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Roy Turner

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, April 20, in memory of Professor Emeritus Roy Turner, who passed away suddenly on April 15, 2017. Dr. Turner, a leading ethnomethodologist was a member of the Anthropology and Sociology Department from 1965 to 1993.  Roy edited the […]

Bill Nelems

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, April 12. Professor Emeritus Bill Nelems passed away on March 31, 2017. Dr. Nelems retired from the Department of Surgery in 2004. He was a pioneer in thoracic surgery, performing the first lung transplant in Canada, and founder of the BC Provincial […]

Rodney Andrew

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, April 12. Professor Emeritus Rodney Frederick Andrew passed away on March 28, 2017. Dr. Andrew was recently awarded the CFPC Family Physician of the Year award, in recognition for his work with the Family Residency and International Medical Graduate programs. A Celebration of Life […]

James Gray

  The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, April 12.   Professor Emeritus James Underwood Gray passed away on March 18, 2017. Jim retired from the Department of Visual and Performing Arts in Education in 1992. Jim was responsible for the creation of the Quarterly Quorum, a lecture series […]

Gillian MacLean

  The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, April 5, in memory of  Gillian Elizabeth MacLean, who passed away suddenly on March 21, 2017, at the age of 29. Gillian was a graduate student in the Department of Medical Genetics She was in the […]