Born in Belfast on September 26, 1939, George McWhirter was raised between a kitchen house on the Shankill Road and a bungalow in Carnalea, Co. Down. He received his BA and DipEd from Queen's University in Belfast, where he was a classmate of poets Seamus Heaney and Seamus Deane and Robert Dunbar, the Irish literary critic. He taught at Kilkeel, Bangor, County Down (1962-1965), and at the University of Barcelona's Escuela de Idiomas (1965-1966). He came to Canada in 1966 and first taught high school in Port Alberni. He has lived in Vancouver since 1968, been involved with Vancouver Pacific Swim Club (now the Pacific Dolphins), acting as treasurer for 1992-93 and is an honorary member of CIVA (Canada-India Village Aid). He received his MA from UBC in 1970, staying on to become a full Professor and Head of the UBC Creative Writing Department from 1983 until 1993. He was associated with Prism International magazine as Managing Editor (68-69), Poetry Editor (70-76) and Co-Editor (1975-76), then as Advisory Editor from 1977-2005. He was editor of Words from the Inside (a Canadian Prison Arts magazine) in 1974 and 1975.
Some appearances of his translations and poetry in anthologies range in time and place from Soundings 72, edited by Seamus Heaney for Blackstaff Press in Belfast, to The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse (1973 and 1991 editions), 20th Century Latin American Poetry (University of Texas Press, 1996), Irish Writing in the 20th Century (Cork University Press, 2000), then Ireland once more for The Blackbird's Nest: An Anthology of Poetry from Queen's University Belfast (Blackstaff Press, 2003), and BC: In Fine Form: The Canadian Book of Form Poetry (Polestar, 2005). In 2008 he was featured in Rocksalt: An Anthology of Contemporary BC Poetry (Mother Tongue Publications Inc.), Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets (Bibliosis). His poem, A Season of Easy Meat, appears in Poetry in Transit on the Vancouver buses, July 1, 2008-09. His version of Euripedes' Hecuba was produced by Blackbird Theatre at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in late December 2007 and early January 2008.
McWhirter's novel, Cage (Oberon), about a BC priest in Mexico, won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize at the BC. Book Awards in 1988. As well as five collections of short stories, which include Bodyworks (Oberon, 1974), God's Eye (Oberon, 1981), Coming to Grips with Lucy (Oberon, 1982), A Bad Day To Be Winning (Oberon, 1984) and Musical Dogs (Oberon, 1996), he has published one novel about a kidnapping, partially set in the Squamish Valley, entitled Paula Lake (Oberon, 1985), and in another, The Listeners (Oberon 1991), he recalls his Belfast roots. He has a son, Liam, and a daughter, Grania. McWhirter and his wife Angela (Mairead Coid), whom he married in 1963, have maintained ongoing literary associations in Mexico with writers such as José Emilio Pacheco, Homero Aridjis and Gabriel Zaid. He published an award-winning translation of The Selected Poems of José Emilio Pacheco (New Directions, 1987). He was editor and major translator for an anthology of Mexican poets, Where Words Like Monarchs Fly(Anvil, 1999). Its title refers to the annual migration of monarch butterflies between Mexico and Canada, inspired by one man whose verse turned into a volume, Eyes to See Otherwise: The Selected Poems of Homero Aridjis, 1966-2000 (Carcanet/New Directions, 2002), for which McWhirter was co-editor and principal translator. As of 2008, he has completed a translation of Aridjis' Poemas Solares/Solar Poems for City Lights, San Francisco, 2009.
McWhirter's books of poetry include Catalan Poems (Oberon, 1971), Bloodlight for Malachi McNair (Kanchenjunga, 1974), Queen of the Sea (Oberon, 1976), Twenty-Five(Fiddlehead, 1978), The Island Man (Oberon, 1981), Fire Before Dark (Oberon, 1983), Incubus: The Dark Side of the Light (Oberon, 1997); A Staircase For All Souls (Oolichan, 1996), The Book of Contradictions (Oolichan, 2002), The Incorrection, (Oolichan Books, 2007), and he Anachronicles (Ronsdale Press, 2008).
As well as the Ethel Wilson Prize, he has won the League of Canadian Poets Canadian Chapbook Prize (for Ovid in Saskatchewan, 1998), the F.R. Scott Prize for Translation (1988), the Commonwealth Poetry Prize (shared with Chinua Achebe, 1972), the Macmillan Prize for Poetry, (University of British Columbia, 1969) as well as a Killam Prize for teaching in 1998 and another for Mentoring in 2004. In 2005 he won the Sam Black Award for his contribution to the Creative and Performing Arts and was made a lifetime member of the League of Canadian Poets for his contribution to poetry. On March 13, 2007, he was inaugurated at Vancouver City Hall as the City's first Poet Laureate. In addition, his book, The Incorrection, was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize at the 2008 BC Book Prizes.

Graham A. Drew was the supervisor for the agricultural and fisheries extension programmes of the UBC Department of University Extension (later Continuing Education) from 1955 to 1985. During his tenure, he collected several documents related to these and related programmes.

Born of Cree heritage on Manitoba's Fisher Reserve in 1935, Verna Jane Kirkness attended the Manitoba Normal School graduating with a teaching certificate in 1957. She then taught elementary school in the Manitoba public school system before working as a teacher and principal in Indigenous communities. From 1967 to 1970, Kirkness served as Elementary School Supervisor with Frontier School Division, where she was instrumental in establishing Cree and Ojibway as the languages of instruction in several Manitoba schools. In the early 1970s, as Education Directors for the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood and then the National Indian Brotherhood, Kirkness participated in developing and implementing the Manitoba Chiefs, Wahbung: Our Tomorrows, and the landmark 1972 national policy of Indian Control of Indian Education. She completed her BA (1974), BEd (1976) and Master of Education (1980) at the University of Manitoba. In 1981 she joined the University of British Columbia faculty, providing leadership for the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP) and creating the Ts'kel Graduate Program. Kirkness became the first director of UBC's First Nations House of Learning in 1985, and she was also instrumental in the conception and construction of the First Nations Longhouse, which opened on the campus in 1993.

In recognition of her numerous and varied contributions to education over more than four decades, Kirkness has received multiple awards. The Outstanding Educator of British Columbia award (1990), the Golden Eagle Feather Award from the Professional Native Women's Association, and the Canadian Youth Education Excellence Award as Canada's Educator of the Year. She has also been awarded the Order of Canada (1998), Order of Manitoba (2007), Queens Golden Jubilee Medal (2003), as well as honorary degrees from UBC (1994), University of Western Ontario (1992) and Mount St. Vincent (1990), and the University of Manitoba (2008).

Reginald Herbert Roy was born in Nova Scotia. He has been a professor at the University of Victoria's Department of History since the 1960s and has published numerous books on military history and various aspects of Canadian history. During his career, Roy has written ten books and 40 scholarly articles including Sherwood Lett: His life and times (1991), a biography of the first president of UBC's Alma Mater Society, later chancellor of the University, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of B.C.

While courses in women's studies were first offered at the university in 1971, the degree-granting Women's Studies Program in the Faculty of Arts began offering an undergraduate major in 1991. The program was an interdisciplinary field of study that drew upon the social sciences, humanities, research methods, theory, literature, and gender relations. Tannis MacBeth Williams was the program's first chair.

Early faculty involved in the Women's Studies Program were Dr. Dawn Currie, Dr. Valerie Raoul, Dr. Veronica Strong-Boag, Prof. Sneja Gunew, Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh, Dr. Becki Ross, and Dr. Lenora Angeles. In addition, the Women's Studies Program worked closely with the Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations (created in 1991 with a mandate to support research and develop links between local and international scholars, policymakers and activists). The Founding Director of CRWSGR was Veronica Strong-Boag. Graduate-level courses were first offered in the 1998-99 academic year, initially from within the Interdisciplinary Studies Programme in the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The CRWSGR began administering M.A. and Ph.D. programs in Women's Studies and Gender Relations in 2000-2001. It changed its name to the Centre for Women's and Gender Studies (CWAGS) in 2006. In 2012, CWAGS and the Women's and Gender Studies graduate and undergraduate programs merged to form the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, directed by Dr. Mary K. Bryson.

Location: 6081 University Blvd.
Date: Original construction: 1949-50 Outdoor swimming pool: 1954
Architect: 1949-50: Ned Pratt of Sharp & Thompson, Berwick, Pratt, and Frederic Lasserre
1954: Sharp & Thompson, Berwick, Pratt
Cost: $746,207
Sources of funds: Students, private donations, and $200,000 from the B.C. government.
Architectural features: Reinforced concrete walls, steel Pratt-type trusses over the main gymnasium, reinforced concrete beams and slabs over the hall. Reinforced concrete stairs cantilevered from the building.
Notes: Won a Massey Silver Medal for architectural design.
Sources: Thompson, Berwick, Pratt; Senate Funds; Ceremonies Office.

Goodall was born in Wells, Somerset, in 1909. In the early 1930s, he visited Canada. Goodall returned in 1935, first to Vancouver, then Alberta, before getting married and settling in Victoria as a commercial artist. He wrote to the Illustrated London News (ILN) asking if they wanted any British Columbia events covered. His grandfather had done illustrations for the ILN of the Crimean War. His first assignment was the aluminum smelter at Kitimat, followed by sketches of famous Canadian universities and schools. Later he was invited to cover Royal Canadian Navy exercises to San Francisco, Southern California and the Hawaiian Islands. He has done watercolours for one of the biggest greeting card firms in North America, as well as other commissions. In March 1947, The Graduate Chronicle featured a University Library sketch by "Ted" Goodall. The Chronicle had commissioned this sketch. Readers were invited to purchase 8 x 5-inch prints from the UBC Alumni Association (March 1947, cover and page 9).

The Museum of Anthropology was established in 1949 as a department within the Faculty of Arts at UBC. In 1976, it moved to its current location, designed by architect Arthur Erickson and the grounds landscaped by Cornelia Oberlander.

The Women's Club of the University of British Columbia was founded in 1917 in response to a request from the Board of Governors "that the wives of faculty members be asked to supervise possible rooming houses for women students about to enter the university." In 1925 the Club's name changed to the Faculty Women's Club. Membership included both faculty wives and women members of faculty. Its official purposes were, and are, to promote social activities and other interests among its many members and provide financial support and further assistance to students as the Club's resources may permit. Early Club meetings were held in members' homes; later sessions were in Brock Hall. Social activities included entertainment for Club members and their spouses at dinners, dances, and teas, and lunches for the students. Club meetings regularly include speakers and musical programs. Student financial assistance is provided through scholarships and bursaries. The Anne Wesbrook Scholarship Fund, founded in 1919, awards $500 (formerly $100) to any student (preferably a woman) for post-graduate work at any university. From 1934 to 1967, the Faculty Women's Club bursary was awarded annually until funds were diverted to the Dean of Women's emergency fund for female students. The Jubilee Fund, established in 1970, provides financial aid to mature female students. From the beginning, the work of the Club has been primarily carried out by committees. Membership expanded after World War II. Since then, many interests and hobby groups have been formed; they also play an essential role, significantly since membership jumped again during the 1960s. In 1967 the Club obtained permanent quarters in the basement of Cecil Green Park House, and in 1992 celebrated its 75th anniversary.

Violet Evelyn Dunbar Eagles were trained in enzyme chemistry. She was married to Blythe Alfred Eagles, the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at UBC.

Maebritt Jeffels was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and an English father. At the age of 2, she moved to England with her mother to be with her father. She contracted polio in 1927 and later went to study orthopedic nursing in 1938. In August 1946 emigrated to be with her husband in Edmonton. In 1951, her husband, Professor Ronald Jeffels, was offered a position at the Department of French at UBC. Maebritt Jeffels served as President of the Faculty Women's Club from 1961-62.

Garnett Gladwin Sedgewick was born May 20, 1882, in Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, to Henry A. and Bessie Woolery (née Gladwin) Sedgewick. He attended high school while living with relatives in Oxford, Nova Scotia and then taught grade school (1900/01) in Oyster Pond, Jeddare, Nova Scotia. He then attended Dalhousie University in Halifax, graduating with a BA in 1903 (Honours in Classics and English). Sedgewick served as principal of schools in Oxford, Nova Scotia (1903-1905) and Nanaimo High School (1905-1907), History Master at St. Andrew's College in Toronto (1907-1908), and high school teacher in Vancouver (1908-1910). Sedgewick received his MA from Harvard University in 1911 and Ph.D. from Harvard in 1913. He was an instructor and assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis from 1913 to 1918 when he became an associate professor and acting head of the Department of English at UBC. In 1920, he was made a professor and first head of the department. In 1934 he was the Alexander Lecturer at the University of Toronto (these lectures were later published), and in 1946 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He retired from UBC in 1948 and the same year was awarded an honorary LLD from Dalhousie.

Sedgewick was known for his lectures on Shakespeare and Chaucer; he also wrote scholarly articles, radio broadcasts and a weekly column, "More Heat than Light" for the Vancouver Sun. He served on the University Senate and was involved with the Vancouver Art Gallery, Symphony and Little Theatre, as well as the Civil Liberties Union. The former undergraduate library at UBC was named in his honour, as were the Sedgewick Lectures, sponsored by the Department of English. Sedgewick died in Vancouver in September 1949.

Jefferson McRee Elrod moved to Vancouver in 1967 and was Head of the University of British Columbia's Library Cataloguing Division until 1978. Also a minister-at-large, Elrod participated in the North Shore Unitarian Church Social Action Committee. In this capacity, he placed advertisements in prominent American periodicals offering assistance and information to any young men and women dislocated due to the selective service system during the Vietnam war.

E.A. Lloyd was head of the UBC Department of Poultry Science until 1952.

Igor Leonid Kosin was born in Vladivostok, Russia. He lived with his family in Manchuria and Peking before moving to a poultry farm near Vancouver in 1928. He studied a Master of Science in genetics at UBC and received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His contributions to poultry science brought him many awards.

Jack Mollard is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. He is an internationally honoured engineer, geoscientist, teacher, author, and consultant.

William Tetlow was Director of UBC's Office of Institutional Analysis and Planning.

At its creation in 1927, the Foundation funded social welfare programs, medicine and medical research. This funding included an award that assisted students in staying in academic medical research. The Foundation's primary focus is technology, health care and national security.

In 1962, Nova Scotia Premier Robert Stanfield invited MacKenzie to inaugurate and chair the Nova Scotia University Grants Committee. The Committee was to advise the Nova Scotia government about facilities, standards and financing for the ten degree-granting institutions in the province.

The Office of Budget and Planning was established initially as the Office of Budget, Planning, and Systems Management, in October 1984; the name was shortened to its current form in 1990. It succeeded Budget, Analysis, and Planning, which had superseded Institutional Analysis and Planning, which in turn had followed the Office of Academic Planning, dating back to 1961. The office and its predecessors were formerly responsible for helping design new campus buildings and planning the allocation of office, classroom, and storage space; however, that function was transferred to Physical Planning and Development (now Campus Planning and Development) in 1988. From 1976 to 1978, it provided information to the University's anti-inflation board to monitor or control salary levels. Some of its staff have served on the British Columbia Post-Secondary Education Enrollment Forecasting Committee (BCFC), an inter-institutional body based at UBC. The office's current functions are to formulate, maintain, and monitor the General Purpose Operating Budget and the University Development Fund. It provides information to the President's Office, the Board of Governors, the Senate, and other University bodies and individuals. The Office publishes the annual Budget and Planning Narrative, the University Fact Book, and other reports. The President's Office provides information to the provincial government and other external agencies and individuals.

The British Columbia University Act (1908) stipulated that there should be an appointed Registrar whose duty was to keep all the necessary records and accounts and perform other such duties required by the Senate or Board. Consequently, the role of Registrar at UBC has evolved into a hybrid position, a combination of a senior academic officer and a senior records clerk. The primary functions of the Registrar’s Office include: serving in a secretariat capacity to the Senate and Faculties; implementing admission requirements as determined by the Senate; maintaining student records; providing examination scheduling, room booking and invigilation assignments for examinations; and participating in graduating ceremonies at the University. Since 2001 the Registrar’s Office has been subsumed within Enrolment Services, headed by the Associate Vice-President and Registrar.

Born in Vancouver, Robert Mills Clark earned a B.Comm. (1941) and B.A. (1942) at UBC. He completed an M.A. (1944) and Ph.D. (1946) at Harvard University. Clark began his career at UBC as a lecturer in the Department of Economics in 1946. Specializing in provincial and municipal taxation, he wrote The Municipal Business Tax in Canada in 1952, and in 1959 his two-volume report, Economic Security for the Aged in the United States and Canada, was published by the federal government. Clark also served on three provincial commissions of inquiry on public finance issues. Actively involved in the university's administration, he was appointed as University Planner in 1966. Clark headed the Planning Office (later known as Academic Planning and then Institutional Analysis and Planning) until 1976. He also served on the UBC Senate and Board of Governors, the Vancouver School of Theology, and Regent College and was an active member of The Vancouver Board of Trade. He retired from the Department of Economics in 1985. In 1992 Clark was awarded the Confederation Medal by the federal government for outstanding service to the people of Canada. He died on 11 August 2007.

Authur Sutherland Piggott Woodhouse was born in Port Hope, Ontario. He spent five years at the Department of English at the University of Manitoba, where he taught eighteenth-century literature. He specialized in the work of English poet John Milton.

In 1958, Sperrin Chant - Head of UBC's Department of Philosophy and Psychology - chaired the B.C. Royal Commission on Education which investigated the curriculum and the administration of public schools. Published in 1961, the Chant Report resulted in numerous educational reforms in the province.

Sperrin Noah Fulton Chant was born in St. Thomas, Ontario. After serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force from 1916-1918, he enrolled at the University of Toronto, receiving a B.A. in 1922 and M.A. in 1924. He became a Psychology professor at the University of Toronto, where he remained until moving to the University of British Columbia as head of the Department of Philosophy and Psychology. Again his career was interrupted by service in World War II with the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1941 to 1944. In 1945 he was appointed Head of Psychology and Philosophy, and in 1948, he succeeded Daniel Buchanan as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science and served in this capacity until 1964. Chant played a leading role in post-secondary education in British Columbia by chairing the Academic Board. In 1958, Chant chaired the B.C. Royal Commission on Education, which investigated the curriculum and public schools administration. Published in 1961, the Chant Report resulted in numerous educational reforms in the province.

Before establishing the University of British Columbia Archives in 1970, the UBC Library began to collect copies of faculty publications. Although not necessarily comprehensive, the collection of material grew over time. The Library periodically sent out notices to faculty members inviting them to deposit copies of off-prints and articles. The University Archives continued to collect this material until the practice was discontinued in 1990.

The Department of Mathematics existed as part of McGill University before UBC's founding in 1908. The mathematics professor George E. Robinson, acting principal and Dean of Arts for McGill University College of British Columbia, became head of mathematics at the new University of British Columbia. Housed initially at Point Grey in the Mathematics Building and Annex (built 1924-25), the Department of Mathematics was among UBC's first departments. Initially, the Department was part of the Faculty of Arts. However, in 1922/23, the Faculty of Arts has renamed the Arts and Science. In 1963 the Department joined the newly formed Faculty of Science.
UBC has long been known as home to one of the top mathematics programs in Canada. In 1972, in partnership with the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the College for Interdisciplinary Studies, the Department founded the Institute for Applied Mathematics (IAM). This partnership developed out of a need to provide applied mathematics students with the opportunity to embrace an interdisciplinary approach and study mathematics in other departments. In addition, the Department is an active participant in the broader mathematics community. Since 1979 it has run the Euclid Contest for British Columbia and several other outreach programs geared at broadening mathematics education across various communities.

The WCAC was established in 1946 when the art galleries in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg organized to bring exhibitions from eastern Canada and the U.S., sharing the costs involved. Gradually, other exhibiting centres joined this cooperative organization. The Circuit was re-organized in 1958. A Co-ordinating Committee was established, consisting of one representative from each of the four western provinces, and June Binkert was hired as the Executive Secretary to manage the day-to-day running of the WCAC. In 1969, in response to the growing need for art educational services rather than the coordination of exhibits, the WCAC was replaced by the Western Canada Art Association.

In 1918, Wilfrid Sadler became the first appointment to UBC's newly created Department of Dairying in the Faculty of Agriculture. Besides his teaching activities, he was involved in bacterial research and contributed to public health and technical journals relating to dairying science. In 1922, Sadler became head of the department and served in this capacity until he died in 1933.

Joan Coldwell received her PhD. from Harvard University and taught English at the University of Victoria until moving to Ontario. Coldwell became a professor of English and director of Women's Studies at McMaster University. She was introduced to Jane Rule and Helen Sonthoff through their mutual friend Gail Pass. She has also worked as book page editor and columnist for the Victoria Times-Colonist and as a food writer and radio producer. She is the founder and publisher of Hedgerow Press. Established in 2004, Hedgerow Press has published books by B.C. writers and artists, including Jane Rule's last book, Loving the Difficult, a collection of essays that received the Lambda Award for non-fiction.

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.

Champions for Change is a documentary series about Canadian Paralympians by Elitha Peterson Productions that aired on Sportsnet in 2005. Champions for Change aired in three half-hour segments titled Sports First, Let the Games Begin, and The Value of Gold. It focuses on three Canadian Paralympians, Chantal Benoit, Jeff Adams, Chantal Petitclerc, and the Paralympic Movement's history and issues in Canada.
Elitha Peterson Productions and Executive Producer Sylvia Sweeney produced Champions for Change in 2005. Elitha Peterson Productions Inc. partnered with Dan Ierullo, a Canadian distributor and producer and former owner of Records on Wheels, for this project. Sylvia Sweeney herself is a Canadian Olympian (1976 and 1984). She was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984 and was the Most Valuable Player in the World Championships of Basketball in 1979. In addition, she has produced many award-winning documentaries, including the 1992 documentary titled In the Key of Oscar. Sweeney named Elitha Peterson Productions after her mother, Daisy Elitha Peterson Sweeney, a renowned musician and piano professor and sister to famous jazz musician and composer Oscar Peterson.

Sybren de Jong was born October 20, 1908, in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, and moved to East Kildonan, Winnipeg, in his early teens. He graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1931. He proceeded to teach as a Demonstrator at the University of Manitoba for the next four years. From 1936 to 1940, Sybren assisted as a surveyor and helped produce the Topographical Survey of Canada. In 1938, he was commissioned as a Dominion Land Surveyor to continue the project. However, after working on the Dominion Land Survey, he returned to the University of Manitoba to complete his Master's degree in Civil Engineering and graduated in 1940. For three years, he taught as a Demonstrator of Civil Engineering at the University of Toronto. From 1944-1945, he was an official Lecturer at the University of Toronto and in 1945-1967, de Jong taught Civil Engineering as an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. In 1967-1968, he attended the University of Ohio at Columbus, earning his Doctorate of Applied Science and subsequently obtaining a full Professor. He continued to teach at UBC until he retired in 1975. He died in 1983. Sybren was published extensively in the Engineering Journal and the Canadian Surveyor. And he co-authored a book with Semih Tezcan in 1965 entitled, The Electronic Computer in Surveying Adjustment at the University of British Columbia. His significant fields of interest never changed throughout his career: from his BSc. to his Ph.D.; they remained Geodetic Science (in particular Photogrammetry) and Civil Engineering.

Kevin Kim Wang Chong was born in Hong Kong in 1975 and moved with his family in 1977 to Vancouver, where he was raised. He attended Vancouver College and Prince of Wales High School's mini-school programme. After high school, Chong studied at the University of British Columbia, receiving a BA in English and creative writing in 1997. Chong then went to Columbia University in New York, where he received an MFA in fiction writing in 2000. His master's thesis was published in 2001 as his first novel, Baroque-a-Nova. As of 2016, he is the author of five books (Baroque-A-Nova, Neil Young Nation, Beauty Plus Pity, My Year of the Racehorse, and Northern Dancer), numerous short works (fiction and non-fiction), and several stage and broadcast works. His work has appeared in a range of publications, including Taddle Creek, Chatelaine, Maclean's, Maisonneuve, Vancouver Magazine, the Vancouver Sun, and The Walrus, and on CBC Radio. He is also a former co-editor of Joyland Magazine. He served on the Vancouver Public Library's Board of Trustees in 2003-04 and formerly played guitar in a band called The Redenbachers. Chong also teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia and SFU's The Writer's Studio.

William D. (Bill) McFarland was born in Alberta in 1921 but was raised in British Columbia. After serving overseas in World War II, McFarland came to UBC. He earned a BA in 1947, a Bachelor of Social Work degree in 1948, and a Master's degree in Social Work in 1949. Working initially for the British Columbia Department of Welfare, McFarland went on to appointments as superintendent of Child Welfare, first in Alberta and then Saskatchewan. Finally, McFarland became Manitoba's director of welfare. Then, he returned to B.C. as assistant director of the Children's Aid Society. McFarland also founded the Alberta Foster Parents Association and the B.C. Parents in Crisis Society served with the Berger Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law and the Gove Inquiry into Child Protection. He died in 1999.

Land and Building Services is responsible for engineering and grounds and building maintenance. These functions were initially the responsibility of the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, first established in 1943 within the Bursar's Office, and later the Dean of Administrative and Financial Services. This position was subsumed into the Office of Physical Plant in 1967. In the 1980s Physical Plant was re-organized into two departments, Plant Operations (1989-1997) and Physical Design and Construction. In 1988 Physical Design and Construction merged with Facilities Planning to form Campus Planning and Development (later renamed Campus and Community Planning). Plant Operations continued as a separate department until 1998 when it was subsumed within Land and Building Services under the direction of Associate Vice-President Geoff Atkins. During the next ten years, UBC's sustainability and community planning initiatives and its traditional plant operations and utility management were directed from within the Land and Building Services framework. In 2009 these responsibilities were re-organized and dispersed. Atkins was placed in charge of the University's sustainability initiatives within Campus and Community Planning. Plant operations and utility management were placed within Building Operations under Managing Director David Woodson, established within the Vice-President Finance, Resources and Operations portfolio under Pierre Ouillet.

The School of Kinesiology was initially named the Bachelor of Physical Education Program. The program has also been titled the School of Physical Education, the School of Physical Education and Recreation, and then the School of Human Kinetics. The first physical education courses were offered in 1946 after the appointment of Robert Osborne (who directed the program until 1972) in 1945. The Bachelor of Physical Education Program ran until 1952, when the program was formed into the School of Physical Education in the Faculty of Arts and Science. In 1960 recreation education was added to the name, though Bachelor of Recreation Education was only conferred starting in 1969. In 1958 a master's program was added to the School of Physical Education. In 1963 the School moved to the Faculty of Education. When Robert Osborne retired in 1978, he was replaced by Robert Morford. At the same time, the School began to align with the more significant University's goals of implementing more academically centred programs. There was a new emphasis on science relating to physical activity, and the Schools laboratories began to develop and grow. In 1979, a Sports Medicine Clinic opened in the Schools John Owen Pavilion on the south campus with specific faculty of this clinic also being associated with the School in teaching and research. In 1992 the School was renamed the School of Human Kinetics, and The Bachelor of Recreation Education was phased out in 1995. In 2011 it was renamed the School of Kinesiology.
The School of Kinesiology's mission is to generate, advance, and disseminate knowledge about human movements and enhance all populations' health and quality of life across diverse settings. Their specific goals are to advance understanding about a) the factors underlying human physical performance, (b) the nature of the human quest for excellence in competitive and expressive forms of human movement, and (c) the role of sport, leisure and exercise in society from both a contemporary and a historical perspective. In addition, to teach students about physical activity in general and about sport, exercise and leisure in particular; to prepare educated professionals to serve the present and future needs of society in a variety of professional settings related to vibrant health, leisure, sport and physical education fields; and facilitate the application of pertinent knowledge to professional and lay agencies concerned with the promotion of recreation, physical education, sport, fitness and active health at local, provincial and national, and international levels.

Dorothy “Dot” Beatrice Osborne (née McRae) was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. After graduating from Prince of Wales High School, she received a teaching certificate from Vancouver Normal School (1934) and a Bachelor of Arts degree from UBC (1935). In 1936 she was elected Vice President of the Alumni Association. She was a lifelong member of the Delta Gamma Fraternity, joining in 1932. In 1946 she became a member of the PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Sisterhood.
The Graduating class of 1935 first met for a formal reunion in 1955 for the twentieth anniversary of their graduation. The class had elected a “permanent class executive,” which planned many of the events. The reunion included graduates in arts, science, and agriculture. From 1955 through 1995, the class met every five years. Events were typically held during Homecoming in the fall, but the 55th reunion was held in July.
In 1985 the class established an endowment for The Graduating Class of 1935 Scholarship, which is awarded to a student with outstanding academic achievement with preference given to a student demonstrating financial need.

The UBC Community Learning Initiative (UBC-CLI) was established in 2006 to develop curricular community-engaged learning opportunities. Its central principle was the importance of "community service learning" (CSL). The University's Trek 2010 strategic plan had set a goal of developing programmes that engage 10% of UBC students in CSL each year. Students worked in teams on short-term projects linked to course content and met the participating organizations' goals. Its work was made possible by a grant from the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation. UBC-CLI worked parallel with the Learning Exchange, founded in 2000 to facilitate student volunteer opportunities in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. There was a great deal of overlap between the two programmes, and they initially reported to the same Director, Margo Fryer. In 2011 CLI and the Learning Exchange were separated into two distinct units, each with its separate director, with CLI reporting to the Vice-President, Students. In 2012 CLI re-organized and changed its name to the Centre for Community Engaged Learning.

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) was formed in July 2010 out of the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth and the Office of Learning Technology. The Department of University Extension first developed distance education at UBC in 1936, and in 1946 the first for-credit correspondence courses were taught. In 1970 the responsibility for distance education merged into the Centre for Continuing Education, which in 1973 created the Credit and Independent Study to run correspondence courses. In 1973 Credit and Independent Study became Guided Independent Study (GIS) and was responsible for correspondence courses, while the Office of Extra-Sessional Studies was responsible for off-campus courses. In 1986 GIS was renamed UBC Access. In 1993 UBC Access, the Office of Extra-Sessional Studies and the Centre for Continuing Education merged into Continuing Studies under the Associate Vice President's authority. In 1997 UBC Access was renamed Distance Education and Technology and in 2002 was separated from Continuing Studies to be independently run through the Vice President Academic. In 2005 Distance Education and Technology was merged into the Office of Learning Technology.
CTLT is a body under the Provost and Vice-President Academic authority. Their current mission is to "[advance] scholarly and innovative approaches to teaching, learning, curriculum and educational technology practices within and across UBC's diverse disciplinary and cultural contexts." CTLT provides four primary services. First, it facilitated distance and blended learning, including course development, planning and delivery, and instructional support. Second, it offers professional development for instructors and graduate students (teaching assistants) and instructors' support with course technology. Lastly, CTLT provides curriculum and course services, supporting the creation of new courses. CTLT also oversees the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL), which runs programs and initiatives to further the teaching and learning scholarship at UBC.

Carolyn Gossage was born and educated in Toronto. After studying Modern Languages (French and German) at the University of Toronto, she spent a year at La Sorbonne in Paris. This experience was followed by seven years at the Institute of Child Study (U of T) and subsequently at the National Ballet School. In 1977, her first book, A Question of Privilege: Canada's Independent Schools, was published, and in 1979, at Jane Rule's suggestion, she became a member of the newly-formed Writers' Union of Canada. She has since written several works of non-fiction. These include Greatcoats & Glamour Boots: Canadian Women in Uniform 1939-45 and Double Duty. The latter book incorporated the wartime sketches and diaries of Molly Lamb Bobak - Canada's first official woman war artist. Her lifelong interest in art eventually led her to become involved in an entirely different direction in the field of Ethiopian Art. In 2000 in collaboration with Professor Stanislaw Chojnacki, a significant work, Ethiopian Icons, was published in Milan. Gossage and Jane Rule began their extensive correspondence over 30 years ago.

The Department of Geology and Mineralogy was one of the University of British Columbia's original departments. In 1922/23, the name was changed to Geology and Geography. The department was separated into two divisions in the Faculty of Arts and Science. In 1959, the Department of Geography was placed within the Faculty of Arts. And the Department of Geology in the Faculty of Science. The Department of Geography has been headed by Lewis Robinson (1959-1968), John C. Chapman (1968-1974), Robert Smith (1975-1982), Olav Slaymaker (1982-1991), T.R. Oke (1992-1996), Graeme Wynn (1996-2002), Michael Bovis (2002- 2005), Graeme Wynn (2005-2009), David Ley (2009-2012), Marwan Hassan (2012- ).

When the new University of British Columbia opened in 1915, the Ladies' Lit and the Undergraduates' Lit organizations, which had moved over from the McGill University College of British Columbia, were remodelled as the Women's Literary Society. Originally from Victoria, B.C., Muriel Grant attended UBC from 1916 to 1919, graduating with a B.A. She was active in the Musical Society and the Women's Literary Society. During her time at the University, she compiled a scrapbook documenting her interests and prominent campus events.

Originally from Victoria, B.C., Muriel Grant attended UBC from 1916 to 1919, graduating with a B.A. She was active in the Musical Society and the Women's Literary Society. During her time at the University, she compiled a scrapbook documenting her interests and prominent campus events.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation resulted from a call by Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke in January 1989 for Asian-Pacific economies to consult on how they could effectively cooperate and increase trade and investment flows. Australia's motive was to create an Asia-Pacific economic identity, of which it would be an integral part. Japan endorsed the Australian proposal and became the second driving force in the creation of APEC. The first APEC meeting of trade and foreign ministers took place in Canberra in November 1989 (with twelve attendees: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and the U.S.).
A summit or Leaders Meeting has become an annual event since President Clinton invited leaders to Blake Island in 1993. The first APEC Leaders Meeting was held in Seattle in November 1993. This first Leaders Meeting of economies represented half the world's population and 56% of its GNP. A year later, all APEC leaders met at Bogor, Indonesia. At that meeting, the Leaders resolved to move to free trade and investment by 2010 for industrialized member economies and by 2020 for developing member economies. The 1995 meetings were in Osaka, Japan, where the Osaka Action Agenda was agreed to, setting a template for future APEC work towards common goals. The Philippines convened the APEC Leaders Meeting in 1996 at Subic Bay. Finally, the Leaders Meeting was held in Vancouver, Canada, in 1997 at the Museum of Anthropology on the University of British Columbia campus.
The following countries are members of APEC as of 1999: Australia, Brunei, Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam.
APEC has two standing committees, ten working groups, and a few other forums that report to the Senior Officials Meeting. The two committees are the Committee for Trade and Investment (CTI) and the Economic Committee (EC). The CTI deals with trade and investment liberalization and business facilitation concerns. The role of the EC continues to evolve. It is primarily responsible for providing the Senior Officials Meeting with information and analysis on broad, cross-cutting issues which are not easily handled by one of the working groups.
The ten working groups are Trade and Investment Data, Trade Promotion, Investment and Industrial Science and Technology, Human Resource Development, Energy, Marine Resource Conservation, Telecommunications, Fisheries, Transportation, and Tourism.