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VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program
The Mosaic Vivarium team has completed the migration of application data from servers located in the United States to servers in Canada. Access to Mosaic has been restored for all users. This change updates the URL (web address) for accessing Mosaic. Please update your browser bookmarks to reflect…
A total of 27 established and emerging Research Excellence Clusters to receive funding.
VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program
Mosaic Vivarium users will not have access to the application from December 13, 2018 5:00 p.m. until December 14, 2018 5:00 a.m. PST. This will affect all campus and remote users who need access to this system. During this time, all Mosaic data currently hosted in the United States will be…
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
When: Friday, November 30th, 2018 Where: SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC The Pacific Northwest Data Curators meet-up will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday, 30 November at the SFU Harbour Centre Campus Vancouver. Similar to previous years, it will be a day of…
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
WestGrid's fall webinar series is back and offering tutorials on a variety of topics in advanced research computing (ARC) -- from introductory sessions to more advanced and specialized topics. University faculty, grad students, and staff from all disciplines are invited to attend these sessions…
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
When: Friday, September 14th ( 9-10 am PDT // 10-11 am MDT/CST // 11 am-12 pm CDT) Where: Online REGISTER HERE Join us as we welcome fall and the start of a new academic year at our next WestGrid Community Town Hall on Friday September 14, 2018 at 9…
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
When: Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 at 10.00AM - 11.00AM Where: RM 256-Chilcotin Boardroom, IKBLC REGISTER HERE Have you ever thought about music as data? We invite you to come and hear a digital humanist discussing his experiences working with musical scores as digital texts…
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
The Advanced Research Computing team would like to congratulate Health Research Project Manager, Scott Baker, on his receipt of the Dan Chase Distinguished Service Award from CARA (The Canadian Association of Research Administrators) this past June. Scott was recognized for his participation…
VPRI Unit: Animal Care and Use Program
Our migration to the new Canvas learning management system was completed today. The updated courses in Canvas are now available for student self-enrollment. Canvas is a new online learning platform with an intuitive interface that lets you have a better learning experience. If you have any…
VPRI Unit: Advanced Research Computing
Please provide your feedback on the draft Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy. The VPRI office will submit a single consolidated response to the policy on behalf of research at UBC and based on input from stakeholders.
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