Between 1908 and 1911, representatives of 16 organized nursing bodies met in Ottawa to form the Canadian National Association of Trained Nurses (CNATN). By 1911, CNATN comprised 28 affiliated member societies, including alumni associations of hospital schools of nursing and local and regional groups of nurses. By 1924, each of the nine provinces had a provincial nurse's organization with membership in CNATN. In that year, the national group changed its name to the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA).

The Canadian Museum Association (CMA) was founded in 1947 and advocates for public policies and supported Canada's museums. They are also responsible for building the necessary skills and creating connections to strengthen and sustain museums.

Eldorado Gold Mines was established in 1926 by brothers Charles and Gilbert Labine. The company later transitioned to mining radium and uranium in the 1930s and 1940s and was renamed Eldorado Resources. It was nationalized into a Crown corporation in 1943.

Patricia Carney was born in Shanghai, China, on 26 May 1935. She spent most of her childhood in the Kootenay region of British Columbia before earning a BA in economics and political science at the University of British Columbia in 1960. In the 1960s, Carney worked as an economic journalist writing weekly columns for the Vancouver Province and the Vancouver Sun. In the 1970s, Carney formed a consulting company called Gemini North, which provided consulting services on various issues concerning predominantly northern Canadian affairs. During the 1970s, she returned to UBC, where she completed an MA in Regional Planning.

In the late 1970s, Carney accepted the Progressive Conservative Party's offer to run as an MP for the riding of Vancouver Centre. She was first elected for Vancouver Centre in 1980 and then re-elected in 1984. In her first term, Carney served as the Official Oppositions Energy Critic. In September 1984, when the Progressive Conservatives formed the government under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Carney was sworn to the Queen's Privy Council when she was appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources in Mulroney's Cabinet. As Minister of Energy, Carney dismantled the Liberal's National Energy Policy (NEP), replacing it with new Agreements. In Canada's Atlantic region, Carney constructed the Atlantic Accord. Simultaneously, in western Canada, the Conservative energy policy took the form of the Western Accord, in which Carney instigated the Agreement on Natural Gas Markets and Prices. In June 1986, Carney was appointed Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). During FTA negotiations with the United States, Carney worked closely with Simon Reisman, Canada's chief negotiator, and Joe Clark, Michael Wilson, and other members of the Mulroney Cabinet. In April 1988, Carney was appointed President of the Treasury Board, serving a short term before a brief retirement from politics due to a severe arthritic condition. She returned to federal politics when Prime Minister Mulroney appointed her to the Senate on 30 August 1990. She was a member of the following Senate committees: Aboriginal Peoples; Fisheries; Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources; and Foreign Affairs.

Carney was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of British Columbia on 29 May 1990 and again from Simon Fraser University in 2010. She was an Adjunct Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC from 1990 to 1999. Pat Carney retired from the Senate in March 2008. She currently lives on Saturna Island in the Gulf Islands off the coast of BC and is an honorary patron of the Saturna Heritage Committee.

The Board of Governors of the University of British Columbia was first constituted under the British Columbia University Act 1908. The Board originally consisted of the Chancellor (who served as chairman) and the University President, ex-officio members and nine individuals appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor. The Board is now composed of fifteen members. It includes elected members of faculty, students and full-time employees, and eight people appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
The Board of Governors is charged with the management, administration, and control of the University's properties, revenue, business, and affairs. With the approval of the Senate, the Board establishes procedures for the recommendation and selection of candidates for presidents, deans, librarians, registrars and other senior academic administrators as the Board may designate. The Board also appoints the president, deans of all faculties, librarians, and other teaching staff members. The Board has the power to fix salaries and define duties and tenure of office. Members of the teaching staff may not be appointed, promoted or removed from office except upon the president's recommendation. The Board fixes the fees to be paid by students; administers funds, grants, fees, endowments, and other assets; and, with the Senate's approval, can determine the number of students that may be accommodated at the University. The Board is required to seek the University Council's approval, which, in turn, must seek the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council before incurring deficits.

The Canadian Universities Foundation was the "executive agency of the National Conference of Canadian Universities and Colleges." The Foundation addressed the changing needs of Canadian universities, advocating increased support - primarily financial. In addition, UBC President Norman MacKenzie served as chairman of the NCCUC Advisory Committee on International Studies.

The Faculty of Education at UBC began under Dean Neville Scarfe's direction in 1956 with the registration of 905 students. This new Faculty of Education consolidated the UBC School of Education and the publicly-funded Provincial Normal School, which had previously trained teachers in BC. In 1962, UBC opened the Education Building, now known as the Neville Scarfe Building. Over the years, the Faculty welcomed innovative new initiatives and additions, such as the inclusion of the School of Kinesiology, the creation of the "Native Indian Teacher Education Program" (now the Indigenous Teacher Education Program) in 1970, and the development of the Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction in 1976.
The Faculty of Education has grown to become one of the leading faculties of education in the world. Indeed, since 1956, over 49,000 individuals have graduated from the Faculty of Education at UBC. Today, approximately half of elementary teachers and most secondary school teachers within British Columbia have received instruction from the Faculty.
The Office of the Dean at the Faculty of Education provides both leadership and administrative direction to the Faculty. The office includes the Dean, the Senior Leadership Team, and several committees such as the Dean's Advisory Committee and the Faculty Meetings.
The Dean's Office began with the appointment of Dean Neville Scarfe in 1956. In 1973, upon the retirement of Scarfe, Prof. J.M. Andrews was appointed Dean. Dean J.M. Andrews served as Dean until 1979 and subsequently as Professor until his retirement in 1985. Andrews, who, citing the Faculty's growth, suggested that the role of Dean should concentrate on policy and external relations and the Associate Dean on internal matters. In 1979, Andrews decided not to seek a second term, and Prof. Roy Bentley was appointed Acting Dean. The appointment was originally to be pro tempore but ended up lasting for two years. In 1981, Prof. Daniel R. Birch became the Dean of Education. In 1987, Dean Nancy M. Sheenan took on this role. In 2000 Prof. Robert Tierney was appointed Dean of Education. He remained in the position until 2010, when Dean Jon Shapiro was appointed (pro tempore). In 2011, Prof. Blye Frank became Dean of UBC's Faculty of Education.

The Faculty of Applied Science was one of the first faculties at the University of British Columbia. In 1915, with the official opening of the University, the Faculty of Applied Science appointed Reginald W. Brock, its first Dean. He would serve from 1915-1935. He was followed by John N. Finlayson (1936-1950), H.J. Macleod (1951-1954), Henry C. Gunning (1954-1959), David M. Myers (1960-1965), William Armstrong (1966-1969), W.D. Finn (1970-1979), L.M. Wedepohl (1979-1986), Axel Meisen (1986-1997), Michael Isaacson (1997-2008), Tyseer Aboulnasr (2008-2011), Eric Hall (pro tem, 2011-2013), and Marc Parlange (2013-present).
In the Faculty's early days, courses were only offered through the Second Year in Civil, Mechanical, and Mining and Metallurgy Engineering. The Faculty now oversees two Schools, the first from the former Department of Architecture, becoming the School of Architecture (1949) and later the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (2005), and the second from the Department of Nursing and Health, which became the School of Nursing (1950). There is also a School of Engineering at UBC Okanagan, established in 2005. The Faculty currently offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, architecture/landscape architecture, and nursing.

The Department of Forestry was established at the University of British Columbia within the Faculty of Applied Science in 1921. Herbert Read Christie became the first member and head of the Department from 1921-1933. F. Malcolm Knapp joined him in 1922. In 1935, the Department of Forestry changed emphasis from logging engineering to scientific engineering. In 1951, the Department of Forestry became the Faculty of Forestry.

The Fisheries Centre was founded in 1992 as a research unit within the Faculty of Graduate Studies to facilitate and foster research and training in freshwater and marine fisheries' scientific, social, and legal aspects. However, its origins date back to 1953 with the establishment of the Institute of Fisheries. According to the 1953/54 UBC Calendar, the Institute's objective was "to give, at the graduate level, broad and advanced instruction in various fields relating to the best use and management of the fisheries resources... [including] biology, economics, law, commerce, engineering, nutrition, technology, etc." By 1959 its programmes had expanded to include cooperation with the Vancouver Public Aquarium, the federal Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station, and the UBC Institute of Oceanography. The Institute's name changed to Animal Resource Ecology in 1970. It made this change reflect its expanded focus on "theoretical ecology, applied ecology and population genetics and relate them to specific ecological systems - freshwater and marine communities, mammal, bird, fish and insect populations and human systems" (1970/71 UBC Calendar). The Institute's activities remained closely tied to those of the Department of Zoology. It also interacted with Agricultural Sciences, Forestry, and Community and Regional Planning. The Institute was discontinued in 1988 but re-established as the Fisheries Centre in 1992. In 2000 the Centre was re-organized into two sections: the B.C. Fisheries Research Section, and the Marine Mammal Research Unit.
The directors of the Institute of Fisheries / Animal Resource Ecology were: W.A. Clemens (1953-55), Peter A. Larkin (1955-63, 1966-69), Norman J. Wilimovsky (1964-66), C.S. Holling (1970-75), W.G. Wellington (1975-80), J.D. McPhail (1980-81, 1986-88), and C.C. Lindsey (1981-86). Since its re-establishment, the Fisheries Centre's directors have been L.M. Lavkulich (acting, 1992-93) and T.J. Pitcher (1993- ).

The Vancouver Harbour - Burrard Inlet Project had the primary objective of determining the effects on currents, tides, and navigation of proposed dredging in the First Narrows.

Wilhelm J. Maier was born in Innsbruck, Austria, on January 17, 1893. Educated in Austria and Germany, he received an engineering diploma in 1914. He served in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 in the Tiroler Kaiserjger Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Married in 1917, Maier and his first wife Melanie had a son (who would later die in the Second World War). He was divorced in 1928 and remarried the following year. He worked in Dresden for several years before joining camera-makers Voigtlnder & Sohn in 1926. He did optical work, which resulted in a patent being granted in 1929. In 1932 Maier joined I.G. Farben in Munich, later worked with an optical firm in Munich, and from 1938 to 1946 returned to work for Voigtlnder. He emigrated to Canada in 1949 and later that year joined the Department of Physics at the University of British Columbia. He was employed as a technician in that department until his retirement in 1961, building some excellent equipment and earning a reputation as a skilled technician. In 1951 he earned a second patent for a Kamera mit gekuppelten Entfernungsmesser (camera with coupled rangefinder). After his retirement, he moved to Galiano Island, where he lived with his wife Alice until he died in 1986.

Mark Thompson received his undergraduate education in economics at Notre Dame University, graduating with a BA in 1961. He completed graduate work at Cornell University, earning an MS (1963) and Ph.D. (1966), specializing in collective bargaining, labour law, and labour movements. Thompson joined the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration in 1971 and served as director of the University of British Columbia's Institute of Industrial Relations from 1974 to 1977. In addition, he has served as an arbitrator in several labour disputes in British Columbia.

The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was established in 1925 as a private non-partisan forum to promote mutual understanding amongst nations of the Pacific Rim through discussion, research, and education. The IPR's conferences, research projects, publications, and its quarterly journal Pacific Affairs contributed to the interchange of information in Asian Studies. The Institute conducted its affairs through autonomous national councils, each represented on the Pacific Council. This international governing body directed the IPR's programmes. The International Secretariat, the Pacific Council's administrative organ, was based in Hawaii until it moved to New York in 1933. The American IPR was of particular importance to the organization due partly to its substantial financial contributions; it also carried out its own research, conferences, and publishing, the latter including the Far Eastern Survey. The non-partisan status of the IPR was challenged in the early 1950s when the United States Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws (the McCarran Subcommittee) alleged that it was open to communist influences. In addition, in 1952, former Pacific Affairs editor Owen Lattimore was later indicted for perjury before the subcommittee. Although neither charge could be substantiated, the charges resulted in a loss of credibility, which seriously impaired the operation of the Institute. Finally, the IPR lost its tax-exempt status as an educational body in 1955 and was forced to wage a five-year battle to restore it. The final judgement in 1959 affirmed that, contrary to the allegation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in 1955, the Institute had not engaged in the dissemination of controversial and partisan propaganda and had not attempted to influence the policies or opinions of any government or government officials. Despite their favourable outcomes for the IPR, the various legal battles left the Institute completely depleted of funds, and it dissolved in 1960. William L. Holland, who served as Secretary-General of the IPR, came to the University of British Columbia to head the newly-created Department of Asian Studies.

John Tait Montague was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After completing undergraduate work at the University of Western Ontario (1943), he went to the Institute of Industrial Relations at the University of Toronto, where he received his MA (1947) and Ph.D. (1952). Montague worked in the federal Department of Labour from 1948 to 1962. He came to the University of British Columbia in 1962 as the first permanent director of the Institute of Industrial Relations and continued in this capacity until 1969. Montague also taught some labour economics courses at UBC.

Blythe Alfred Eagles, UBC's long-time Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture (1949-1967), was born in New Westminster in 1902. His parents reached British Columbia with their respective families in 1885; his mother arrived from Ontario and his father from England via Manitoba. Both families were actively engaged in agricultural or horticultural pursuits.
Eagles entered UBC in 1918, where he took a double Honours program in biology and chemistry. During his studies, he attended classes taught by some notable pioneer professors at UBC including, A.H. Hutchinson, C. MacLean Fraser, R.H. Clark, John Davidson, Douglas MacIntosh and E.H. Archibald. Eagles also studied agriculture as a minor. This was, in large part, prompted by the ideas of President F.F. Wesbrook and Dean L.S. Klinck. They stressed the importance of integrating the study of the humanities, basic science and applied science. As a result, Klinck and later F.M. Clement offered agriculture courses to students in Arts and Science. In later commenting on this approach, Eagles reflected, "from Dean Clement I came to appreciate the interrelationship between food and agriculture both from their economic and nutritional aspects."
After graduating from UBC in 1922 with the Governor-General's Gold Medal, Eagles secured a fellowship to pursue graduate studies at the University of Toronto under the direction of Dr. V.J. Harding. He studied in the Departments of Biochemistry and Pathological Chemistry, obtaining his M.A. and Ph.D. in 1924 and 1926. Eagles then became a Research Fellow at Yale University (1926-1928). While there, he was seconded to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington. He spent a year of post-doctoral study following Yale and Washington at the National Institute for Medical Research in London.
In 1929, Eagles returned to UBC and began a thirty-eight-year affiliation with the University. The position he assumed was unique at that time. It consisted of a half-time teaching, half-time research appointment with half of the funds for salary, equipment and supplies provided by the Empire Marketing Board. Eagles were to work on the biochemical aspects of cheese-ripening under Prof. Wilfrid Sadler and develop courses relating to the dairy industry in biochemistry and microbial physiology. In 1930, Eagles married Violet Evelyn Dunbar. She earned a B.A. (1921) and M.A. (1922) from UBC and then continued her graduate studies at Toronto. Working with Professors Wastenays and Borsook, her area of specialization was research in pure proteins and enzymes, and she became recognized as one of the leading enzyme chemists in the country. In 1929 Violet Dunbar received her Ph.D. and returned to UBC, where she participated in research funded by the Powell River Company.
Blythe Eagles' long affiliation with the University was interrupted briefly between September 1932 and March 1933 when a forty percent reduction to UBC's operating grant resulted in his lay-off. Eagles and forty other members of the faculty became victims of the Depression. He found employment as an industrial chemist with the Powell River Pulp and Paper Company during this period.
After the death of Wilfrid Sadler in 1933, Dean Clement asked Eagles to assume Sadler's heavy teaching responsibilities. Eagles later became Head of the Dept. of Dairying (1936-1955) and then Chairman of the Division of Animal Science (1955-1967) in the re-organized Faculty of Agriculture. Eagles succeeded F.M. Clement as Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture in 1949 and continued until his retirement in 1967.
Eagles served on UBC Senate for twenty years (1947-1967) and as president of the B.C. Academy of Science in 1946/47. He is a fellow of the Agricultural Institute of Canada, Royal Society of Canada, and Canada's Chemical Institute. In 1966, the UBC Alma Mater Society named Eagles as the recipient of the Great Trekker Award. Traditionally, the award is given to an alumnus of this University who achieves eminence in their work, contributes to the community and maintains an ongoing interest in UBC. As a student, Blythe Eagles helped plan the 'Pilgrimage' [or Great Trek as it had become known] in 1922 when 1,100 students of the fledgling institution marched to the Point Grey campus to compel the government to provide the facilities promised before World War I. While Eagles participated in the planning of the event and the collection of some 56,000 supporting signatures, he had already left for studies at the University of Toronto when the event was staged. On the occasion of his Great Trekker award, the Vancouver Sun paid Eagles the following tribute: "Apart from this early venture [helping to plan the Great Trek] into lively public relations, his work has consistently been quiet, effective and practical achievements in applied science and university administration. It is recognized in academic circles by his formidable list of degrees, publications, appointments and offices. To industry, he is known for his valuable researches into cheese ripening and pulp and paper making. But his administration of the Faculty of Agriculture may well outrank these. Of all the faculties, Agriculture has had the closest and most personal relations with the problems and progress of a large and important section of the people of British Columbia. It has consistently been accessible and helpful, too, not only for organizations and industries but also for individual ranchers, farmers, dairymen, and specialist growers."
Eagles also received an Honorary D.Sc. from UBC in 1968. However, an assessment of Eagles' contributions can be extended beyond his notable academic and administrative accomplishments. He and Violet Eagles have also made important, although less tangible, contributions in a social sense. They and their Burnaby home have achieved a reputation for entertaining colleagues, students, family and friends. These social occasions fostered new and lasting acquaintances amongst faculty members and students. This interaction was particularly significant during an earlier period when the university community was smaller than the institution we have today.
Throughout his career and into his retirement, Eagles has displayed unwavering concern for the development of the University and has recognized the importance of preserving its history for posterity. To this end, Eagles have become a key figure in the organization and implementation of several historical projects through the Alumni Association's Heritage Committee.

Mary Hill completed her M.A. (1942) and Diploma in Social Work (1943) at UBC. After serving as a social worker, she went to Columbia University, earning her M.Sc. in Social Work in 1948. Hill was a part-time member of UBC's School of Social Work until 1969, when she joined the faculty full-time. She was very interested in studying the needs of the elderly and became one of the original members of the President's Gerontological Committee.
The history of the Committee on Gerontology can be traced back to 1973 when UBC President Walter Gage established an ad hoc committee to "assess the problems, make suggestions as to where funds for research might be obtained and to submit briefs to agencies which might be interested." The first meeting of the committee was held in January 1974. Discussions at this meeting centred on the difficulties inherent in obtaining research funds and reference material for studying the needs of older people. Those attending the meeting supported the idea of establishing a gerontology centre at UBC that could provide the necessary coordination for an interdisciplinary gerontological program. Educational offerings in Gerontology evolved out of the work of the President's Committee on Gerontology. Basic and applied age-related research is now conducted in many Schools, Faculties. and Departments. Although UBC does not offer a Graduate Degree in Gerontology per se, the Committee on Gerontology within Graduate Studies performs an advisory function enabling students to develop a program of studies with substantial gerontology content.

The history of the Warren family dates back to the 1700s in England. Harry Warren accumulated extensive documentation of the history of the Warren
family. Harry V. Warren was born in Anacortes, Washington, in 1904. He completed his B.A. (1926) and B.Sc. in geological engineering (1927) at UBC. In 1927 he went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and earned his doctorate in natural science in 1929. After completing post-graduate work at the California Institute of Technology, Warren returned to UBC as a lecturer in the Dept. of Geology and Geography in 1932. By 1945 he had been promoted to professor. Amongst his numerous outstanding contributions, Warren pioneered the study of biogeochemistry, in which plant life is used to help detect the presence of trace elements. He also studied the link between geology and medicine, particularly the impact of trace elements on health. Throughout his career, Warren received numerous honours as a scholar, teacher and amateur sportsman. Although he retired from the University in 1973, he remained active in multiple organizations and published a wide range of articles.

Albert Edward Richards earned his B.A. (1923) at the University of British Columbia, M.A. from Wisconsin, and Ph.D. from Cornell University. As president of the Alma Mater Society in 1922, Richards led the "Great Trek" from the old Fairview Shacks, through the streets of Vancouver, to the University's unfinished site at Point Grey. This demonstration and other organized student activities were undertaken to protest the overcrowded conditions at Fairview and delays in moving the University to Point Grey. Richards went on to work for the federal Department of Agriculture and achieved distinction as an agricultural economist. He received an honourary degree from U.B.C. in 1949.

The Players' Club was founded at the University of British Columbia in 1915 by Frederic Wood, who served as honourary president and director of all plays staged from 1916 to 1931. The objective of the organization was to provide training in the theatre arts for UBC students. Each spring and fall, the club performed one-act plays throughout the province. Such tours contributed significantly to the cultural life of B.C.. In addition, they helped integrate the activities of the university with the outlying areas of the province. The Players' Club disbanded in 1966 following the institution of the Department of Theatre at UBC. However, it was revived in the 1990s.

John Wesley Neill was born in Salford, Ontario. He earned a B.S.A. from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1938. Neill came to the University of British Columbia in 1949, succeeding Frank Buck as supervisor of Campus Development. He was made an assistant professor in the Department of Horticulture. In 1980, he became the Director of the Landscape Architecture program.

Marjorie Vivien Smith was the program director for the Aging and Human Relations Division at UBC's Centre for Continuing Education between 1940 and 1978. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan and her Master of Social Work from UBC.

In the autumn of 1955, President Norman Mackenzie appointed a Committee on Automation to investigate "the University's total interest in computers and automation in general." The Committee consisted of approximately 20 members representing most of the research interests on campus and was chaired by E.D. McPhee. At the Committee's first meeting on November 16, 1955, four sub-committees were formed: Departmental Interests and Specifications; Training and Curriculum: Type Equipment; and Library Needs and Resources. The Committee held several meetings and prepared several reports on various facets of computerization.
The University of British Columbia Computing Centre was established in 1957 with the ALWWAC III-E installation. Because of the ever-increasing demand for memory and speed, the Computing Centre eventually replaced the ALWAC with the IBM 1620 in 1961. The IBM 7040 was introduced in 1964, and IBM 360/67 and IBM 7044 were introduced in 1967. Over the years, the Centre has continually upgraded its facilities to provide academic and administrative computing services to the University.
In the 1990s, the Computing Centre went through many significant changes, both structurally and functionally. In 1994 it became a core component of a new division known as University Computing & Communications (C&C). C&C initially had four main branches under it, known as University Computing Services, Telecommunication Services, Media Services (later ImPress), and UBC Press. In 1995 Information Systems Management was absorbed by C&C. In 1999, Computing & Communications became Information Technology Services (IT Services). In 2003, IT Services was restructured and, after removing two units that did not fit its mission, became UBC Information Technology "IT." In 2010 IT groups were amalgamated to form UBC IT. As of 2018, the department service offerings range from IT-related strategy, applications, infrastructure, to support services.
The department has had several heads since its inception. The title for the head of the department has evolved from Supervisor to Director to Associate Vice-President. Currently, UBC IT falls under the Associate Vice-President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Jennifer Burns (2015 –). Previous individuals holding the top leadership position over the years have included T. E. Hull (1957 -1964), James M. Kennedy (1966 – 1980), Alvin G. Fowler (1981 – 1985), and Jack L. Leigh (1986-1997), Ted Dodds (1997 – 2009), Oliver Grüter-Andrew (2009 – 2015).
Additional administrators of note include S. Werner "Vern" Dettwiler (Acting Head 1963-1965), Dr. Richard Spencer (Acting Head 2007-2008), Carol J. Bird, and Jim Tom. Carol was Assistant Director (1980-1990), Associate Director of Academic Services (1990-1993) and Director of Information Systems Management (1993-1995). Jim Tom was Director of Telecommunications (1992 – 1999), Director of Networks (1999 – 2004), and Director of e-Learning & Telestudios (2004).

The Dean of Women's position was established in 1921, with Miss Mary L. Bollert appointed to the post. Initially, the functions were largely ill-defined, but it sought to assist female university students with any "emotional," financial, social or academic problems over the years. The Office of the Dean of Women sponsored programmes of interest to students, including orientation, continuing education, and vocational counselling. It also played an important role in supervising women's residences. Beginning with Fort Camp's construction (UBC's first permanent women's residence) in 1950, maintaining the halls and the welfare of the residents was assumed by the Dean's Office. Supervision was maintained by Dons, Residence Staff, and Resident Fellows, who reported to the Dean. With the rapid growth of residences, the responsibility for maintaining the buildings passed to the Housing Administration. Simultaneously, the Dean's Office continued to recruit, train and supervise staff for the residences. By the mid-1960s, the residence expansions resulted in establishing a Supervisor of Women's Residences who reported to the Housing Director. After that, the new position slowly assumed many of the previous functions of the Dean's Office. The Dean of Women were: Mary L. Bollert (1921-41); M. Dorothy Mawdsley (1941-59); Helen McCrae (1959-73); and E. Margaret Fulton (1974-78). In 1978, the Dean of Women's position was abolished, and the Women Students Office assumed its remaining functions.

Community Relations emerged in 1985 to replace Information Services, which functioned between 1965 and 1985. Like its predecessor, Community Relations strives to increase public understanding and support for the University. This goal is accomplished through encouraging public use of University facilities and campus attractions, promoting improved liaison between the University and the public and private sectors, and providing the media with information about UBC and its activities. Community Relations produces several publications to keep the University community and the public informed about significant University events. This office also provides public relations and counselling services for UBC academic and administrative units in all aspects of internal and external communications. In 1985, the Community Relations office included the Director, the Publications Editor, and Community Relations Officers. In late 1986, a News Bureau was established, later altering its name to Media Relations in 1991. In 1989, the UBC Speakers Bureau was transferred from the Alumni Association. Marketing was added in 1989 and re-named Promotion in 1992. In 1995, Community Relations changed its name to University Relations.

Before working at UBC, James Kennedy worked at the Atomic Energy Agency of Canada. He became director of the Computing Centre at UBC from January 1966 to 1980. He was also a professor at the Department of Computer Science from 1968. Kennedy served on the UBC Senate from 1969-1975 as a Representative of Joint Faculties. He served as Vice-President of University Services from 1980-1984. He was a founding member and later the Canadian Information Processing Society president from 1971 to 1972. In addition, he served as an officer of the Canadian Mathematical Association, the Canadian Association of Physicists and the Canadian Applied Mathematics Association.

Established after World War I, the Department of Poultry Science was initially called the Poultry Husbandry Department. It was primarily a place where war veterans could gain practical knowledge of poultry farming. As the first department head, Professor A.G. Lunn was to oversee the progression of poultry farming from a supplementary form of income for the farmer to the great industry it was to become. The original farm comprised twenty-two acres, with thirty-two breeding pens. The initial chicks were brooded under briquette-fired stoves, but this soon changed to the more modern electric or gas brooders. At the time, breeding chickens operated under the R.O.P. (Records of Performance) program, directed from Ottawa. British Columbia became known as a source of good breeding stock. Due largely to work being done at The University of British Columbia, this was considered the golden era for B.C. poultry prominence. Two early instructors, professors E.A. Lloyd and V.S. Asmundson, developed unique breeds. In addition, Lloyd was instrumental in introducing chick sexing from Japan. Unfortunately, the depression of the 1930s essentially brought such promising research to an end, and funding was so reduced that Professor Lloyd was, for a time, the sole member of the department. World War II brought a boom to the industry and the department as well. A graduate of the department, Jacob Biely, became first a professor and then when Professor Lloyd retired in 1953, the head of the Department. It was at this time that the department changed its name to the Poultry Science Department. Professor Biely retired in 1968 and was replaced as head of the department by Professor Warren Kitts. Professor Kitts would become Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences in 1975. Yet, under his auspices, the Poultry Science Department would grow to be the second-largest of its kind in Canada. By the late 1970s, Dr. Darrell Bragg was department head, and in 1986 the department was discontinued. Their programs transferred to the new Department of Animal Science.

The Department of Botany was established at UBC in the early 1920s. The Department of Biology split into the Departments of Botany and Zoology. In 1940, Botany was again reorganized into the Department of Biology and Botany and remained in this form until the mid-1960s, when it again became the Botany Department. For background information about this development, refer to Box 5-1. After the split, the biological functions of the Department were assumed by the Life Sciences Council, which was responsible for restructuring the relationships between the life sciences. In explaining this new arrangement, the UBC Calendar (1985/86) states: "Biology is not treated as a department but a field of study. Programmes are sponsored, and instruction is offered cooperatively by the Departments of Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology, Oceanography, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Physiology and Zoology."

The history of the Department of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia can be traced back to 1914 when President F.F. Wesbrook recruited Douglas McIntosh from McGill University to become the first professor of chemistry, one of the first appointees to the UBC faculty. Ebenezer H. Archibald became the second member of the department in 1915, and the following year, Robert H. Clark joined. McIntosh served as department head until 1920, when he left the University to accept a private position. Archibald assumed the position of department head until 1927. Then, he resigned because of illness and was succeeded by Robert Clark. The latter continued in this capacity for over twenty years before retiring in 1948. The late 1940s represented a trying period because resignation, retirement and death reduced the number of professors in the department to three. In 1949, Sperrin Chant (Dean of Arts and Science and head of the Dept. of Psychology) became acting head of the department until replaced later in the year by Gilbert Hooley. In 1964, the Department of Chemistry moved to the newly created Faculty of Science following the Faculty of Arts and Science split.

Professor H.M. King was appointed to the Department of Animal Science at UBC. His scientific contributions were to livestock, and he specialized in herd classification. His career at UBC spanned more than thirty-six years. King also worked for the Pacific National Exhibition for 52 years as director and for two years as its president.

Guided Independent Study was first established in 1973 as Credit and Independent Study, offering university courses by correspondence. The name was changed to Guided Independent Study in 1977; after 1986, it became known as UBC Access. However, its functions remained the same: to offer credit and non-credit courses to students outside the Lower Mainland by correspondence. The department was always closely associated with the Centre for Continuing Education. In 1998 it was re-organized and re-named Distance Education and Technology, and later the Office of Learning Technology. In July 2010, it merged with the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth to form the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology.

Samuel Mack Eastman (1882-1968), who became the University of British Columbia's first professor of history, was born in Oshawa, Ontario. After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, Eastman used fellowships to study at the University of Paris (1908-1911) and Columbia University (1911-1912). During these years, he developed a keen interest in international affairs. After leaving Columbia, he went to Calgary College, where he taught history and introduced International Studies. Eastman moved to UBC in 1915. He remained at the university until 1925 (with a brief interruption between 1916 and 1918 for war service). In 1919, Eastman became head of the Department of History, holding the position until 1925, when he resigned to work in the International Labour Office in Geneva. He fled Europe after the collapse of the Western Front (1940). He returned to Canada, taking a position at the University of Saskatchewan. Eastman retired to Vancouver in 1949 and became actively involved in Canada's United Nations Association and the Canadian Institute of International Affairs.

Olav Slaymaker received his Ph.D. in Geography in1968 from Cambridge University and began teaching as an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia. In 1972 Slaymaker was elevated to the status of Associate Professor. He became a full Professor in 1981 and served as Head of the Department of Geography at UBC from 1982 to 1992. Slaymaker also served as Vice-President Research at UBC from 1991-1995 and is Co-editor of The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe Canadien and CATENA, an international interdisciplinary journal of geomorphology, hydrology and soil science published by Elsevier. His research interests include sustainability of mountain environments, alpine hydrology and geomorphology, lacustrine sedimentation and the human impact on geomorphic and hydrological processes.

The Department of Agricultural Economics was established within the Faculty of Agriculture in 1940 to deal with agriculture's economic and social problems, which arose primarily in the adaption of the industry to technological progress and population growth. Dean F.M. Clement, who had offered courses in agricultural economics for over fifteen years, became the first head of the department. In 1949, W.J. Anderson succeeded Clement, and he served as a head until 1964.

The "Indian Education Resource Centre" was established in Brock Hall on the UBC campus in 1970. It functioned as a resource centre for Indigenous peoples' education, visiting Indigenous schools, establishing research and curriculum projects, producing the "Indian Education Newsletter," disseminating information about education, and serving as a lobby organization for Indigenous peoples' education in B.C. and across Canada. The centre was funded by government grants and private donations, an association of professionals, para-professionals, and educational community members. The centre was closed in 1978.

British Columbia author Jane Vance Rule was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1931. She received her BA from Mills College, Oakland, in 1952 and attended University College in London, 1952/53 as an "occasional student." In 1954 Rule taught at Concord Academy, a private school in Massachusetts. There she met Helen Sonthoff, a fellow faculty member who became her life partner. Rule first came to Vancouver in 1956. After writing for two years, she became the first assistant director of the University of British Columbia's newly-established International House in its first year of operation (1958/59). After that, she taught periodically in the English and Creative Writing Departments at UBC. Jane Rule distinguished herself as one of British Columbia's best fiction writers. She also made significant contributions to non-fiction, particularly in writing about homosexuality and women's rights. In 1964, she published Desert of the Heart, a novel centred on a professor of English literature who meets and falls in love with a casino worker in Reno. It received a chilly reception in most quarters. However, it was made into a movie by Donna Deitch called Desert Hearts in 1985 - both the novel and the movie are now considered classics in their genre. In 1976, she moved to Galiano Island and remained there until the end of her life. Rule served on the executive of the Writers' Union of Canada. Open about her sexuality; she was an outspoken advocate of both free speech and gay rights. Rule was inducted into the Order of British Columbia in 1998 and into the Order of Canada in 2007. She died on 28 November 2007 due to complications from liver cancer.

Raymond Hall came to Vancouver in 1956 from Sydney, Australia. He began his film career with CBC Television as an assistant director. He remained at CBC until 1969, when he moved to the Middle East, spending almost four years as a documentary filmmaker with the United Nations. In 1974 Hall returned to Vancouver, where he became a principal partner in Petra, a local film and production company. Hall joined UBC’s Theatre Department in 1981 as an assistant professor remaining there until his retirement in 1998 as a full professor. He played a significant role in linking UBC’s Creative Writing program to the Film and Theatre Department and was also instrumental in establishing the School of Journalism. Through Petra and his work at the University, Hall nurtured creativity and enthusiasm in many generations of student filmmakers and provided an important link between them and the film industry.

The University of British Columbia's Development Office was established in 1986/87 with funding from the university's General Purpose Operating Fund and cost recovery on donations to the campaign. The Development Office has been a part of External Affairs since 1999/2000. Its primary function is to advance the university's vision by increasing private sector funding for campus initiatives. In addition, the Office provides fundraising expertise and assistance. The Development Office has established a strong base of ongoing donor support for UBC. It develops effective campus-based fundraising programs and approaches. The Office also raises money annually on behalf of UBC faculties, programs, and projects.
The Development Office includes Faculty Fundraising, Campaign Operations, Gift and Estate Planning and Awards and the UBC Fund.

Kenneth Carter was appointed to the Royal Commission on Taxation in 1962 by prime minister John Diefenbaker to examine and recommend improvements to the federal taxation system. In 1966 a six-volume report was published.

Born in Russia in 1910, Hrennikoff was educated in China but emigrated with her family to Vancouver in 1925. She went to Kitsilano Highschool before going to UBC, where she graduated in 1932. Hrennikoff taught Chemistry and later married Alec Hrennikoff, who was a Professor of Civil Engineering at UBC. She was an active member of the University Women's Club, past president of the Faculty Women's Club, served with the Girl Guides of Canada for over 70 years and was recognized with a Medal of Merit and Honorary Life Membership.

In 1988-89, Ann Carroll interviewed seven members of the Faculty Women's Club. Those interviewed included: Bea Wood, Violet Eagles, Alex (Alexandra) Hrennikoff, Marjorie Peebles, Maebritt Jeffels, Helen B. Akrigg and Jo Robinson. Each of the women speaks about their own life and career and their involvement with the Faculty Women's Club.

Gordon Rex Selman was a committed adult educator. He joined the UBC Department of University Extension in 1954 and served as associate director from 1960 to 1965. After serving two years as executive assistant to University President John B. Macdonald, Selman returned to Extension to serve as director from 1967 to 1974; he then transferred to the Faculty of Education to teach adult education. In 1976 he served on the Faris Committee.

The Finno-Ugric Studies Association of Canada (FUSAC) was founded in 1983. The association's objectives are to promote Finno-Ugric studies in Canada and provide a regular forum for scholars to present papers on many research areas. Also, to initiate and maintain links with scholarly associations and academic institutions in other countries where research and teaching are carried out and stimulate awareness of Canada's Estonian, Finnish, and Hungarian cultural groups.

Norman J. Wilimovsky (1964-66) was the Director of the Fisheries Centre during its existence as the Institute of Fisheries. His research focused on marine life in Canada and Alaska. In addition, he worked with the Arctic Research Laboratory in Alaska.

The Fraser River Hydro and Fisheries Research Project was established in 1956, financed by a grant from the B.C. Power Corporation. Designed to study the delicate inter-relationship of power developments on the river and marine life, the Project began with two general surveys of the so-called "fish-power" problem. The initial surveys, which employed numerous biologists and engineers' services, identify areas for future research. Gordon Shrum was appointed chairman of the Executive, Advisory and Technical Committees, who supervised the operation. Peter Larkin headed the first general survey. The Project concluded in 1961.

Edward Sinclair Pretious was born in Calcutta, India. He obtained his B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia (1929) and M.Sc. in Hydraulics from Iowa State University (1939). He joined the Department of Civil Engineering at UBC in 1940, remaining there until his retirement in the early 1970s. Interested in hydraulic engineering and research projects relating to fish conservation in B.C., Pretious headed the Fraser River Model Project (1948-1961) and the Vancouver Harbour and Burrard Inlet Model Project (1953-1956). The Fraser River Model Project was designed to help improve navigation on the Fraser River Estuary. Located on a three-acre site on the western edge of the Point Grey campus, the project was a hydraulic, erodible-bed, tidal river model and one of the largest in the world. The Vancouver Harbour - Burrard Inlet Project had the primary objective of determining the effects on currents, tides, and navigation of proposed dredging in the First Narrows. A pilot model of the First Narrows was built by the National Research Council of Canada, in cooperation with UBC, on the site of the Fraser River Model, near the Arboretum.

The Fraser River Model Project, which ran from 1948 to 1961, was designed to improve navigation on the Fraser River Estuary. The National Research Council of Canada funded the initial construction and operation of the model. The University of British Columbia provided land, office, laboratory space, materials, engineering, and administrative supervision. The University's support continued after the Federal Department of Public Works took over the model's operational and financial control in 1953. Located on a three-acre site on the western edge of the Point Grey campus, the project was a hydraulic, erodible-bed, tidal river model and one of the world's largest and the only one of its kind in Canada. The model's horizontal scale was 1:600, the vertical scale 1:70. Edward Sinclair Pretious of the Department of Civil Engineering was the director of the project.