Flag Notifications – Archives

Category for archived UBC in memoriam notices.

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 […]

Elaine Stolar

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Friday, March 16, in remembrance.   Professor Emerita Grace Elaine Stolar passed away on February 27, 2018. Dr. Stolar first came to the School of Social Work in 1966, serving UBC for over 30 years. Prof. Stolar was Director from 1993 to 1998, […]

Mavis Teasdale

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Friday, March 16, in remembrance.   Professor Emerita Mavis Joyce Teasdale passed away on March 5, 2018. She was Associate Professor Emerita with the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Teasdale was UBC’s first pediatric hematologist. She began the use of chemotherapy for the treatment of […]

Rose Charlie

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, March 8, in remembrance.   Dr. Elizabeth Rose Charlie, OBC passed away on March 4, 2018.  She was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws by UBC in 1990 in recognition of her contributions to the struggle for […]

Anne Treisman

The BC and UBC flags (at the North Plaza of the Old SUB) will be lowered on Thursday, March 8, in remembrance. Professor Anne Treisman passed away on February 10, 2018. Dr. Treisman taught in the Department of Psychology from 1978 to 1986, and was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Science by UBC in 2004 […]