In the Focus on People Annual Report 2011, we share stories that highlight some of our strategic initiatives and how these efforts are making a difference to faculty and staff on our campuses. Click on any of the stories below to learn more.

Through the Focus on People framework, UBC is committed to pursuing strategic initiatives that foster a healthy, inspiring work environment marked by collegiality, respect and inclusivity.

President’s Message

President’s Message

Dialogue is an integral part of a dynamic, fulfilling place to work and learn. In 2011, UBC invited faculty and staff to participate in an institution-wide conversation and share your experiences at the University through the second Workplace Experiences Survey. [Click to read more...]

 

Supporting Academic Leadership

Supporting Academic Leadership

Wisdom Tettey came to UBC Okanagan as the new Dean of the Faculty of Critical and Creative studies at the beginning of the 2011-2012 academic year. When he arrived from the University of Calgary and began sitting on the Dean’s Council, Tettey was invited to provide input for a new academic leadership program because of his conflict management and strategic leadership experience. “We outlined areas of need, and deliberated about what is needed to build a strong, effective day-to-day team of leaders.” [Click to read more...]

 

Building Positive Mental Health

Building Positive Mental Health

Since 2009, UBC has created many programs to raise faculty, staff and student awareness about the importance of mental well-being, including UBC Thrive. Developed by Suzanne Jolly and Patty Hambler, UBC staff who promote health and wellness on campus, Thrive is a week of events held in October to promote awareness around positive mental health within the UBC community. [Click to read more...]

 

Fostering a Respectful Environment

Fostering a Respectful Environment

At an event to welcome their new Dean, the Faculty of Education signalled its commitment to nurturing a respectful environment in which to work and learn by envisioning how to do so as a community. “The point was to start [the Dean’s] tenure here by bringing the community together in a way that started this dialogue,” says Dr. Deborah Butler, Associate Dean, Strategic Development. [Click to read more...]

 

Welcoming Relocating Faculty and Staff

Welcoming Relocating Faculty and Staff

Even before they were hired to teach at UBC’s Faculty of Dentistry, Dr. Ricardo Carvalho and his wife, Dr. Adriana Manso, were introduced to Jayne Booth and her staff at the Work-Life and Relocation Services Centre, where they learned about how the centre could help with relocation. [Click to read more...]

 

Creating a Learning Organization

Creating a Learning Organization

When Paola Baca, Associate Director, Academic Services for the undergraduate program at the Sauder School of Business, decided to utilize UBC’s coaching services, she was seeking ways to address a feeling that she was trying to do too much with all her work and family responsibilities. “I was feeling really pulled apart,” she explains. “I needed to talk to someone to feel grounded.” [Click to read more...]

 

Benchmark Report

Benchmark Report

Focus on People: Workplace Practices at UBC is the framework that supports the University’s commitment to providing an outstanding work environment in Place and Promise: The UBC Plan. [Click to read more...]

 

Workplace Experiences Survey

Workplace Experiences Survey

In November, 2011, UBC held its second Workplace Experiences Survey, an opportunity for staff and faculty to share what they think about working at UBC. We are taking a detailed look at how to use the survey results to help shape the next version of Focus on People, to be launched in 2013. [Click to read more...]

 

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