We commit to environmental, social, and financial sustainability. Through our diverse expertise in the Creative and Performing Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Geographical and Information Sciences, we inspire our community and beyond to meet the urgent challenges of the climate emergency.
We strive to foster the connectedness of our vibrant community and to increase accessibility, work satisfaction, belonging, and wellbeing, making the Faculty of Arts an optimal home for our students, faculty, and staff. We commit to sustainable budgets, making strategic financial investments aligned with our core values and vision.
Goals and actions
Action 4.1.1: Explore opportunities to provide career- and life-coaching support for students.
Action 4.1.2: Develop and implement initiatives and programs to cultivate a culture of wellbeing and work-life balance, foster connections and a sense of belonging, and build resilience among students, faculty, and staff.
Action 4.1.3: Foster a supportive environment and expand opportunities for workplace learning, leadership development, career growth and mobility to enable the continued flourishing of staff, faculty, and students.
Action 4.1.4: Support embedding mental health literacy into student programs and curricula to promote student mental health and wellbeing.
Action 4.2.1: Establish a mechanism for tracking contributions to the University's Climate Action Plan 2030, including encouraging virtual alternatives for meetings and conferences and reductions in travel.
Action 4.2.2: Support, recognize, and showcase environmental work across research, teaching and learning, and engagement, highlighting the Faculty of Arts’ contribution to addressing climate emergency within UBC and beyond.
Action 4.2.3: Collaborate with campus partners to enhance work-integrated learning programs connecting students to work, research, and teaching and learning opportunities in environmental action and climate justice.
Action 4.2.4: Promote the responsible use of technology in supporting sustainability, acknowledging both its environmental impact—such as the energy intensity of AI—and its potential to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and support climate-conscious decision-making.
Action 4.3.1: Develop an annual strategic plan progress report to highlight key accomplishments and investments.
Action 4.3.2: Develop and implement a multi-faceted data-driven marketing strategy to promote programs, attract, and retain prospective students, with attention to diversity and representation in recruitment.
Action 4.3.3: Assess and continue optimizing administrative services, processes, and organizational structures to enhance strategic alignment and operational efficiency, including leveraging technology to improve processes and services.
Action 4.3.4: Expand academic credit and non-credit programs and increase flexibility in learning pathways, focusing on areas that address global and societal challenges, align with market demand, and contribute to long term financial sustainability.
Action 4.3.5: Identify opportunities for sharing best practices across departments and optimizing curriculum, workload, and course delivery in alignment with the Faculty of Arts’ values.
Action 4.4.1: Foster dialogue with UBC campus partners to explore and identify the most effective strategies for elevating disability inclusion.
Action 4.4.2: Foster an environment of disability inclusion by recognizing efforts, reducing disability stigma, and actively seeking funding to advance accessibility.
Action 4.4.3: Proactively adopt workplace, teaching, learning, and research practices and modalities to improve accessibility, belonging, and flexibility.