Flag Notifications – Archives

Category for archived UBC in memoriam notices.

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

The Canada flag (at Flag Pole Plaza) and the BC, Musqueam, and UBC flags (temporarily relocated to the East Mall Entrance and Plaza at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) on the UBC Vancouver campus, and the Canada, BC, Okanagan Nation Alliance and UBC flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on Friday, December 6, 2024 to mark the National Day of […]

David Gillen

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, December 4, 2024 in remembrance. Professor Emeritus David Gillen passed away on October 31, 2024. Dr. Gillen served in the Sauder School of Business.

Dana Devine

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, December 4, 2024 in remembrance. Professor Dana Devine passed away on November 12, 2024. Dr. Devine was a current faculty member and served in the Centre for Blood Research, Faculty of Medicine. She was […]

Florence Chia-ying Yeh

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 Saturday, November 30, 2024 in remembrance. Professor Emerita Florence Chia-ying Yeh, also known as Jiaying Ye and Chiaying Chao, passed away on November 24, 2024. Dr. Yeh served in the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty […]

Jill McEwen

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, November 21, 2024 in remembrance. Jill McEwen passed away on November 1, 2024. Dr. McEwen was a current faculty member (emergency physician and Director of the Undergraduate Education program) and served in the Department […]

Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024

The transgender flag will be flown in place of the UBC flag November 13-20 in observance of Transgender Awareness Week from November 13–19 and Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. Additionally, the flags will be lowered on Wednesday, November 20, including the Canada flag (at Flag Pole Plaza) and the BC, Musqueam, and transgender flags (temporarily relocated to the East […]

John Horgan

The Canada flag (at Flag Pole Plaza) and the BC, Musqueam, and UBC flags (temporarily relocated to the East Mall Entrance and Plaza at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) on the UBC Vancouver campus, and the Canada, BC, Okanagan Nation Alliance and UBC flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 in remembrance of former Premier […]

Remembrance Day, 2024

The Canada flag (at Flag Pole Plaza) and the BC, Musqueam, and UBC flags (temporarily relocated to the East Mall Entrance and Plaza at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) on the UBC Vancouver campus, and the Canada, BC, Okanagan Nation Alliance and UBC flags at UBC Okanagan, will be lowered on Monday, November 11 in recognition of Remembrance Day. The […]

Indigenous Veterans Day, 2024

The Canada flag (at Flag Pole Plaza) and the BC, Musqueam, and UBC flags (temporarily relocated to the East Mall Entrance and Plaza at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) on the UBC Vancouver campus, and the Canada, BC, Okanagan Nation Alliance and UBC flags at UBC Okanagan, will be lowered on Friday, November 8 in recognition of Indigenous Veterans Day. […]

Jack Taunton

The BC, Musqueam and UBC flags will be lowered on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 in remembrance of Professor Emeritus Jack Taunton, who passed away on October 23, 2024. Dr. Taunton served in the School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education and the Division of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine and was a member of the […]