Flag Notifications – Archives

Category for archived UBC in memoriam notices.

Anne Autor

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, December 5, in remembrance.  Professor Emerita Anne P. Autor passed away on November 13, 2018.  Dr. Autor earned a B.A. with Honours and an M.Sc. in biochemistry from UBC. She returned to UBC in 1983, as a tenured professor in the Department […]

Robert Miura

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, December 5, in remembrance.  Professor Emeritus Robert Miura passed away on November 25, 2018. Professor Miura served In the Department of Mathematics from 1976 through 2001.

Michael Rochemont

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Wednesday, December 5, in remembrance.    Professor Michael Rochemont passed away on July 3, 2018.  Professor Rochemont was a valued member of the UBC Linguistics Department from 1992 to 2018. He was recognized by his students and peers for his commitment to teaching and research […]

United Way Campaign: Possibility Weeks

United Way Campaign: Possibility Weeks The United Way flag is flying on campus, at the North Plaza of the Life Building, beginning Tuesday, November 13, 2018 to mark the UBC Community United Way campaign’s Possibility Weeks (running until Friday, November 23, 2018). This will include a number of events around campus to raise awareness of […]

Remembrance Day

The Canada, BC, and UBC flags will be lowered on Sunday, November 11, 2018, to mark Remembrance Day. The Remembrance Day Ceremony at UBC will be held on Sunday, November 11.

John Stager

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, November 1, in remembrance.   Professor Emeritus John Kimberley Stager passed away on October 10, 2018. Dr. Stager joined UBC’s Department of Geography in 1957, retiring 36 years later, in 1993. Dr. Stager’s research focused on human interaction with the geography of the […]

John O’Connor

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, November 1, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus John R. O’Connor passed away on October 6, 2018, in Naples, Florida. Dr. O’Connor joined the Department of Anthropology and Sociology in 1970, retiring in 1995. He is remembered for his contributions to undergraduate  education. […]

Werner Cohn

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, November 1, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Werner Cohn passed away on Friday, October 19, 2018, in Brooklyn, New York.  Dr. Cohn was a dedicated member of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology from 1960 through 1986. He was an ethnographer of the […]

Randolf Louis

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, November 1, in remembrance.   Mr. Randolf  V. Louis passed away on October 20, 2018. Mr. Louis was inducted to the 25 Year Club in 2003. He retired from Borrower Services in the Library in 2007.  

Minoru Yatabe

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Monday, October 22, in remembrance. Mr. Minoru Yatabe passed away on October 12, 2018. Mr. Yatabe was one of the Japanese Canadian students awarded honorary degrees (D.hc) at a special ceremony on May 30, 2012. Full information on the students and the special ceremony […]