Robert Blake
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, August 29, in memory of Professor Emeritus Robert William Blake, who passed away on July 29, 2016. Dr. Blake came to the Department of Zoology in 1979, at the age of 25, establishing himself as a prolific researcher and expert in fish […]
Donald Brown
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, August 18, in memory of Professor Emeritus Donald G. Brown, who passed away on July 18, 2016. Dr. Brown was a UBC alumnus, graduating in 1947 with a B.A, Honours Philosophy. He returned to the Philosophy Department at UBC in 1955, retiring as […]
Richard Hare
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, August 15, in remembrance. Mr. Richard Hare passed away on August 9, 2016. Richard was inducted to the 25 Year Club in 2011. He worked as a Library Assistant in the Koerner Library, was a member of the CUPE 2950 executive, and a long-standing activist on the […]
Sheldon Naiman
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, August 15, in remembrance. Dr. Sheldon Charles (Shelly) Naiman passed away on July 24, 2016. Dr. Naiman was the province’s first Clinical Hematologist and the first Head of the Division of Clinical Hematology, serving almost 40 years at VGH and St. Paul’s Hospital. Dr. Naiman and […]
Samuel Ho
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, August 15, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Samuel Pao-San Ho passed away on July 20, 2016. Dr. Ho joined the UBC Department of Economics in 1970. During his time at UBC, he served as the Head of the Economics Department from 1985 to 1989 and the Director of […]
Mel Hurtig
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) is lowered on Thursday, August 4, in remembrance. Dr. Melvin Gordon Hurtig, OC passed away on August 3, 2016. Dr. Hurtig was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws by UBC in 1992 in recognition of his dedication to his country.
Martha Stella Bonilla
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) is lowered on Thursday, August 4, in remembrance. Martha Stella Bonilla, passed away on July 25, 2016, at the age of 33, shortly before moving onto to her second year of graduate studies in Human Development, Learning, and Culture in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS) within […]
John McIver
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) is lowered on Thursday, August 4, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus John Robert (Jock) McIver passed away on June 27, 2016. Dr. McIver came to UBC in 1969, teaching in the Department of Anatomy until his retirement in 1991. A celebration of life will be held Thursday August 11, at Hollyburn Country […]