Get Ready to ShakeOut
On October 20, 2022, practice how to DROP, COVER and HOLD ON at 10:20 a.m. during the annual Great BC ShakeOut. Tour UBC’s Earthquake Engineering Research Facility (EERF), and in the evening, attend the SAN ANDREAS movie screening complete with live scientific commentary from Natural Resources Canada Seismologist, Alison Bird. All events are free and open to the public.
Are you prepared for an emergency?
Help increase the campus community’s resilience, emergency awareness and preparedness by joining us on September 6-8. Find our Emergency Preparedness booth on Imagine UBC at Main Mall on September 6, and Ride the Quake Cottage, an earthquake simulator at University Commons outside the Nest on September 7 and 8.
Emergency Preparedness Week is May 1-7, 2022
Join us during Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) to increase our community’s resilience by learning about emergency preparedness. We all have a role to play in an emergency, and we want you to Get Informed, Get Prepared, and Take Action so you, your loved ones, and your community are better prepared for emergencies.
Join us for Welcome Back week: July 26-30, 2021
Safety & Risk Services has put together a series of online sessions that will launch the week of July 26-30, 2021, to help support a safe and healthy work environment and a smooth transition to campus in September 2021. We invite you to join us during this week to hear from guest speakers, subject matter experts from SRS, and enroll in the online series that can be taken at your own convenience and pace.
Submit your burning emergency management questions
Submit any questions or concerns you may have regarding risk, resilience, emergency planning, and personal preparedness at UBC. UBC’s Emergency Management team is developing a video to answer your top 10 burning emergency management questions as part of the Safety & Risk Services’ Welcome Back: Being aware and taking care online series.