Don Anderson
The BC, Musqueam and UBC flags (temporarily relocated to the East Mall Entrance and Plaza at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) will be lowered on Thursday, February 6, 2025 in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Don Anderson passed away on January 17, 2025. Dr. Anderson served in the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science.
M.A. (Tony) Hickling
The BC, Musqueam and UBC flags (temporarily relocated to the East Mall Entrance and Plaza at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) will be lowered on Thursday, February 6, 2025 in remembrance. Professor Emeritus M.A. (Tony) Hickling passed away on January 4, 2025. Dr. Hickling served in the Faculty of Law.
His Highness the Aga Khan IV, LL.D. h.c.
The BC, Musqueam and UBC flags (temporarily relocated to the East Mall Entrance and Plaza at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) will be lowered on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 in remembrance. Honorary Degree Recipient His Highness the Aga Khan IV, LL.D. h.c. passed away on February 4, 2025. His Highness was awarded an honorary […]
Dr. Allison Eddy, MD, FRCPC
Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics Chief, Pediatric Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital & BC Women’s Hospital Dr. Allison Eddy is a graduate of McMaster University Medical School. After completing a Pediatric Residency at McGill University and a fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology at the University of Minnesota, she became a member of the faculty at the […]
Dr. Josef Penninger
Director, Life Sciences Institute, UBC Professor, Dept of Medical Genetics, UBC Canada 150 Research Chair in Functional Genetics Professor of Genetics, University of Vienna Honorary Professor, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Guest Professor, Medical University of Vienna Adjunct Professor, Dept of Immunology, University of Toronto Josef Martin Penninger, born in Gurten, Austria, is an […]
Dr. Troy Grennan, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases Physician Lead, Provincial HIV/STI Program, BC Centre for Disease Control Troy Grennan, MD MSc FRCPC, is an infectious diseases physician, and currently the Physician Lead, HIV/STI Program, at the BC Centre for DIsease Control. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the […]
Dr. Roger Y.M. Wong, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS
Executive Associate Dean, Education Clinical Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine Faculty of Medicine, UBC Dr. Roger Wong works tirelessly to advance academic and clinical health sciences related to geriatrics, and his work has made significant impact on the care for older people in Canada and the world. Dr. Wong received his M.D. degree with Honours […]
Dr. Poul Sorensen, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty of Medicine, UBC Poul Sorensen is an anatomic pathologist specializing in the molecular pathology of pediatric cancers. Dr. Sorensen holds the Asa and Kashmir Johal Endowed Chair in Childhood Cancer Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC), and is a UBC Professor of Pathology and Laboratory […]
Günter Seifert – Violin
Member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Born in Weyer, Upper Austria. 1962 to 1969 – Studied at Mozarteum Salzburg. 1969 to 1972 – Studied at Music School of Higher Education Vienna. 1972 – Joined the Vienna State Opera Orchestra 1974 – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1974 (First Violin). 1980 – First Violin of the Seifert […]
Rémy Ballot – Violin
Member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Born in Paris Studied the violin (Gérard Poulet), music theory and pedagogy at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. In 2004, Ballot moved to Vienna to develop his musical career, establishing himself as a regular first violin in the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, […]