New tool to enhance the efficiency of expense report management in Workday

UBC Accounts Payable and the Integrated Service Centre are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of Expense Protect, a tool to help reduce time spent on manual review of Expense Reports in Workday. Expense Protect will use machine learning to analyze data trends from new and historical UBC expense reports to provide a ‘Risk Level’ […]

Moody’s affirms UBC’s Aa1 rating and S&P lowers its rating to A+ due to provincial credit link

As a requirement of issuing and having publicly traded debt outstanding, UBC is required to maintain a credit rating. A credit rating is an independent evaluation and forward-looking opinion of UBC’s financial health and overall creditworthiness, particularly in repayment of the debt outstanding. A higher rating indicates greater financial stability, which helps build trust with […]

Update on UBC and UBCIM Responsible Investing Commitments 

The University is committed to continually advancing its responsible investing practices and enhancing existing important work in this area. At this time, we are particularly focused on further integration of social factors, including human rights, in a manner that is consistent with the University’s legal and fiduciary duties. This work is being led by UBC […]

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, training, and other knowledge-sharing opportunities for procurement practitioners at CAUBO member institutions.   UBC and other major institutions like Carleton University, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Toronto are working […]

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 are a UBC supplier and did not receive the tax forms or would like a digital copy, please download your tax forms directly from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) website […]