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Common or Preferred Names
Your chosen or common name, which may differ from your legal name, is the name you desire to be known by.
Asking them which name they would prefer you to use is a smart idea because some overseas students may decide to use an English or Western name while attending UBC. Students who identify as transgender, two-spirit, or who have gender differences may have legal names that don't correspond to how they express their gender.
These kids might wish to go under names that more accurately reflect who they are. which is fantastic!
Students may specify their preferred names on their student cards and class lists under UBC's preferred name use policy.
Visit the following pages for more details:
- The preferred name uses at UBC
- Modify your personal data
Pronouns
We address ourselves or each other using pronouns instead of
the names we use. Did you know that some persons prefer to be addressed as He/She/Her or They/Them/Theirs instead of?
pronouns (He/Him/His and She/Her/Hers) that commonly allude to the gender binary. People who identify as transgender or gender nonconforming will use their preferred pronouns. One important piece of advice is to never assume a person's gender; instead, if they don't tell you what pronouns they prefer to be addressed by, make sure to ask.
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