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A digital holiday-themed graphic featuring a blue ornament with glowing circuit patterns, symbolizing technology. The background is dark with bright blue bokeh lights, creating a futuristic festive atmosphere. Text on the right reads: “UBC IT Okanagan Holiday Open House 2025” with “Holiday” highlighted in gold script font.

UBC IT Okanagan Holiday Open House 2025

It’s that time of the year again to celebrate the holiday season with your friends from UBCO IT. All staff and faculty are invited to enjoy some festive foods, drinks and tech themed games.


November 10, 2025

Enhancing IT Support with AI-Generated Help Videos

Enhancing IT Support with AI-Generated Help Videos

The IT Communications team used Synthesia, a video creation platform powered by artificial intelligence, to produce engaging instructional videos for students, faculty, and staff. The shor…


November 25, 2025

November Phishing Workshop Recap

November Phishing Workshop Recap

Last week, on November 12th, the PrISM team conducted their monthly phishing prevention workshop. Here are key takeaways and a walk through of example case studies. Recent Phishing Tactics Phishi…


November 18, 2025

Privacy Matters @ UBC Symposium 2025 – Event Recap

Privacy Matters @ UBC Symposium 2025 – Event Recap

On October 29, nearly 420 UBC faculty and staff from across campus and online came together for the 8th annual Privacy Matters @ UBC Symposium — a vibrant day of learning, dialogue, and s…


November 5, 2025

UBC is improving how duplicate student accounts are managed

UBC is improving how duplicate student accounts are managed

UBC has introduced enhancements to its Duplicate Record Merge process. These improvements, implemented on September 25, 2025, help ensure that each student, applicant, and learner…


October 28, 2025

October Phishing Workshop Recap

October Phishing Workshop Recap

Phishing via Teams Phishing is generally conducted from emails; however, UBC has faced its first case of Phishing via Teams. Claiming to be part of UBC’s IT support team, a cybercriminal attempted to c…


October 15, 2025

UBC Launches VMware Cloud Migration Project Website

UBC Launches VMware Cloud Migration Project Website

UBC is preparing for an important transition in how we deliver EduCloud services. Over the next year, we will be moving to a hybrid cloud model that combines an updated on-premises platfo…


September 16, 2025
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