Jim Caswell
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, February 15, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus James Oliver Caswell passed away on February 5, 2016. Dr. Caswell came to UBC’s Department of Fine Arts in 1971, serving as Head from 1981 to 1997, retiring from the Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory in […]
Pride Flag Incident
UBC Response to Pride Rainbow Flag Burning Incident
Bruce Gellatly
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, February 9, in remembrance. Bruce Gellatly passed away on February 2, 2016. Mr. Gellatly was Vice President of Administration and Finance at UBC from 1983 to 1996; he worked with President David Strangway to build UBC into a leading national research university. A Funeral […]
Peter Murtha
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, February 9, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Peter A. Murtha passed away on January 6, 2016. Dr. Murtha came to the Faculty of Forestry in 1975, a specialist in photo interpretation of forest analysis and remote sensing, using information about the earth recorded by […]
Elizabeth Misewich
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, February 9, in remembrance. Librarian Emerita Elizabeth Evelyn Misewich passed away in January, 2016 at the age of 90. Elizabeth worked for many years as a librarian at UBC, retiring in 1988.
Maria Fürstenwald
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 20, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Maria Anna Fürstenwald passed away on January 14, 2016. Dr. Fürstenwald retired from the Department of Germanic Studies in 1985. She was best known for her research work on women writers of the Baroque period. Maria was predeceased by her long-time friend […]
Janet Stein
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 20, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Janet Ruth Stein Taylor passed away on January 16, 2016. Dr. Stein joined the UBC Department of Botany in 1959, retiring in 1985. During that period, she lead the advising group in the Department, and served as […]
Roger Tonkin
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 13, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Roger Sherriff Tonkin, OBC passed away on December 23, 2015. Dr. Tonkin joined the UBC Department of Pediatrics in 1968, was inducted to the Quarter Century Club in 1996, and appointed Professor Emeritus in 1997. Dr. Tonkin’s interests […]
Judy Mosoff
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 13, in remembrance. Professor Judith Mosoff passed away on December 20, 2015. An alumna of the UBC Faculty of Law, Judy Mosoff joined the Allard School of Law as faculty in 1991. She influenced generations of students, activists and lawyers through her passion for social justice […]
Dal Richards
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, January 6, in remembrance. Dr. Dallas Murray Richards, OC, OBC, passed away on December 31, 2015, at the age of 97. Dr. Richards was conferred an honorary degree by UBC in 2010. Dal, his wife Muriel, and the Dal Richards Orchestra celebrated their relationship […]