December 6 Day of Remembrance
The Canada and BC flags will be lowered on Tuesday, December 6 to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Please see: UBC Remembers December 6 and UBC’s response to sexual assault – next steps
Remembrance Day 2016
The Canada and BC flags will be lowered on Friday, November 11, 2016, to mark Remembrance Day. The Remembrance Day Ceremony at UBC will be […]
John Gosline
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, November 10, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus John M. Gosline passed away on November 7, 2016. Dr. Gosline came to the Department of Zoology in 1973, retiring in 2008, after 35 years of service, having developed a world-class research program in comparative biomechanics at UBC. Dr. […]
Harvey Mitchell
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, November 10, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Harvey Mitchell passed away on October 28, 2016. Dr. Mitchell came to the UBC Department of History in 1967, where he taught for 22 years, remaining active after his retirement in 1989. His research focused on European intellectual history and studies […]
Maddin McLeod
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, November 10, in remembrance. Mr. Stanley Maddin McLeod passed away in September, 2016. Maddin came to UBC Botany and Zoology in 1974, as a technician. He was part of the teaching team in the first-year Biology program for 27 years. He was inducted to the 25 […]
Jim Taylor
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, October 20, in remembrance. James “Jim” P. Taylor, Q.C. passed away on October 16, 2016. Jim earned his LL.B. at UBC in 1968. He returned to UBC in 1974 as a faculty member, where he had a meteoric career, becoming tenured […]
John Brown
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, October 20, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus John C. Brown, FRSC, passed away on October 15, 2016. Professor Brown joined the Physiology Department in 1965 as an Assistant Professor, and rose to full Professor by 1970. In 1986, he formed, and became […]
Penny van Toorn
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, October 18, in memory of Dr. Penny van Toorn, who passed away on October 3, 2016. Penny earned her Ph.D. from UBC in 1991, and was appointed Assistant Professor of English in 1992. Penny was a superb scholar of indigenous literatures […]
Heather Kelleher
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, October 11, in remembrance. Dr. Heather Jane Kelleher passed away on September 24, 2016. Dr. Kelleher completed her Ph.D at UBC in 1996 before serving for twenty years on Faculty in the Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy as an outstanding math education instructor and influential and […]
Kristian Domingo
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, October 11, in remembrance. Kristian Elpidio Tsu Domingo passed away on August 16, 2016, at the age of 20. Kristian was a second-year student in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, working towards a degree in Animal Science. Kristian loved animals and his goal was to […]