The University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus
University Relations

Flag Protocol

UBC Okanagan’s flag protocols guide the display and lowering of flags on campus to recognize significant occasions and members of the university community.

Flags at UBC

The university flies four official flags on each campus—Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Nation Alliance/Musqueam and UBC.

For the rules for flying the Canadian Flag, visit the Canadian Heritage site. The rules for flying other flags at UBC are based on this same etiquette.

Flags at UBC Okanagan may be lowered for the passing of a member of the campus community.

For more information, contact university.relations@ubc.ca.

The flags flown on UBC Okanagan's campus.

Flag notifications

Dr. Clifford Ames

Flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on Sunday, July 26, 2026, in memory of Dr. Clifford Ames, Associate Professor Emeritus, who…

Dr. Tom Siddon, LL.D

Flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on Friday, July 3, 2026, in memory of Dr. Tom Siddon, LL.D. who passed away on June 28, in Kelowna, BC.

Pride Month 2026

In observance of Pride Month, UBC will fly the Intersex-Inclusive Pride flag in place of the UBC flag at both UBC Okanagan and UBC Vancouver from…

National Day of Mourning 2026

The Canada, BC, Okanagan Nation Alliance and UBC flags at UBC Okanagan, and the Canada flag (at Flag Pole Plaza) and the BC, Musqueam and UBC flags (at the East

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Indigenous host nation flags

Each campus of UBC sits on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of its host nation:

  • Syilx Okanagan Nation in the Okanagan
  • Musqueam in Vancouver

 

National Indigenous Peoples Day is marked by each campus by temporarily raising the flag of its host First Nation in place of the university’s flag.

The flags formally signify UBC’s recognition of Indigenous peoples in whose lands the university resides, and add to a growing visible Indigenous presence on both campuses that includes bilingual signs providing alternate street names in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and nsyilxcn Indigenous languages.

Okanagan Nation Alliance

On September 27, 2018, the Okanagan campus raised the Okanagan Nation Alliance flag for the first time on its permanent pole in the courtyard.

On February 25, 2019, the Vancouver campus raised the Musqueam flag on its permanent pole.

The Okanagan Nation Alliance Flag.
The Okanagan Nation Alliance Flag
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