Workplace Practices at UBC www.focusonpeople.ubc.ca/\nEquity www.equity.ubc.ca/\nDiversity at UBC http://diversity.ubc.ca www.students.ubc.ca/access/index.cfm\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 84 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\niM a\nt\^M M\nK\"\n~ .\noi^-iv\nJ\-^^L.'~-\nSustainability\nThe University explores and exemplifies all aspects of economic, environmental and social\nsustainability.\nConsidered one of the most sustainable post-secondary institutions in the world, thanks in part to\naggressive greenhouse gas reductions, UBC continues to take bold steps in sustainability that drive\noperational decisions and whenever possible integrate teaching, learning and research opportunities.\nEnsure UBC's Economic Sustainability\nOperating budgets are structurally balanced on both campuses. All administrative, ancillary and\nfaculty budgets were reviewed to ensure alignment against Place and Promise and financial viability\nwith a mid-term outlook.\nHealthy budgets means that core programs are protected and that investments can be made against\nkey Place and Promise priorities\nOn the other hand, University resources remain significantly constrained because neither the\ngovernment grant (flat) nor domestic tuition (2%) are keeping pace with UBC's Higher Education\nPrice Index inflation of 3%.\nThis means that difficult decisions have been made to reorganize some units, with resulting job\nlosses and redeployments. Despite some progress, funding does not yet meet University needs in key\nareas such as building operations or classroom services.\nInvesting in Place and Promise with a structurally balanced budget\nOkanagan Budget 2011/12\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The focus was on the economic stability of the faculties and administrative units, mostly\nachieved through recurring investments\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Strategic allocations were made to support enrolment growth and Place and Promise initiatives,\ntargeted to academic units and student learning\nVancouver Budget 2011/12\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Faculty priorities: Vancouver faculties continued to invest across the board in curriculum\nredesign, experiential learning and research priorities. Central support was sought and obtained\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 85 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nto eliminate the Faculty of Law building mortgage, to appropriately fund the Master of Public\nHealth, to stabilize ICORD (with further funding from Faculties of Medicine and Science and the\nRick Hansen Foundation), to support Green and St. John's Colleges as part of transition to the\nNew Operating Model, and to realign the Chan Centre with the Faculty of Arts and the Botanical\ngardens with the Faculty of Science, with specific budget adjustments to ensure the long-term\nviability of these University assets\nStudent Housing: Continuous build-out including the completion of Totem in-fill and the approval\nof Ponderosa Commons\nLearning: Significant investments in Student Information and Learning Management Systems\nInnovation: Seed funding for Campus as a Living Lab projects and for Entrepreneurship@UBC\nDevelopment and Alumni engagement: Further investments in University capabilities to engage\nalumni and fundraise\nCommunication: Investment in Digital Channel infrastructure on campus\nInfrastructure: Full funding and completion of the IT transformation initiatives started in 2010,\nimplementation of an integrated reporting system tied to enrolment management, improved\nfunding for building maintenance and launch of the keyless building access project in Vancouver\nKey financial indicators:\n2011/12\nVancouver\nOkanagan\nOperating surplus (deficit)\n$0m\n$0m\nOperating revenue\n$913m\n$107m\nWorking capital\n$245m\n(UBC total)\nDebt service ratio\n2.21%\n(UBC total)\nCredit rating\nMoody's\nAa1;\nS&P AA+\n(UBC total)\nBest in Canada\nEndowment - Annual return\n- 4 year average\nreturn\n10.80%\n-0.60%\n(UBC total)\nStaff Pension Plan benefit funding (going concern)\n114%\n(UBC total)\nUBC AS A LIVING LABORATORY\nThrough its collective efforts in education, research, partnerships and operations, the University\nadvances sustainability on its campuses and beyond, acting as an experiment in sustainability, a\nliving laboratory where faculty, students, staff and partners test, learn, teach, apply, and share the\noutcomes of our inquiries.\nUBC has long embraced an interdisciplinary approach, and applies that same thinking to how it\naddresses sustainability. The Living Laboratory concept takes it one step further. Participants from\nacross the academic and operational areas of the University, as well as the larger community, are\ninvited to be part of the Campus as a Living Laboratory for innovation.\nMove Towards Carbon Neutrality\nIn the first two years of implementing its Climate Action Plan, UBC made significant progress toward\nachieving its aggressive GHG emission reduction targets of 33 per cent below 2007 levels by 2015,\ninvesting $117 million in innovative energy efficiency and infrastructure projects that will pay back\nin utility savings.\nAt the Okanagan campus, the geo-exchange technology for heating and cooling needs is in place for\nmost campus buildings, estimated to avoid putting approximately 38,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 86 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nGoals, Actions and Results\nemissions into the atmosphere over a 25-year period, the equivalent of running over 6,900 cars for a\nyear.\nIntegrate the Physical Operation with Research and Teaching\nIn November 2011, the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) opened on the\nVancouver campus. Built to exceed LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge standards, this $37\nmillion \"living laboratory\" will help to regenerate the environment and advance research and\ninnovation on global sustainable challenges. A video prepared for the opening of CIRS is available for\nviewing.\nAchievements in campus sustainability\nST*RS\n Continue to provide spaces and infrastructure to support accessible\neducation and training opportunities\n> Continue to advance initiatives to increase participation rates, learning\noutcomes and economic and social opportunities for Aboriginal learners\n> Maintain affordable public university education through fair tuition policy\n> Through student financial aid programs, continue to develop programs and\nstrategies to reduce financial barriers for students and encourage early\nplanning for the selection and financing of post-secondary studies\n> Protect student and taxpayer investments in post-secondary education\nthrough reviews of student outcomes, accountability frameworks and\nrigorous quality assurance standards\n> Complete the business process review of the post-secondary transfer system\nto work towards seamless mobility of students and greater portability of\ncredits\n> Work with key stakeholders to eliminate barriers to post-secondary\neducation for the disabled community\nMinistry\nStrategies\nUBC\nStrategies\nImplement broad based admissions throughout the University, not just in\nselect programs such as Medicine, Business, etc.\nContinue to implement the renewed strategic plan: Place and Promise: The\nUBC Plan, released in December 2009\nThrough the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, implement\nlearning technology initiatives, facilitate partnerships and identify\nenterprise-based approaches to supporting curriculum with appropriate\ntechnologies\nReview and revise curricula and pedagogy to ensure it is informed by leading\nedge research and research on how people learn and integrate with learning\nspaces\nContinue to build experiential learning into the curricula (international\nlearning opportunities, internships, co-ops, service learning, research based\nexperiences, leadership opportunities) at all levels\t\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 95 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nAlignment With Ministry Goals\n> Work with other post-secondary institutions to ensure student mobility\n> Continue to build and expand on Continuing Studies offerings, providing\nlifelong learning and alternative learning opportunities\n> Continue developing strategies for specific access and success for Aboriginal\nlearners, particularly in graduate studies\n> Support Aboriginal student transition to work through innovative\nprofessional development programs and on campus recruitment initiatives\n> Continue to provide financial support to eligible students so that finances\nare not an impediment to commencing or continuing their studies\n> Continue to increase needs based assistance; 2011 /12 saw an increase of\n1.5% at the Vancouver campus and 15.2% at the Okanagan campus\n> Continue to provide financial support and professional development through\non campus work programs\n> Ensure the ongoing success of UBC's human resource strategy - Focus on\nPeople: Workplace Practices at UBC. This multi-dimensional strategy is a\ncritical contributor to UBC's commitment to an Outstanding Work\nEnvironment\n> Continue to invest in and enhance its professional schools (Law, Business,\nMedicine, Pharmacy)\nMinistry B.C.'s dynamic and integrated post-secondary education system is a global\nGOAL 2 destination of choice for students to learn, stay to live, work and invest.\nMinistry\nObjective\n2.1\nB.C. attracts and increases the number of students in B.C.'s education system.\nAttract students by capitalizing on B.C.'s educational, economic and social\nadvantages and develop strategies to encourage students to learn, live and\nwork in B.C.\nProvide students with a recognizable symbol of quality education through\nthe Education Quality Assurance designation program\nDevelop an International Post-Secondary Strategy that sets provincial\ngovernment priorities for action to support the growth and international\ncompetitiveness of this sector\t\nMinistry\nStrategies\nContinue implementation of the \"Names Not Numbers\" program that assigns\neach student, at time of first entry, an enrolment service specialist who will\nstay with them throughout their undergraduate experience\nContinue university focus on student life to provide additional learning\nopportunities and help ensure student success\nContinue to focus on the national recruitment strategy, implemented in\n2007 to draw talented students from other parts of Canada who may remain\nto contribute to the BC economy\nContinue to build on its top performance in international mobility (UBC has\nthe largest program of international exchange in BC, and one of the largest\nin Canada)\nContinue providing global education in second language acquisition (UBC is\nthe leading BC institution in this field)\nContinue to be an effective platform for engaging Asia, through universities,\ngovernments and civil society\nUBC\nStrategies\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 96 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nAlignment With Ministry Goals\nContinue to provide non-disciplinary skills training to all levels of students\nthrough partnership with MITACS, which is hosted at UBC\nOffer 50 scholarships annually to students from India, in conjunction with\nthe MITACS Globalink program\nContinue to build awareness among employers of how they can hire\ninternational students, working in collaboration with CIC, BCPNP and Service\nCanada - a rare partnership amongst agencies and unique to BC\nContinue to engage with employer communities in BC, Canada and\ninternationally through on campus recruitment, practicums, internships, coop and mentoring programs\nSupport international students transition to work through its JumpStart\nprogram\nExpand part-time paid research opportunities that are tied to academic\nprograms\nContinue to expand transitional roles for graduating students within the\nemployer community\nContinue to use the Provincial Nominee Program as a hiring tool, as well as a\ntool to retain students\nContinue to provide international work placements and international service\nlearning to meet increasing demand for these by both students and\nprospective placements\nEnsure regular assessment of the overall student experience through\nparticipation in various surveys including NSSE, and the UBC undergraduate\nand graduate surveys\nContinue to act as an overseas training institution for Chinese officials from\nthroughout China by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (UBC\nwas certified for this in 2009)\nImprove processes and supports to achieve an excellent and diverse student,\nstaff and faculty body\nEnhance UBC's scholarly communications on global issues, including on the\nweb\nMinistry B.C.'s public and private post-secondary, industry and workplace training\nGOAL 3 sectors support productive career development\nMinistry\nObjective\n3.1\nBritish Columbia's post-secondary system is flexible and responsive to the needs\nof learners and B.C.'s economy.\nFund public institutions to support accessible education, targeting a portion\nof funds for the delivery of priority programs\nContinue collaborating with our post-secondary education and training\npartners to deliver programs to meet increased demand in expanding sectors\nof the economy such as health care\nMinistry\nStrategies\nContinue to increase support for graduate students, augmenting programs\nsuch as the four year model for graduate funding recently implemented\nContinue to invest in health training; as the province's sole medicine\ntraining provider, with contributions by both Government and UBC, a\ndoubling of the medical spaces was achieved by 2011 with the opening of\nthe Okanagan campus' distributed medical school program; also an increase\nUBC\nStrategies\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 97 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nAlignment With Ministry Goals\nin the number of pharmacy seats by fall 2012\n> Through the distributed medical program, linkages with over 20 hospitals in\nall six of the province's health authorities are established, as well as\nteaching locations in Vancouver, Kelowna, Prince George and Victoria\n> Provide undergraduate and graduate students with innovative professional\ndevelopment programs and advising to support sound labour market\ndecisions\n> Continue to focus on innovative research that serves the people of British\nColumbia, Canada and the world through effective use of resources such as\nhealth research funding (UBC attracts over 80% of this funding in the\nprovince) and graduate student research (UBC has over two thirds of the PhD\nenrolment in BC)\n> Continue to develop strategic international relationships and research\npartnerships and agreements to raise international awareness of UBC and\nthe province and attract talent to the province\n> Continue to recruit Canada Research Chairs, a program designed in part to\nattract talented non-Canadians to be professors here\n> Continue to create partnerships that research, model and take knowledge\nfor sustainable solutions into the community, showing 'UBC as a living\nlaboratory'\n> Continue the development of partnerships and collaborations with private\nindustry, other universities and the community; acting as an agent of change\nin society\n> Continue to work with partners in industry and government to bring together\nacademia, industry and the public sector through research and training\ninitiatives\n> Continue to contribute to the BC economy, estimated in 2009 to be roughly\n5% or $10 billion, through programs to attract and retain faculty and\nstudents at both the local, national and international levels\n> Continue to improve infrastructure to support leading edge research\n> Expand the multiplicity of knowledge exchange channels, such as global\naccess licensing, and maintain and enhance UBC's leadership position in\ntech transfer and as an acknowledged patent powerhouse\n> Continue UBC's lead role in the transformation of BC's resource based\neconomy through Forestry, Mining, Fisheries and the Wine industry\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 98 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nAlignment With Ministry Goals\nMinistry Indicators\nThe following table shows the performance measures the Ministry tracks and the results:\n2011/12 Performance Results\nArt-nal\nTaro*at\nArt-nal\nTaro*\u00C2\u00BBt A\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00ABm*\u00C2\u00BBnt\nPerformance Measure\n2011/12 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12\nStudent spaces\nData from\n2010/11\nFiscal Year\nData from\n2011/12\nFiscal Year\ni. Total Student Spaces\n43,598\n42,016\n44,575\nachieved\nii. nursing and other allied\nhealth programs\n2,888\n2,721\n2,907\nachieved\nHi. medical school programs\n1,020\n1,056\n1,056\nachieved\nTotal credentials awarded\n3 yr avg\n2007/8-2009/10\n3 yr avg\n2008/9-2010/11\n10,293\n10,635\n10,658\nachieved\nResearch Funding\nData from\n2009/10\nFiscal Year:\nData from\n2010/11\nFiscal Year:\ni. Sponsored research funding\nfrom all sources (million $)\nTotal:\n$538.4\nFederal=\n$259.0\nProvincial\n$103.0\nOther=\n$176.4\nTotal:\n> previous\nyear\nTotal:\n$575.2\nFederal=\n$285.8\nProvincial $83.9\nOther=\n$205.5\nachieved\nAboriginal Student Headcount\nData from\n2009/10\nAcademic Year\nData from\n2010/11\nAcademic Year\nTotal number (#)\n924\n>904\n1,080\nexceeded\nPercent (%)\n1.9%\n> 1.9%\n2.1%\nexceeded\nAboriginal Student Spaces\nData from\n2009/10\nAcademic Year\nData from\n2010/11\nAcademic Year\nTotal spaces\n720\nn/a\n777\nMinistry (AVED)\n720\n777\nIndustry Training Authority\nn/a\nn/a\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 99 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nAlignment With Ministry Goals\nKnilRI\narget Assessment\n2011/12\nPerformance Measure\n2011/12 2011/12\nBachelor's Degree completion\nrate\n2010 BGS Survey\nData\n2011 BGS Survey\nData\nDirect Entry Students (%)\n77.2%\n> 77.2%\n75.9%\nsubstantially\nachieved\nTransfer Students (%)\n75.4%\n> 75.4%\n75.0%\nsubstantially\nachieved\nBaccalaureate graduate\nassessment of quality of\neducation\n2010 BGS Survey\nData\n2011 BGS Survey\nData\ni. Satisfaction with Education\n(%)\n92.0%\n(+/-0.796)\n> 90%\n91.2%\n(+/- 0.8%)\nachieved\nii. Skill Development (avg. %)\n79.4%\n(+/-1.1%)\n> 85%\n79.5%\n(+/-1.1%)\nsubstantially\nachieved\nWritten Communication\n76.2%\n(+/-1.1%)\n75.6%\n(+/- 1.2%)\nOral Communication\n73.1%\n(+/- 1.2%)\n71.7%\n(+/- 1.2%)\nGroup Collaboration\n72.1%\n(+/-1.2%)\n73.8%\n(+/-1.2%)\nCritical Analysis\n87.6%\n(+/- 0.8%)\n88.2%\n(+/- 0.9%)\nProblem Resolution\n74.3%\n(+/- 1.2%)\n74.9%\n(+/- 1.2%)\nLearn on your own\n88.3%\n(+/- 0.8%)\n88.7%\n(+/- 0.8%)\nReading and Comprehension\n84.0%\n(+/- 1.0%)\n83.6%\n(+/- 1.0%)\nBaccalaureate graduate\nassessment of quality of\ninstruction\n2010 BGS Survey\nData:\n2011 BGS Survey\nData:\n92.8%\n(+/-0.7)\n> 90%\n92.0%\n(+/- 0.7%)\nachieved\nBaccalaureate graduate\nassessment of usefulness of\nknowledge and skills in\nperforming job\n2010 BGS Survey\nData\n2011 BGS Survey\nData\n81.7%\n(+/- 1.2%)\n> 90%\n81.6%\n(+/- 1.3%)\nsubstantially\nachieved\nBaccalaureate graduate\noutcomes - unemployment\nrate\n2010 BGS Survey\nData\n2011 BGS Survey\nData\n7.0%\n(+/- 0.8%)\n< 13.4%\n7.8%\n(+/-0.8%)\nexceeded\nTarget Assessment Scale\nDescription\nMore than 10% above target\nachieved\nUp to 10% above target\nsubstantially achieved\nUp to 10% below target\nNot achieved\nMore than 10% below target\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 100 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nAlignment With Ministry Goals\n2012-13 - 2014/15 Performance Targets\nPerformance measur\nStudent spaces\n.3/14 2014/15\nTotal student spaces\n42,094\n42,222\nTBD\nNursing and other allied health programs\n2,793\n2,889\nTBD\nMedical school programs\n1,088\n1,120\nTBD\nCredentials awarded\nNumber\n> 11,026\nTBD TBD\nAboriginal student headcount\nNumber\nPercent\n> 1,080\n>2.1%\n> previous year\nBachelor's degree completion rate\nDirect entry students (%)\nTransfer students (%)\n75.9%\n75.0%\n> previous year\nStudent satisfaction with education\nBaccalaureate graduates\n> 90%\nStudents' assessment of skill development (average %)\nBaccalaureate graduates\n> 85%\nStudent assessment of the quality of instruction\nBaccalaureate graduates\n> 90%\nUnemployment rate\nBaccalaureate graduates\n< unemployment rate for individuals\nwith high school credentials or less\nStudent assessment of usefulness of knowledge and skills in performing job\nBaccalaureate graduates\n> 90%\nResearch capacity\nSponsored research funding from all sources (million $)\n$575.2\n> previous year\nNotes:\n1 Includes 513 spaces at UBC Okanagan each year\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 101 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nFinancial Information\nFor the most recent financial information, please see the Audited Financial Statements available at:\nhttp://www.finance.ubc.ca/financialreporting/FinancialReportingFinancialStatements.cfm.\na place of mind\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPage 102 of 103 Place and Promise: The UBC Plan\nAnnual Report 2011/2012\nPage 103 of 103"@en . 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