Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Charles H. Tupper became a lawyer. He entered politics in 1882, representing Pictou as MP in the House of Commons. He served as Minister of Marine and Fisheries (1888-1894) and later became Minister of Justice. In 1892 Tupper became an agent for Great Britain in the Bering Sea fishing question, and for his services in this capacity, he was honoured as K.C.M.G. in 1893. He later moved to Vancouver to practice law.

Douglas Turnbull was the Chairman of the Committee on Metallurgy which participated in the "Survey of Chemical and Chemical Engineering Research and Development in Canada" (1966/67) carried out by a study group of the Chemical Institute of Canada for the Science Secretariat of the Science Council of Canada.

John "Jake" Turnbull was born in Montreal. He graduated from McGill University in 1897 and soon after came to British Columbia as a mining engineer. In 1915 he was asked by University of British Columbia President F.F. Wesbrook to advise the University on the establishment of a mining education program. He was offered the post of head of the Mining Department and, in accepting, became the second appointment to the University. From that date until 1945, when he retired, Turnbull headed the Department of Mining and Metallurgy in the Faculty of Applied Science. Turnbull was active in his emeritus years, frequently coming to campus to give special lectures. His last visit to the campus was in 1979 when at the age of 101, he lectured on the mining industry in British Columbia at the turn of the century.

Arthur Turner was born in Norwich, England where he apprenticed as a coppersmith. After moving to London, he became actively involved in the Social Democratic Party. He emigrated to Canada, living first in Victoria and then in Vancouver. Turner remained a dedicated trade unionist and continued to work for the causes of labour and socialism. He eventually entered politics and represented Vancouver East as an MLA from 1941 to 1966 as a member of the CCF and NDP.

Christopher J.G. Turner taught in the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies from 1971 until his retirement in 2000. He was Acting Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies from 1989-90.

G.F. Turner was involved in the construction of new buildings in Peking at the time of the Chinese Revolution (1911-1912).

James T. Turner was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and received a Bachelor of Sciences Degree from Tri-State College, Indiana, in electrical and mechanical engineering in 1936-37. Turner held numerous positions, including at BC Electric and BC Hydro before being appointed as Director of Physical Plant at UBC in 1966. With the hiring of Turner, Physical Plant was to be integrated with Buildings and Grounds and the Office of the Architect Planner as one administrative unit. Turner left UBC in 1972 to become director of Physical Plant at the University of Toronto.

W. Neale Turner was an English mechanical engineer who became the managing director of the Fraser River Gold Dredging Company in 1903. The Company, which had formed in 1902, abandoned its operations in 1906.

The Turnour family traces its lineage to Sir Edward Turnour (d. 1675) a lawyer, Speaker of the House of Commons and Solicitor General in the Reign of Charles II. The first Earl of Winterton was Sir Edward's grandson, Edward Turnour Garth, elevated to the peerage in 1761. The family held extensive estates in England and Ireland.

Helen Mary Turpin was AMS Secretary at UBC from 1923-24. In her first year at UBC, she was on her class executive and was a reporter with The Ubyssey. She later married John Allen Grant, who was AMS President.

Alan Twigg was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia in 1952. Since 1987, he has owned and published the newspaper, B.C. BookWorld, Canadas largest circulation publication about books. In 1985, Twigg co-founded the B.C. Book Prizes, and he was its executive director and chief fundraiser in the 1990s. He also created the Van City Womens Book Prize, and coordinated it between 1992 and 2005. Twigg was a representative of the Writers Union of Canada, on the original Board of Directors for the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing at Simon Fraser University. He also served on the boards of the City of Vancouvers Public Art Committee and the Vancouver Cultural Alliance. He is a founder of British Columbias annual Lifetime Achievement Award for an outstanding literary career in British Columbia, which he has also coordinated since 1995. In 1994, he organized events aiming to honor George Woodcock, who was British Columbias most prolific man of letters. In the 1970s and 1980s, Alan Twigg worked as a freelance writer. From 1995 to 1998, he wrote a weekly editorial column for <i>The Province</i> newspaper. He has written for The Quill & Quire, BC Historical News, as a theatre critic forThe Georgia Straight, Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, Macleans, Vancouver Sun, Step and Pacific Northwest Review of Books. Alan Twigg appears frequently as a guest on CBC Radio, and he has been the host of a CBC television series about B.C. authors. Alan Twigg has taught at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, and at high schools. He hosted Simon Fraser Universitys third annual Symposium on the Novel at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue in 2004. In 1999, Twigg coordinated a fundraising campaign for the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, an organization which he continues to support.;Alan Twigg has been married since 1973 to Tara. They have two sons and continue living in Vancouver.

In 1965, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the University of British Columbia, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) conducted a series of interviews with prominent alumni and former faculty.

The UBC Curling Club was established in 1957. Initially launched for men, a women's team was founded the following year. Intramural teams competed against each other. Some teams also competed in city leagues and local bonspiels. In 1959 a team from UBC competed against other Canadian university teams for the first time.

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 UBC Film Society was founded in 1936. Like all student clubs, it operates under the authority of the Alma Mater Society. Its objective was and continues to be to bring high-quality campus films of various genres and popularity levels that students may not otherwise have the chance to see.

The UBC Learning Exchange was established in 1999 to establish a community presence for the University in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES). The Learning Exchange's first initiative was the Trek Program (named after UBC's Trek 2000 vision), which placed UBC student volunteers with eight non-profit organizations and two elementary schools. In 2000 the Learning Exchange opened a storefront office at 121 Main Street, offering free computer access to DTES residents. Other programmes followed, including a music appreciation course partnered with the UBC School of Music; volunteer opportunities catering to students during Reading Week; ESL conversation programmes; and computer training, tutoring, and after-school activities. The Vancouver School Board was the primary partner. Funding and support came from various sources outside the University, including TELUS, HSBC Bank of Canada, the Kahanoff Foundation, the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, and Dr. Lloyd and Mrs. Kay Chapman. In 2002, the Learning Exchange began working with UBC faculty members to formally integrate students' community-based experiences into their academic coursework, an approach called Community Service Learning (CSL). A new Learning Exchange programme was established at UBC-Okanagan in 2006. Two years later, the Vancouver programme moved into a larger storefront office in Chinatown. In 2009, in support of the Learning Exchange's contributions to UBC's strategic vision, the University began providing ongoing core funding.
The Learning Exchange worked parallel with the UBC Community Learning Initiative (CLI), founded in 2006 to develop curricular community-engaged learning opportunities. There was a great deal of overlap between the two programmes. They initially reported to the same Director, Margo Fryer. However, in 2011 the Learning Exchange and CLI were separated into two distinct units, each with its director. The Learning Exchange reported to the Vice-President, External Relations.

UBC Library Stravinsky Collectors is a project by UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections which aims to showcase rare and unique holdings related to the composer Igor Stravinsky in the UBC Library, to complement the H. Colin Slim Stravinsky collection. Materials related to Stravinsky, including discrete items and existing vertical files, have been drawn from different UBC Library branches, donations, and acquisitions as well as from Rare Books and Special Collections. The UBC Library Stravinsky Collection was made in order to be provenancially separate but still intellectually linked to the H. Colin Slim Stravinsky Collection.

UBC Library Vault is an initiative of the UBC Library Development Office which aims to showcase rare and special images from the holdings of UBC Library through an online gallery and print publications such as bookmarks, promotional items and gift cards. Images are often drawn from the collections at Rare Books and Special Collections, University of British Columbia Archives, UBC Asian Library and Woodward Biomedical Library.

The Student Christian Movement of Canada was created in 1921 by merging university student Christian clubs and associations with YMCA and YWCA student departments. A Student Christian Movement “study group” was organized at UBC in 1922, and by 1926 had been formally established as an official branch of the Canadian SCM. The SCM was dedicated to discussing economic, social, and political issues from a Christian perspective. The UBC branch hosted several public discussions and other events on campus and hosted seminars and conferences for the regional and national SCM. In 1974, the UBC SCM amalgamated with the Anglican-United Campus Ministry to form the Cooperative Christian Campus Ministry (CCCM) at UBC. In 1979, UBC SCM left the CCCM – it continued to operate as an active student organization until at least 1993.

From 1987, Peter Ufford served as a special consultant to UBC President David Strangway on External Affairs. He was later appointed vice-president, External Affairs, and special adviser to the president on Business Relations. Ufford retired from this position in 1999. He is the Founding President & Director of the Quest University Canada Foundation.

John Ulinder moved to Vancouver Island around 1926 and found employment as a logger with the Comox Logging and Railway Company. He held the position of Secretary in the Ladysmith Sub-local 1-80 of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA), 1941-1944.