Flag Notifications – Archives

Category for archived UBC in memoriam notices.

Patrick Lane

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Monday, March 18, in remembrance. Dr. Patrick Lane passed away on March 7, 2019. He was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Letters by UBC Okanagan in 2006. Patrick Lane’s writing has appeared in major anthologies used in university classrooms across […]

Joseph Schlesinger

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Monday, March 18, in remembrance. Dr. Joseph Schlesinger passed away on February 11, 2019. Dr. Schlesinger studied Journalism at UBC and in 1991 he received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from UBC. His journalistic career took him […]

Michael Chandler

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Monday, March 18, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Michael Chandler passed away on January 28, 2019. Michael Chandler is a developmental psychologist and Professor Emeritus in UBC’s Department of Psychology. His research interests include social-cognitive development in general, and, […]

Martha Donnelly

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Friday, January 18, in remembrance. Dr. Martha Donnelly passed away on January 10, 2019. Dr. Donnelly joined the UBC Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Family Practice in 1987, and became a member of the Quarter Century Club in 2013. Dr. Donnelly […]

Robert Scagel

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Friday, January 18, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Robert Scagel passed away on December 15, 2018. Dr. Scagel served in the Department of Botany as curator of the Herbarium at UBC from 1952-2000, where he built up the phycological (seaweed) collection to comprise […]

Gary Derkson

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Friday, January 18, in remembrance. Associate Professor Emeritus Gary Derkson passed away on December 25, 2018. Dr. Derkson taught at UBC as a professor of pediatrics in the Faculty of Dentistry starting in 1977 and joined the Quarter Century Club in 2003. […]

National Day of Remembrance

The Canada, BC and UBC flags will be lowered on Thursday, December 6 to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.  

Anne Autor

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, December 5, in remembrance.  Professor Emerita Anne P. Autor passed away on November 13, 2018.  Dr. Autor earned a B.A. with Honours and an M.Sc. in biochemistry from UBC. She returned to UBC in 1983, as a tenured professor in the Department […]

Robert Miura

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, December 5, in remembrance.  Professor Emeritus Robert Miura passed away on November 25, 2018. Professor Miura served In the Department of Mathematics from 1976 through 2001.

Michael Rochemont

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, December 5, in remembrance.    Professor Michael Rochemont passed away on July 3, 2018.  Professor Rochemont was a valued member of the UBC Linguistics Department from 1992 to 2018. He was recognized by his students and peers for his commitment to teaching and research […]