Remembrance Day
The Canada and BC flags will be lowered on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, to mark Remembrance Day.
Ross Mackay
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, November 5, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus John Ross Mackay, OC, FRSC, passed away on October 28, 2014. Ross first came to the Department of Geology and Geography at UBC in 1949, and continued to teach following his retirement from the Department of Geography in 1980. […]
Mark Zacher
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, November 5, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus Mark W. Zacher passed away on October 25, 2014. Mark was a professor for almost 40 years in the Department of Political Science, retiring in 2003. He served as Director for the Centre of International Relations from 1971 to […]
David Niederauer
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Wednesday, November 5, in remembrance. Professor Emeritus David J. Niederauer passed away on July 27, 2014. Professor Niederauer was a specialist in 19th-Century French Literature who taught for over 30 years at UBC. He was first appointed to the Department of Romance Studies in 1955, retiring […]
Anna Leith
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, October 27, in memory of Librarian Emeritus Anna Ruth Leith, who passed away on October 16, 2014. Anna earned a BA from UBC in 1945. In 1959, she joined the UBC Library Science Division, becoming Division Head in 1961. She was appointed Head of the […]
National Events
The Canada and BC flags have been lowered today, Thursday, October 23, 2014, in recognition of the events of this week. The University is lowering its flags today in tribute to the soldiers killed in the attacks on Monday and yesterday, and in recognition of the attack on both Parliament Hill and the National War […]
Anne Grierson
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, October 21, in memory of Anne Margaret Grierson UE, who passed away on October 2, 2014. After graduating from UBC, Anne worked in Graduate Studies until her retirement. She was inducted into the 25 Year Club in 1987. Many at UBC knew Anne through […]
Roger Sutton
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Monday, September 29, in memory of Professor Emeritus Roger A.L. Sutton DM, FRCPC, who passed away on September 10, 2014. Dr. Sutton came to Vancouver in the mid 1970s, where he became Head of the Division of Nephrology, and Head of the Department of Medicine at […]
Theo van Rijn
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Thursday, September 18, in memory of Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus Theo Arie van Rijn, who passed away on August 26, 2014. Dr. van Rijn taught Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) since 1984, and was Head of the UBC Division of PMR and Director […]
Tadeusz Ulyrch
The BC Flag (Main Mall and Agronomy Road) will be lowered on Tuesday, August 26, in memory of Professor Emeritus Tadeusz Ulyrch, who passed away on August 19, 2014. Tad received his MSc in 1961 and his PhD in 1963 from UBC; he joined the Geophysics Department as faculty in 1965. Although he officially retired in 2000, he remained […]