March 17, 2025
Ensure you have the knowledge to support your colleagues and create a workplace environment where disability inclusion and accessibility are prioritized.
News and Stories | Accessibility
March 5, 2025
Several commemorative days taking place this March remind us of global norms established to safeguard and promote the universal human rights and fundamental freedoms of all people and, in the current context, emphasize the need to counter the intensification of misogyny, racism and transphobia.
Days of Significance, Featured, Messages from the AVP, News and Stories |
February 4, 2025
February is Black History Month. While we should celebrate Black history and excellence every day, this is an opportunity for a focused, intentional and elevated reflection and recognition of Black history and achievement.
Days of Significance, Featured, News and Stories |
January 28, 2025
This day commemorates the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp that took place in 1945 and honours the memory of the victims and the survivors of the Holocaust (the Shoah)
Days of Significance, Featured, News and Stories |
January 20, 2025
I am pleased to announce that the Equity & Inclusion Office has now released three, new anti-discrimination educational resource modules. These are: The Introduction to UBC’s Human Rights Obligations and Discrimination Policy is a pre-requisite learning module to be engaged with prior to the other complementary modules. The resources are part of a forthcoming and […]
Messages from the AVP, News and Stories |
November 20, 2024
Explore how you can help mark this year’s Trans Day of Remembrance and access resources for trans community members and those seeking to be better allies.
Days of Significance, Featured, News and Stories |
November 6, 2024
This November marks several commemorative days that are relevant for the Equity & Inclusion Office (EIO) to acknowledge given their implications for the sense of inclusion and belonging for our diverse domestic and international campus communities.
Featured, Messages from the AVP, News and Stories |
October 1, 2024
Days of significance for Jewish and Muslim people are converging in a particularly poignant way this October. As we continue to hold space for grief, we wish to make space for Jewish and Muslim community members to recognize their respective religious and commemorative events.
Days of Significance, Featured, Messages from the AVP, News and Stories |
