Penkill Castle housed records of individuals in the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

Clayton or Clay Perry grew up in Oliver, BC, one of Mary Hansen and Ernest Perry's six children. He worked as a surveyor around western, northern and eastern Canada. In the late 1950's he enrolled at the University of British Columbia, and graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy. In 1965 Clay married Penny Pollock with whom he had two daughters. He began work with the International Woodworkers' of America Local 1-357, New Westminster, and remained associated with that union for most of his career. He worked for the BC NDP government of David Barrett in 1972, serving with the Ministers of Health and Social Services. Clay then returned to work in the labour movement, finally becoming Legislative Director of the IWA's national office.

A long-time member of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club and the Vancouver Art and Historical Society, Fred Perry first arrived in Canada in 1904 after apprenticing in the tailor trade in Europe. In 1905 he came to Vancouver where he soon joined several other outdoor enthusiasts in forming the B.C. Mountaineering Club. Perry later helped establish the Burrard Field Naturalists' Club.

Founded in 1996, the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies is the senior research institute at UBC. It supports research through collaborative, interdisciplinary initiatives that have the potential to make significant advances in knowledge. The Institute brings together scholars from UBC with distinguished researchers and experts worldwide to investigate fundamental research, drawing upon and contributing to a wide range of diverse disciplines. In recognition of the current intellectual and funding landscape, one of the primary goals of the Peter Wall Institute is to foster new collaborative, multidisciplinary research groups, meetings, and international exchanges to tackle a wide range of research. As well as helping to bridge Departmental and Faculty boundaries within UBC, the Institute is committed to facilitating contacts between outstanding researchers at UBC and distinguished researchers from around the world. The Institute aims to create a community of scholars, composed of renowned researchers from faculties and schools across the UBC campus, contributing significantly to the university's intellectual life. The primary, overriding concern in all Institute activities is to promote excellence in interdisciplinary, innovative and unique research unlikely to occur without Institute funding. The Institute's programs, including financial awards, are centred on UBC's Vancouver campus and can be grouped into two categories: Thematic and Residential. Thematic Programs involve establishing an overall research theme in which scholars with the relevant expertise are gathered together. These consist of Exploratory Workshops, colloquia, Theme Development Workshops and the Major Thematic Grant, which provides funding of up to $500,000 over a three to five-year period to a broad interdisciplinary team of UBC and external scholars to research a new area. Residential programs focus on bringing together distinguished researchers from UBC and worldwide to spend time at the Institute. These residencies, ranging from one month to one year, encourage scholars' interaction from various disciplines in exploring new research directions. These include the Peter Wall Distinguished Professor, Distinguished Scholars in Residence, Early Career Scholars, Distinguished Visiting Professor, and the Wall Summer Institute for Research (previously the Visiting Junior Scholar program).

Linda Peterat holds a B.Sc., B.Ed., M.Ed., and Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies from the University of Alberta. Prior to coming to UBC, she taught home economics in both junior and senior high schools. At UBC, she directed the home economics teacher education program and graduate programs at UBC and taught graduate courses in curriculum studies and research methodologies. At the end of her career at UBC, she pursued her interest in researching food as it relates to home economics. The research led her to become the co-creator of the Intergenerational Landed Learning Project in 2002 and its co-director until 2007. Following her retirement in 2006, she moved to Vernon BC, where she directs an Intergenerational Landed Learning Program in the Xerindipity Garden at the Okanagan Science Centre and is a Program Developer for the Okanagan Science Centre.

Chantal Petitclerc is a Canadian Wheelchair Racer who has won 21 Paralympic medals, 14 of them gold. After her performance at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she was awarded the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canadian Athlete of the Year. In addition, she was a flag bearer for the Canadian team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In 2009, she was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. In March 2016, Petitclerc was named to the Canadian Senate by prime minister Justin Trudeau.

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Born in Slovakia, Peter Petro began his studies at the Comenius University in Bratislava in English and Spanish. He emigrated to Vancouver in 1968 and continued his studies at UBC in Russian and Spanish, B.A. in 1970 and a Masters in Russian literature in 1972. In 1977 he was appointed to teach Russian language and literature in the Department of Slavonic Studies, UBC and was Chair of the Program in Modern languages.

The Pharmaceutical Association of British Columbia was established in 1891 as a regulatory body for pharmacists. It changed its name to the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia in 1974.

Edward Phelps acquired most of the stock of the Insurers' Advisory Organization headquarters in Toronto in 1974 when the IAO closed its Plan Division. After distributing much of the collection, Phelps offered a set of fire insurance plans for Canada to the University of British Columbia Library in 1982. Before moving to computer applications, fire insurance plans provided fire underwriters with sufficient information at a glance on which to base risk assessments. They yield a great deal of information including building materials and design as well as existing fire hazards and the proximity of water supplies.

Russell James Spence 'Bus' Phillips was Director of Athletics at UBC for twenty-seven years (1953-1980). It was Physical Education Director Robert Osborne who recruited him. Phillips was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta and immigrated with his family to Vancouver when he was eight years old. He was an accomplished gymnast, but it was track and field where he excelled. As Director of Athletics, Phillips developed new and more suitable competitive leagues for many UBC sports. He also successfully lobbied for direct grant funding for the athletic program at UBC. He was inducted into the UBC Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.

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