This month Campus Operations and Risk Management welcomed Mike McGinty, UBC Okanagan’s new associate director responsible for Risk Management Services and Campus Security.
Potential drought conditions in British Columbia have made this one of the driest fire seasons in recent memory.
The fire danger rating for the area around campus is currently high and Campus Security would like to remind the campus community to be extra vigilant with any flammable materials.
Campus Security is asking for help in identifying a person believed responsible for numerous thefts from campus since last September.
The First Aid room for UBC’s Okanagan campus has moved from the Arts building to the Security Office in the Library Building LIB 016 (next to the loading bay on the east side of the Library).
Campus Security reminds everyone to safeguard both UBC and personal effects this holiday season. Thefts of this type are crimes of opportunity and offices, study areas, and computer labs that are left unattended tend to be prime targets.
ICBC Road Safety Coordinator Christine Silver was on campus on November 28 to help Campus Security promote pedestrian safety.
New communicators bring a wealth of experience to their roles.
Campus Security reports an early morning (1 a.m. Friday) sighting of a black bear on Alumni Ave. near the UBC Okanagan campus bus stop. The bear moved into the wooded area adjacent to Parking Lots F and H, north of University Way, and has not been seen since shortly after 1 a.m.
Need an escort around campus? Safe Walk is now a 24 hours per day service for the Okanagan campus. Campus Security is now coordinating all Safe Walk activities and the service will be offered every evening until midnight by Safe Walk student escorts. These student escorts can be identified by their new red Safe Walk […]