DVC Search Begins
On 24 August a broadcast email informed the UBC community of the search committee’s first meeting
Submit Your Question to President Toope
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Past President’s Town Hall Events
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About the President’s Town Hall
Each year the President’s Town Halls bring UBC faculty, staff and students together for a chance to ask senior administration any questions they may have. The Town Halls are an interactive forum for dialogue and a way for our campus communities to learn about strategic initiatives.
Our Questions Define Us
Seeking answers to questions is what a university is all about. What have we accomplished this year? Where are we going from here? Submit your question to Prof. Stephen J. Toope and learn more about the 2011 President’s Town Hall
Louise Cowin appointed Vice President, Students
UBC announces that Louise Cowin will begin her term as Vice President, Students in October 2011
Update: UBC responds to Rumana Monzur attack
Following on my message of June 15, 2011, I am writing with further news about our student Ms Rumana Monzur. The most recent news about Ms Monzur’s health is distressing. Ms Monzur’s eye injuries have been assessed at two top flight facilities in India. Doctors at Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai and at the Aravind Eye […]
Kate Grenville, The Lieutenant (Harper Collins, 2008)
An exploration of the possibilities and impossibilities of cross cultural communication. Set at the moment of first contact between English naval officers and aborigines in Australia (1788), this beautiful novel is at once a bildungsroman, an adventure story, and a lyrical reflection on language. The relationship that evolves between Lieutenant Daniel Rooke and the child […]
Edmund de Waal, The Hare With Amber Eyes (Chatto & Windus, 2010)
The most exquisite memoire I have ever read. Mr. de Waal, a distinguished English potter, traces his family history by exploring the movement of a collection of Japanese netsuke from late 19th century Paris, to Vienna at the Anschluss, to Tokyo, to London. The collection is first bought by Charles Ephrussi, the model for Proust’s […]
Message to the Community from the UBC President
I am writing with deep sadness to share with you the news of the brutal attack on our graduate student Ms Rumana Monzur in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ms Monzur is completing a Master’s degree in Political Science at our Vancouver campus. She returned home to visit her family and friends, as well as her colleagues at […]
2011 Spring Graduation
UBC celebrates achievement at its Spring 2011 Graduation events
President discusses university funding crunch
Prof. Toope discusses university funding with colleagues on BNN’s Headline program
Governor General visits UBC
Canada’s Governor General the Rt. Hon. David Johnston visited UBC to participate in a discussion on innovation
BC government announces $3.5 million grant
Funding to MITACS will assist UBC graduate students and new PhDs
Winners for 2011 President’s Service Award for Excellence announced
Recognizing the contributions of staff members to the UBC community, five staff will receive the 2011 President’s Service Award for Excellence. Presented during the Spring Congregation and Convocation ceremonies, this award acknowledges staff members who have made outstanding contributions to UBC and excelled in their own personal achievements. Katherine Beaumont, Director of Go Global. Beaumont […]
Nobel laureate receives UBC honorary degree
Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, received an honorary degree on April 21
Statement on the future of intercollegiate sport at UBC from President Stephen J. Toope
Athletics at UBC: President Stephen J. Toope opts to remain in CIS.
President’s Staff Awards: Nominations Open
The President’s Staff Awards recognize the contributions to UBC and personal achievements of staff at the Vancouver campus in five categories: Leadership and Creativity Enhancing the UBC Experience Global Citizenship Emerging Leadership (new in 2011) Advancing Diversity and Inclusion (new in 2011) Recipients receive $2,000 and a certificate of recognition presented at a special ceremony […]
Vice President, Students Search
To all UBC students, faculty and staff: A search committee has been established to recommend to the Board a Vice President, Students. This Vice President, responsible to the President, will provide strategic leadership to UBC’s student portfolio to accomplish the vision, commitments, goals, and actions as set out in the University’s strategic plan, Place and […]
Prof. Toope is co-recipient of an ASIL award
The American Society of International Law recognized Prof. Toope’s co-authored book with an award of merit