Flag Notifications – Archives

Category for archived UBC in memoriam notices.

Alfred Ogilvie

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. Professor Emeritus Alfred Livingston Ogilvie passed away on September 4, 2018. Dr. Ogilvie attended UBC as an undergrad, and returning in 1976 as a Professor in Oral Medicine, playing a key role in the creation of the Periodontics […]

United Way – Week of Caring

United Way Campaign: Week of Caring The United Way flag is flying on campus, at the North Plaza of the Life Building, between Tuesday, October 9, 2018 and Friday, October 12, 2018, during the Week of Caring – a week marking the start of our 2018 annual UBC Community United Way campaign. This week includes […]

United Way Campaign

The United Way flag is flying on campus, at the North Plaza of the Life Building, Thursday, September 20, 2018, to mark the launch of the annual campaign.  

Alan Cairns

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Friday, September 14, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus H. Alan C. Cairns, O.C. passed away on August 27, 2018.  Dr. Cairns was first appointed to UBC’s Department of Political Science in 1960, heading the department from 1973 to 1980, and retiring in 1995. Dr. […]

Judith Johnston

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Friday, September 14, in remembrance. Professor Emerita Judith R. Johnston passed away on August 26, 2018. Dr. Johnston joined UBC’s School of Audiology and Speech Sciences in 1989, serving as Director from 1989 to 2000. She retired in 2008, but continued mentoring students. […]

Doug Waterfield

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, August 30, 2018, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus John Douglas (Doug) Waterfield  passed away on August 20, 2018. Doug earned his BSc and MSc at UBC in Microbiology. Dr. Waterfield returned to UBC to join the Faculty of Oral Biology in 1983, until […]

Robert Steele

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Tuesday, August 21, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Robert Cameron Steele passed away on August 2, 2018. Professor Steele was a printmaker; he joined the Faculty of Education in 1962, moving to the  Fine Arts Department in 1988, where he taught until his […]

Colin White

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Tuesday, August 21, in remembrance. Dr. Colin Thomas White passed away on July 29, 2018.  Dr. White was a Pediatric Nephrologist at BC Children’s Hospital for the last 15 years. His dedication for caring for children with renal disease was recognized […]

Donna Ford

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Tuesday, August 21, in remembrance. Professor Emerita Donna M. Ford passed away on July 25, 2018. Dr. Ford was a gifted teacher of anatomy and had a lasting impact on generations of students of medicine and rehabilitation sciences. She was one […]

Andrew Murray

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Life Building (the Old SUB) will be lowered on Tuesday, August 21, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Andrew Burger Murray passed away on June 24, 2018. Dr. Murray came to the Department of Paediatrics in 1962, where he started the Division of Allergy at Children’s Hospital and became its first Head. Dr. […]