Welcome

UBC Public Affairs is responsible for communicating UBC’s Trek 2010 vision along with key university messages and values to both the internal community of students, faculty, and staff, and to the broader external community of diverse audiences.

UBC Public Affairs reports to the Office of the Vice President, External, Legal and Community Relations.

UBC Public Affairs Communications Services

• UBC Reports, UBC’s monthly newspaper
• 604.UBC.INFO line (over 1,000 calls per month)
• placement of UBC’s people and stories in the media
• media monitoring service
• UBC Annual Report & Annual General Meeting
• UBC Experts media contact service
• media training and issues management advice
• communications & publications consultation
• strategic planning on the use of the Web
• communications coordination across all UBC units

Live TV and Radio Capabilities

UBC Public Affairs can provide local, national and international broadcast outlets with live television and radio feeds from the UBC campus.

UBC’s information lines

Looking for general information at UBC, or assistance in finding a UBC expert for news stories? Call the UBC Information Line, 604.UBC.INFO (604.822.4636), or the UBC News Line, 604.UBC.NEWS (604.822.6397), 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (PST).

Latest Media Releases

• Feb. 8: Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer’s treatment: UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health research
• Feb. 2: Canada’s Chief Justice takes part in Western Premier of Louis Riel opera
• Feb. 2: UBC researchers to lead two NSERC Strategic Networks worth $10.3M
• Jan. 26: UBC clinical teaching facility opens at KGH
• Jan. 25: No evidence of a post-Olympics boom or bust for host city real estate prices: UBC study
• Jan. 25: Weight training improves cognitive function in seniors: UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health research
• Jan. 18: “Jekyll and Hyde” cell may hold key to muscular dystrophy, fibrosis treatment: UBC research
• Jan. 17: Zebrafish behaviour monitoring system could boost drug discovery: UBC-Harvard research
• Jan. 15: BC’s Four Research Universities Applaud the Provincial Government’s HST Rebate Decision
• Jan. 14: Disadvantaged neighbourhoods set children’s reading skills on negative course: UBC study

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