Flag Protocol
The university flies four official flags on each campus—Canada, British Columbia, Okanagan Nation Alliance/Musqueam and UBC.
Flags at 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.
Flag notifications
Garth Evans
Flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, in memory of Garth Evans, a valued member of the UBC IT Okanagan team from January 2012 until
Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 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 (temporarily relocated to
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.
National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism 2026
The Canada, BC, Okanagan Nation Alliance and Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride flags at UBC Okanagan, and…
Okanagan Nation Alliance and Musqueam Flags
Each campus of UBC sits on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of its host nation: the Syilx Okanagan Nation in the Okanagan, and Musqueam in Vancouver.
On Sept. 27, 2018, the Okanagan campus raised the Okanagan Nation Alliance flag for the first time on its permanent pole in the courtyard. And in Vancouver, the Musqueam flag was raised on its permanent pole on February 25, 2019.
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.
Each campus has marked National Indigenous Peoples Day by temporarily raising the flag of its host First Nation in place of the university’s flag.