University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a worldwide community for examination and educating, reliably positioned among the 40 best colleges on the planet. Since 1915, UBC's West Coast soul has grasped development and tested the norm. Its entrepreneurial viewpoint supports understudies, staff and personnel to test tradition, lead disclosure and investigate better approaches for learning. At UBC, intense deduction is given a spot to form into thoughts that can change the world. 

UBC's two fundamental grounds are arranged in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley. Likewise in Vancouver, UBC Robson Square is a dynamic learning focus in the heart of downtown, the UBC Learning Exchange is a group engagement activity situated in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, and UBC's Center for Digital Media at the Great Northern Way Campus is situated in Mount Pleasant. UBC likewise gives clinical training to Faculty of Medicine understudies at 75 human services offices crosswise over British Columbia. Likewise, UBC's Asia Pacific Regional Office in Hong Kong, a Liaison Office in New Delhi, India, and a Liaison Office in Europe encourage instructing and scrutinize organizations and bolster graduated class engagement. 

The University of British Columbia is a worldwide place for exploration and instructing, reliably positioned among the 40 best colleges of the world. An openly upheld thorough college, we offer more than 50,000 understudies an unrivaled decision of degree projects, learning and research opportunities. 

As of late, UBC has been reacting to new patterns in the post-auxiliary segment so as to keep giving top-level training. This has included discovering fetched investment funds and decreasing general dependence on government working assets. With a yearly spending plan of more than $2 billion, which incorporates common and national government awards, educational cost, venture salary, research contracts and different sources, we are focused on aiding the UBC group and the general population in comprehension our money related circumstance. Our initial phase in giving a more powerful clarification of our monetary circumstance is to clarify UBC's income and costs. Over the coming months, we will keep on upgrading this site with more data. 

FAQs 

How is the UBC Endowment Fund oversaw? 

UBC's around $1 billion Endowment asset is the obligation of the Board of Governors, which appoints its administration to UBC Finance, and usage of its speculation strategy to UBC's Investment Management Trust Inc (IMANT). 

IMANT was set up in 2003 as a completely possessed auxiliary of UBC that reports to its Board of Directors delegated by the UBC Board of Governors. 

How does IMANT choose what it puts resources into? 

The objective of the UBC Endowment is to give monetary assets to bolster the University's scholarly mission. 

The UBC Endowment Investment Policy Asset Mix is suggested by the IMANT Board of Directors and endorsed by the UBC Board of Governors and sets out where the advantages of the UBC Endowment are to be contributed. 

IMANT does not itself put resources into individual stocks, bonds and different instruments. Or maybe, IMANT chooses store administrators, who thus put UBC Endowment monies in the assets they oversee. 

As a component of the speculation chief choice procedure, IMANT assesses imminent administrators on their thought of natural, social and administration issues (ESG) in the determination of venture instruments (stocks, bonds and so on). 

Visit the UBC IMANT site to see the announcement of IMANT speculation convictions. 

What does the UBC Endowment Fund put resources into? 

The Endowment Fund is exceptionally expanded, both geologically and by resource class, and weightings differ among these classes. Generally, the Fund is put resources into Foreign and Canadian values and in Canadian Fixed Income instruments (securities and so forth). A littler extent of the Fund is put resources into private value, land and foundation resources. 

View a breakdown of Endowment Fund ventures (PDF). 

What is UBC's way to deal with mindful venture? 

The UBC Board of Governors has affirmed a capable venture methodology on June 4, 2013. The procedure confers the University if British Columbia to three noteworthy activities: 

Make direct interests in natural and social ventures, officially worth $382 million 

Reinforce its dedication to great administration by joining the Canadian Coalition of Good Governance and by keeping on considering natural, social and administration (ESG) elements in selecting asset administrators 

Set up a Board team to make further suggestions 

What is the issue with divestments? 

In embracing its new capable speculation system, the college counseled generally with pioneers in the capable venture field. These pioneers did not support divestment but rather suggest a methodology that settles on choices in light of ESG standards and engagement with organizations to enhance execution. 

Issues with portfolio screening are numerous and complex. Morally, portfolio screening is hard to apply to mirror the contending political, natural and social intrigues playing out at any given time, and whether these hobbies ought to be organization particular or segment wide. Financially, screening out whole parts, for example, the Canadian vitality segment would push a greater amount of the gift outside of the nation, into geographic regions that regularly have more sketchy social and natural records. Fiscally, executing an immediate screening strategy would keep UBC from putting resources into pooled or filed finances and would produce huge overhead that would adversely effect understudy and scientists upheld by the gift. 

What amount does the University put resources into the oil and gas area? 

UBC does not make coordinate interests in particular organizations. It puts resources into pooled reserves oversaw by outer chiefs. 

At different times, the assets in which UBC's Endowment is put incorporate various organizations in the oil and gas segment. 

Does the University put resources into moral assets? 

While no set or direct duties have been made, as a major aspect of different base and private value reserves, IMANT has put part of the Endowment Fund in manageable activities (wind ranches, sun powered and hydro vitality, and so forth.) 

All the more essentially, from its understudy lodging budgetary blessing and working capital, UBC has put $382 million in understudy lodging and nursery gas decrease ventures at UBC. 

By what means will UBC indicate administration around there? 

UBC is a worldwide pioneer in supportability in its exploration, in its dedication to diminishing nursery gas outflows on grounds, and in social manageability activities, for example, understudy lodging, transportation and childcare. 

The college perceives that in the range of mindful venture, there is continuous impressive open deliberation on the definite qualities that could direct moral speculation. There is a considerable rundown of commendable issues that could possibly be incorporated into moral venture criteria however there is no agreement as for particular speculations. 

To that end, the UBC Board of Governors has built up a team to audit the matter and suggest further activities. 

Michael White Appointed as AVP Campus and Community Planning 

JANUARY 28, 2014 

We are satisfied to report the Board of Governors has affirmed the arrangement of Mr. Michael White as Associate Vice-President, Campus and Community Planning viable February 3, 2014 and taking after the proposal of the AVP CCP Search Committee. 

Mr. White is a previous Senior Planner of the City of Vancouver and Senior Planning Manager of Abu Dhabi, UAE, with 17 years of urban arranging knowledge in North America, the Middle East and Asia. In Vancouver, he labored for a long time driving expansive activities, for example, Eco-thickness, group rejuvenation and manageability arranging through Neighborhood Centers, and also city getting ready for the new Canada Line working with the City and TransLink. In Abu Dhabi, Mr. White was the Senior Planning Manager for Planning Policy at the Urban Planning Council, where he made another improvement office to arrange and add to the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. In this part, Mr. White's group made a scope of arrangements and strategies, including another capital city arrangement for the UAE and neighborhood arrangements and improvement regulations all through Abu Dhabi. He came back to Vancouver two years prior and has delighted in a fruitful counseling hone with ventures all through Canada and universally. 

Mr. White is known for his key arranging, group building, program administration and help capacities. He will work intimately with the Executive in directing the Campus Planning and Design portfolio, the Consultation portfolio and the Sustainability and Engineering portfolio for both grounds; Planning and Development Services and Programs and Animation for the Vancouver grounds; and Campus Planning and Infrastructure for the Okanagan grounds. 

If it's not too much trouble go along with us inviting Michael White and in wishing him well on his energizing command. 

Pierre Ouillet 

VP Finance, Resources and Operations 

Pascal Spothelfer 

VP Communications and Community Partnership 

Deborah Buszard 

Representative Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan 

UBC Adopts Responsible Investment Strategy 

JUNE 26, 2013 

On June 4, 2013, the UBC Board of Governors endorsed a mindful speculation technique to guide administration of its gifts and working capital assets. It additionally named a unique working gathering to suggest further changes. 

The methodology was created by the Board's Responsible Investment Committee for the Endowment, built up in 2010 to counsel with outer specialists and different colleges, and to locate a compelling methodology for UBC's enrichment mission, abilities and speculation convictions. It incorporates: 

1. Direct interest in natural and social ventures 

The University has put $382 million in understudy lodging or environmental change/greenho