Corporate body

University of British Columbia. Public Affairs Office

1995-2018

The University of British Columbia's Public Affairs Office emerged in 1995 as part of the External Affairs Division. Like its direct predecessors, the Information Office (1965-1985) and Community Relations (1985-1994), the Public Affairs Office's primary function is to communicate UBC's mission, key messages and values to both its internal community of faculty, staff and students and to the broader external community. Public Affairs produces twenty-one issues of UBC Reports each year. This publication includes major articles on people, events and activities in the university community. In addition to using information for articles in UBC Reports, Public Affairs is also responsible for disseminating information to a broad base of print and electronic media sources for publication and presentation to the public. In 2018 the Public Affairs Office changed its name to Media Relations.