Category: Student Housing
Q&A with Gillian Wallis: student moves, a year-round endeavour
Meet Gillian Wallis, Manager of Residence Transition and Community Engagement, for Student Housing in Vancouver and learn about move-in, move-out and more.
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Debra Eng: reducing our energy use and emissions
Meet Debra Eng, our Ancillary Energy Manager, and learn more about how she’s working to reduce energy use in our buildings. Plus, get Debra’s energy saving tips for work—and home!
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Change on the horizon: Residence front desk services
Find out about changes coming to Residence front desk services in Vancouver this summer.
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tə šxʷhəleləm̓s tə k̓ʷaƛ̓kʷəʔaʔɬ naming and opening ceremony
On June 7, 2022, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and UBC held the official naming and opening ceremony for tə šxʷhəleləm̓s tə k̓ʷaƛ̓kʷəʔaʔɬ.
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Welcome to Lakshmi Sangaranarayanan
Please join us in welcoming Lakshmi Sangaranarayanan to the SHCS team as our new Director, Student Residence.
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Spotlight on Zahra Fazal, Senior Residence Advisor
Meet Zahra Fazal, who made significant contributions to UBC as a Senior Residence Advisor and beyond.
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SHCS Retirements | August & September 2020
Congratulations to these SHCS staff on retiring, and thank you to each of them for their dedication to UBC throughout their careers.
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Q&A with Carol Young
Read a Q&A with Carol Young about how the residence Front Desk team is supporting students during COVID-19.
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AED and Naloxone Kits in Residence
Did you know that SHCS now has emergency Naloxone and AED kits installed at our eight residence front desk locations?
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Residence Life: Beyond the Buildings
Over 13,000 students live in residence at UBC – at both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Between the two campuses, we have 17 residence communities – and each year we open a new residence or house to accommodate the growing campus population. But within UBC Student Housing, our Residence Life teams go way beyond just providing students with a room to study and sleep in.
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New Totem Park House Name
At a wonderful and moving unveiling ceremony on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 the new name for Building 7 at Totem Park Residence was gifted to UBC and SHHS by the Musqueam First Nation. We are so honoured to be gifted this very important name in Musqueam history and culture: c̓əsnaʔəm House, or c̓əsnaʔəm leləm̓.
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