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Equitable Sleep: Not as Easy as Counting Sheep

November 10, 2025

Are you interested in getting involved in research? The Sleep Health Equity Engagement Project (SHEEP) wants to hear from you!

Researchers are looking for people to help shape the future of sleep health research by sharing ideas for future studies through a 15–20-minute survey. This research study has been reviewed and approved by the College’s Scholarly Engagement Committee.

You may be eligible if you:

are 14 years or older

live in Canada

work with people whose voices aren't often heard in research (e.g. individuals with mental health or substance use challenges), or

have interest in sleep health equity

The survey is available in 3 languages:

English

French

Farsi

Coming soon: Chinese, Hindi, Punjabi, Spanish, Korean, and Vietnamese

Ready to participate? To see if you are eligible and to start the survey, click here.

Prefer to complete the survey over the phone? Please email sleep.engage@ubc.ca or call 250-807-8344.

Each participant will have a chance to enter a prize draw to win a $25 gift card or a book about sleep health!

Exciting New Addition to the College’s Academic Program

June 10, 2025

The College is delighted to announce a new collaborative venture with Green College: (the) Emeritus Visiting Scholars in Residence Program

The Emeritus College will henceforth nominate Visiting Scholars who are distinguished in their fields and who have a proven track record of interdisciplinary practice or engagement to be a resident at Green College. Visitors will be invited to be either a Green College Patricia Merivale Visitor in Residence or a Cecil H. and Ida Green (CIG) Visiting Professor. In terms of residence, the Merivale Visitors are invited for a month-long stay, while the CIGs stay for one or two weeks.

A feature of each residence will be a public event led by the visitor in each College. The visit will allow for extensive collaboration with members of the Emeritus College and engagement with graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, UBC faculty and the broader community. The intent is to foster collaboration and the interchange of ideas on interdisciplinary topics with scholars from outside British Columbia. To provide the greatest impact the Visitor’s field of interest should have broad appeal to members of both Colleges.

The Fall deadline for nominations is October 17, 2025.

If you are a member of the Emeritus College and would like to nominate a Visitor as part of this program then please contact Professor Emeritus Donald Fisher donald.fisher@ubc.ca, Chair of the Emeritus Visiting Scholars in Residence Program Committee

Looking for Committee Members of the Scholarly Expenses Subsidy Committee!

May 1, 2025

The UBC Emeritus College seeks to assist in fostering, promoting, and disseminating the scholarly activities and academic pursuits of retired faculty, by disbursing funds provided for this purpose by the University.  Every year in July, Emeriti Professors are encouraged to apply for our (limited) funds in order to subsidize their research expenses incurred in the previous 12 months. Much of the work in processing these applications for a subsidy is done by the Emeritus College office, but the Scholarly Expenses Subsidy Committee reviews all applications and decides on eligibility and on funding amounts.  This work is basically done over the summer and finished by the end of September, followed by a policy meeting in February to consider policy questions for the next round of funding. As continuity on this Committee is very desirable, we are looking for two new members to sign on for at least two years.  The downside of being on the Committee is that you will not be eligible to apply yourself for support from the Committee. I hope that will not be too much of a deterrent. The work of our Committee is absolutely central to what the Emeritus College does, so we need good people on it!

Please reach out to David W. Edgington, Chair, UBC Emeritus College Scholarly Expenses Subsidy Committee at david.edgington@ubc.ca.

UBC Email Service Disruption

March 6, 2025

We have become aware that some Senate approved Emeriti have lost access to their UBC email account. If you find yourself in this situation, please take the following steps:

Immediately contact UBC IT to request reactivation of your email account.
- UBC Vancouver: 604.822.2008 (Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm)
- UBC Okanagan: 250.807.9000 (Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:30pm)
- Email: service.helpdesk@ubc.ca
Make a note of the incident number (INC) provided by IT.
Contact us with your IT incident number
- Email: office@emerituscollege.ubc.ca
- Phone: 604-827-6359

It’s very important that you reach out to our office, as we maintain a record in order to improve the UBC processes in Workday in collaboration with UBC IT and Faculty Relations. Thank you for your attention to this matter and we apologize in advance for the inconvenience for losing access to your UBC email address.

Johnson Insurance Renewal Notice | Membership in Good Standing

If you have Johnson Inc insurance, they will routinely ask you to verify your Emeritus College membership status on your insurance renewal date. This is to ensure the Johnson records are up-to-date. As a member of the College, your membership is automatically considered in good standing and does not expire. There is no need to contact the office for renewal or confirmation.

Thank you for your consideration.

Call for Additional Nominations for UBC Emeritus College Council – deadline May 3, 2024

The Nominating Committee invites additional nominations from members for UBC Emeritus College Council.

More details to follow soon

INDIGENOUS INFORMATION BOOKLET FOR UBC EMERITUS COLLEGE MEMBERS

The Continuing Scholarly Activity and Engagement Committee (CSAEC) of the Emeritus College (EC) is pleased to offer the Indigenous Information Booklet to Emeritus College members. This booklet was compiled by Noah Chenoweth, PhD student, UBC Okanagan Campus and Okanagan Nation member and Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem, Emeritus College, Stó:lō Nation

View Booklet

General Meeting Recording Online

You can now watch the recording of the General Meeting with UBC President and Vice-Chancellor, Benoit-Antoine Bacon

View Recording

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR AWARDS

The Emeritus College is now accepting nominations for two annual awards.

UBC Emeritus College Award for Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours: The Award of Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours from the UBC Emeritus College recognizes UBC emeriti for excellence in innovative research, artistic creation or new applications of previous research since attaining emeritus status.

UBC President’s Award for Distinguished Service: The UBC President's Award for Distinguished Service honours UBC emeriti who have displayed exceptional leadership in volunteer community services

Deadline: Tuesday, February 20, 2024

More Details

If you have any questions, please contact Queenie Law at office@emerituscollege.ubc.ca.