Workers’ Mourning Day
The Canada flag (Main Mall and Crescent Road) and the BC and UBC flags (North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Saturday, April 28, in recognition of the National Day of Mourning, to remember lives lost in the workplace and resolve to prevent future tragedies.
Hanna Kassis
The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, April 19, 2018, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Hanna E. Kassis passed away on April 3, 2018. Professor Kassis began his teaching career at UBC in 1964, retiring in 1997 from the Department of Classical, Near Eastern and […]
Yim Tse
The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, April 19, 2018, in remembrance. Librarian Emeritus Shui Yim Tse passed away on March 16, 2018. Mr. Tse was Chinese Librarian at UBC’s Asian Library from 1968 until his retirement in 1999. He built cultural bridges […]
Terry Anderson
The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, April 19, 2018, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Terence William Anderson passed away on March 16, 2019. He started at UBC in 1980, where he became Head of the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology. He […]
Melvyn Rainey
The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, April 19, 2018, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Melvyn D. Rainey passed away on March 10, 2018. Professor Rainey retired from the Department of Language Education in 1989.
IRSHDC Opening
The Canada flag (Main Mall and Crescent Road) will be lowered on Monday, April 9, on the occasion of the official opening of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and a Statement of Apology for UBC’s involvement in the system that supported the operation of the Indian Residential Schools, remembering those who did […]