Past Events
Campus Vision 2050 Engagement Session|Feb 2, 2023
Emeritus are invited to the next engagement session on the Campus Vision 2050. Help guide the planning process for the future of UBC.
Members met in the Spring and Fall of 2022 to learn about and provide feedback to support the CV2050 planning process. Recordings of the Spring event can be found on youtube. In this third engagement session members can learn about the next stages and continue to give their valuable insights on their experience and hopes for UBC in the future.
Join us for a short presentation to learn about CV2050, then participate in the conversation by asking questions and providing your insights on key CV2050 topics.
About Campus Vision 2050
The UBC Vancouver campus, situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, is home to a world-class, global university, residential neighbourhoods and a vibrant community in a growing region. In early 2022 UBC Campus and Community Planning is launching Campus Vision 2050 (CV2050), a comprehensive, two-and-a-half-year land use planning process. The CV2050 process will build on the history of this unique place and plan for what comes next for a university campus and a community in changing region and world.
CV2050 will be developed through comprehensive engagement with Musqueam and the campus community, and informed by policy, principles, best practices, and societal imperatives like housing affordability, reconciliation, climate change, anti-racism, connectivity and community wellbeing. The public process formally launched in January 2022 with a broad conversation with the university community on needs and aspirations, and there will be several points of public engagement during Campus Vision 2050 to enable comprehensive community input.
CV2050 will lead to a long-term vision and ensure the future direction for the campus builds on what makes UBC a special place and enhances the livability, sociability and character of the campus within its unique context. The final vision and plans will support the needs of the university and balance the interests of our campus communities, our Indigenous hosts, the broader region, and the environment.
Read more about CV2050 and find out how to get involved: campusvision2050.ubc.ca
Thursday, 2 February 2023 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Council Meeting | Feb 1, 2023
Wednesday, 1 February 2023 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
CURAC Later Life Learning Zoom session | Jan 31, 2023
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness with Dr. Marc Schulz
What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? According to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, the answer to these questions may be closer than you realize. McMaster is thrilled to have Dr. Marc Schulz, the associate director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, give a talk to the McMaster community about the subject matter in the just released book he has co-authored, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
Meeting at 4:00pm Pacific Standard Time (Vancouver)
(7pm Eastern Time)
Click HERE for More information and the Zoom-link
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 - 4:00pm
Deadline to Enter to Win a Travel Voucher | Jan 31, 2023
Are you ready to travel?
Enter now to win a $500 travel voucher from Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT).
OAT has donated four $500 travel vouchers, valid for any of their trips through May 2024. Limit one entry per person.
All members of the College are eligible to win a $500 travel voucher from Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT), one of AROHE's (Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education) sponsors.
ENTER to win $500 OAT Travel Voucher
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 - 10:00am
Vancouver Institute with Jessica Grahn | Jan 28, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Jessica Grahn, Director, Human Cognitive and Sensorimotor Core of the Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario
Title: "Moving and Grooving: Musical Rhythm’s Effects on the Brain”
Dr. Grahn was the first researcher to establish the neural link between hearing musical rhythm and spontaneous activation of the brain’s motor control system by asking the question why do humans move to rhythm?
Opening Ceremony Walk for Joy | Jan 25, 2023
Walk for Joy (formerly Walkabout) is a 9 week walking, rolling and physical activity challenge designed to get people moving and reduce sedentary time.
This challenge is open to all UBC students, staff, faculty, emeriti and community members. A large emphasis is placed on being social while completing physical activity, so find a friend to get moving with! Participants can join with a 5 member team or participate individually, and will try to accumulate as many steps during each week. Bonus “social steps” are given for any physical activities done with another person.
A step leaderboard will be updated weekly, so you can track your progress and keep an eye on how your team is doing! At the end of the challenge, awards and prizes will be presented to the team with the most steps walked, best team name and best team photo. The top team will have their team name engraved on a plaque!
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 - 12:00pm