2013
- Op/ed: Technology will change universities as it changed the music industry
- SAFAR/VOYAGE: Contemporary Works by Arab, Iranian and Turkish Artists
- Op/ed: Rapid transit for UBC Broadway corridor key to economic success
- UBC Alma Mater Society All Presidents’ Dinner
- Student Leadership Conference
2012
- Fall Congregation
- Vancouver Board of Trade
- Imagine UBC Vancouver
- Create UBC Okanagan
- Report: Strengthening education and research connectivity between Canada and Asia: Innovative models for engagement
- APRU 16th Annual President’s Meeting
- Spring 2012 – Congregation and Convocation
- Conferral of Degrees to Japanese-Canadian Students (Class of ’41/42)
- Torture: Can International Law Prevent it?
- Op/ed: Building bridges from B.C. to Brazil
- “Improving Asia-Pacific Science Collaborations,” Science, vol. 336, 6 April 2012
- UBC Equity, Diversity and Intercultural Understanding Colloquium 2012
- Op/ed: Federal budget signals a commitment to innovation
- AAAS 2012 Annual Meeting – Opening Ceremonies
- Op/ed: Innovation, international collaboration go hand in hand
- Ismai’li Lecture Series – Pluralism and Pragmatism: The Role of Universities in Developing Human Potential
- Op/ed: Knowledge Infrastructure Program
- Op/ed: More than a grade
2011
- Hong Kong University Centenary
- Fall Congregation
- Dialogue on the History of Indian Residential Schools in Canada
- AUCC Centennial Membership Meeting (Bilingual)
- Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health Groundbreaking
- Vancouver Board of Trade
- Imagine UBC Vancouver
- Create UBC Okanagan
- Copenhagen Sustainability Lecture
- Vancouver Energy Roundtable
- Spring Convocation – Okanagan campus
- Spring Congregation – Vancouver campus – video
- Spring Congregation – Vancouver campus
- Universitas 21 Global Ideas Roundtable
- Cultivating Research in British Columbia
- Lunar New Year Luncheon
2010
- Op/ed: Stephen Toope on global challenges and the organizational-ethical dilemmas of universities
- Fall Congregation
- FICCI Higher Education Summit
- LifeSciences BC Breakfast
- Diversity improves our university and our country
- Vancouver Board of Trade
- Op/ed: Don’t swallow these innovation nostrums
- APRU Responses to Asia-Pacific Issues
- Spring Congregation and Convocation Address
- Xerox Event
2009
- Hong Kong Alumni Christmas Event
- MITACS 10th Anniversary
- Fall Congregation
- Vancouver Board of Trade
- Imagine UBC Vancouver
- Create UBC Okanagan
- Spring Congregation
2008
- 2008 Fall Congregation
- Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture on Social Policy – A Right to Escape Poverty?
- 2008 Vancouver Board of Trade Speech
- National Core for Neuroethics
- SSHRC Breakfast at 2008 Congress – Canadian Universities & New Internationalism
- 2008 Spring Congregation
- Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities Federation – Presidential Address
- CERIUM Annual Conference Keynote Address
2007
- 2007 Fall Congregation
- International Education for Peace Conference
- Educating the Eye: Engendering Issues of Social Justice at UBC and Beyond Celebrating Women’s and Gender Studies Research at UBC
- Vancouver Board of Trade Address – Campus 2020: Why Higher Education Matters To You
- Law, Education, and Social Change: Keynote Address to Lawyers’ Rights Watch Committee Dinner
- 2007 Dawson College Graduation Address
- 2007 Spring Congregation
- Response to Campus 2020 – Plant Report on BC’s Post-Secondary System
2006
- 2006 Fall Congregation
- 2006 UBC Annual General Meeting
- Vancouver Board of Trade Address: Great Cities and Great Universities
- Installation Address: The University of British Columbia: Here It Is – It Is Yours