The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, October 18, in memory of Dr. Penny van Toorn, who passed away on October 3, 2016. Penny earned her Ph.D. from UBC in 1991, and was appointed Assistant Professor of English in 1992. Penny was a superb scholar of indigenous literatures in Canada. After returning to the University of Sydney, she became a prolific scholar of indigenous writing and culture in Australia.