Jessie Ravnsborg
Flags on UBC’s Okanagan campus will be lowered on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, in memory of Jessie Ravnsborg who passed away peacefully on November 2, 2019. Jessie was an alumna and staff member here at UBC Okanagan, and most recently she was working within the Development and Alumni Engagement portfolio. A funeral service will be […]
Mercedes Fernandez-Duran
Flags on UBC’s Okanagan campus will be lowered on Friday, October 25, 2019, in memory of Dr. Mercedes Fernandez-Duran, assistant professor of languages and world literature in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. Dr. Fernandez-Duran passed away on October 16, 2019, in Mississauga, Ontario. A memorial service was held in Ontario on October 22. […]
Devon Marock
Flags on the UBC Okanagan campus will be lowered on Friday, August 23, 2019, in memory of student Devon Marock, who passed away in Kelowna on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. Devon was entering his fourth year of an Applied Science degree in the UBC Okanagan School of Engineering. Our condolences to Devon’s family, friends and colleagues. […]
Gregory Younging
Flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on Monday, May 6, 2019, in memory of Dr. Gregory Younging, who passed away on May 3, 2019. A funeral will be held at St. Saviour’s Church (150 Orchard Ave, Penticton V2A 1X8) on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at 11 a.m., followed by a feast and ceremony at […]
W. Wesley Pue
The BC, Musqueam and UBC flags on the UBC Vancouver Campus and the Canada, BC, Okanagan Nation Alliance and UBC Flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on Wednesday, April 10, in memory of Professor W. Wesley Pue, professor of Law and former Vice-Provost at UBC Vancouver and former Provost at UBC Okanagan, who passed […]
Patrick Lane
Flags on UBC’s Okanagan campus were lowered on Thursday, March 14, 2019, in memory of Patrick Lane, O.C., D.Litt., who passed away on March 7. Dr. Lane received an honorary degree at the Okanagan campus in 2013.
Alan Paeth and Chris Willie
Flags at UBC Okanagan were lowered on Wednesday, June 20, in memory of Dr. Alan Paeth who passed away on June 3, 2018, and Dr. Chris Willie, who passed away on December 21, 2017. Dr. Alan Paeth was an associate professor in the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and […]
Klaus Reichwald
Flags will be lowered at UBC’s Okanagan campus on Friday, April 20 in memory of Mr. Klaus Reichwald who passed away in Kelowna on March 31, 2018 at the age of 78. Mr. Reichwald was a close friend to UBC Okanagan, providing early and foundational philanthropic support to the campus in a time of intense […]
Official opening of Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and UBC Statement of Apology
Flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on Monday, April 9, on the occasion of the official opening of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and a Statement of Apology for UBC’s involvement in the system that supported the operation of the Indian Residential Schools, remembering those who did not survive.
Blair Spearman
Flags at UBC Okanagan will be lowered on Friday, October 6, 2017, in memory of Dr. Blair Spearman, Professor of Mathematics in the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, who passed away on October 1, 2017. Dr. Spearman earned a PhD in mathematics from Pennsylvania State University in 1981. After working for the […]