Due to the high volume of PD fund claims submitted in the 2024/2025 fiscal year, the funding pool for the CUPE 2950 employee group has been depleted.

As such, the CUPE 2950 PD Fund is now closed and no further PD fund claims (expense reports or request forms) will be accepted or reimbursed through Workday for the remainder of the current funding year. 

The CUPE 2950 PD Fund will refresh and open again as of April 1, 2026. At that time, staff may submit claims in Workday for PD Fund expenses incurred within 90 days of their claim submission date.

To learn more about the staff PD funds and the current details for all other employee groups, visit the Staff professional development funding page.  

If you have questions, please contact the PD Funds team in HR at pd.funds@ubc.ca.

Thanks to the members who joined our Summer Photo Challenge which ran mid-June to mid-September. Winners were announced at the September 26 GMM and will be contacted regarding their prizes.

We had four categories: Summer Adventures, Cool Treats, Flora and Fauna and Sunset Spectacular.

The winning photos can be found below. All photos submitted to the challenge can be found on the digital padlet wall: CUPE 2950 Summer Photo Challenge (padlet.com)

Special thanks to Cloris, Communications Committee member for putting this challenge together.

Stay tuned for future challenges!

Winner of Summer Adventures category: Tinuy An Falls, Phillippines (Chatty Lagura)

Winner of Cool treats category: Hot treats (Belle Zhao)

Winner of Flora and Fauna category: Puffin at the Wick on Skomer Island (Kristina Shen)

Winner of Sunset Spectacular category: Sunset on Beach (Samantha Chan)