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Monday, January 27, 2025

UBC joins national CASPAR initiative for sustainable procurement

UBC is part of CAUBO-ACPAU-Sustainable Procurement-Approvisionnement Responsable (CASPAR), a new Canadian inter-university working group on sustainable procurement. The group is a collaborative forum with materials,…
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Friday, January 24, 2025

Leena Mahasen joins VPFO as Executive Director, Transformation and Strategy

Leena Mahasen will be joining as an Executive Director, Transformation and Strategy in the VP Finance & Operations on Monday, February 10. With a career…
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Friday, January 17, 2025

UBC supplier tax forms for 2024

UBC mails out a copy of the tax forms (T4A and T5) every year by early February. UBC mails T4A-NR forms upon issuance. If you…
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Monday, January 13, 2025

HSBC Global Disbursements transitions to RBC International Pay

As part of the HSBC-RBC transition, UBC is transitioning to RBC’s International Pay on January 17, 2025.   Please note there is a difference in the…
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Monday, January 6, 2025

Indigenous Business series: Cedar Feast House

The Indigenous business series brings together voices from majority-owned/controlled (51% or more) by Indigenous peoples’ businesses that have worked with UBC. We had the opportunity…
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Monday, January 6, 2025

Launching now! Explore the new UBC Finance website and portal built from your feedback

The new UBC Finance website (finance.ubc.ca) and UBC Finance Portal is a critical step in better serving the campus community. Over 20% of survey respondents…
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Friday, January 3, 2025

Indigenous Business series: Chase Office Interiors

The Indigenous business series brings together voices from majority-owned/controlled (51% or more) by Indigenous peoples’ businesses that have worked with UBC. We had the opportunity…
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Monday, December 16, 2024

University cheque mailing resuming as normal starting December 17

Canada Post has announced it is resuming operations on Tuesday, December 17. All cheques produced for students, employees, and suppliers that were held for pickup…
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Friday, December 13, 2024

2025 payroll calendar now available

The 2025 payroll calendar is now available via UBC Finance website. Please note: Some payroll information on the current finance.ubc.ca website will be migrating over to a new…
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Your UBC finance information is moving on January 6!

On January 6, 2025, we’ll be launching the new UBC Finance website for the public and the UBC Finance Portal for UBC employees. The new…
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