Organizational Structure
Committees are integral to the many-faceted activities of the College. Grouped into three distinct clusters they cooperate to organize lectures and other programs, oversee the financial affairs of the college, facilitate individual transitions to retirement, and attend to the continuing well-being of emeriti in various ways.
administrative Committees
The scope of its work involves all aspects of how our organization communicates with its members, our departmental reps, UBC administrators and beyond through its newsletters, web pages, office staff, survey questionnaires, brochures, E mail announcements, Memorandums of Understanding, and Special Reports.
Chair: Vacant
Members:
Margery Fee (newsletter editor)
Carolyn Gilbert (Editorial Board)
The Finance Committee monitors the finances of the UBC Emeritus College.
Chair: Alan Mackworth (2022-)
Vice Chair: Richard Spencer
Members:
Michael MacEntee (Past Chair 2019-2020)
Gail Bellward
Lynn Smith (Chair Fundraising and Development Liaison Committee)
Anne Junker (Vice-Principal)
Richard Unger (Past Chair 2021)
Sandra van Ark (Administrator)
Chair: Lynn Smith
Members:
Izak Benbasat
Naimh Kelly
The Nominating Committee consists of the immediate Past Principal (Chair) and at least two other members approved by the Council who propose a slate of Officers and Members-at-Large to be voted on at the Annual General Meeting.
Chair 2021: Graeme Wynn
Members:
Linda Leonard
Bill McCutcheon
Programs cluster
Cluster Coordinator: Vacant
Convenor: Douw Steyn
Convenor: Sandra Bressler
Member:
Bill McCutcheon
Convenor: Nichola Hall
Convenor: Richard Johnston
Convenor: Graeme Wynn
Convenor: Carolyn Gilbert
Convenor: Graeme Wynn
Retirement Matters Cluster
Cluster Coordinator: Paul Marantz
Chair: Mark Thompson
Members: Lynn Smith and Jim Zidek
The Committee monitors the benefits that retired faculty receive from the University. It draws upon the concerns and priorities of our members to identify possible improvements to benefit programs and makes recommendations for the college to pursue.
Co-chairs: Paul Marantz and Joost Blom
The committee is exploring how to make the continuing scholarship of retired faculty more visible in the university community, and sources of funding to optimize our continuing scholarly endeavors.
Chair: Gail Bellward
Members:
Francis Andrew
Jo-ann Archibald
Shauna Butterwick
John Gilbert
Priscilla Greenwood
Judy Hall
Anne Junker
David Ley
Dianne Newell
William Rowe
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Vijay Verma
The Membership Committee identifies concerns, coordinates activities, and maintains liaisons between the UBC Emeritus College and new and continuing members. In addition, the Committee investigates methods to improve relations between the College and the wider UBC community.
Chair: David Hill
Member
Paul Harrison
Linda Leonard
Olav Slaymaker
Chair: Murray Isman
Members:
TBC
The Transitions to Retirement Committee focuses on activities over the entire retirement spectrum including pre-retirement seminars, informal discussion groups, collation of information resources and activities directed at the early, mid and late stages of retirement. There would also be an opportunity for research projects focused on the retirement process itself.
Chair: Linda Leonard
Members:
Sandra Bressler
Paul Marantz
Louise Nasmith
Paul Steinbok
activities cluster
Cluster Coordinator: Richard Spencer
Special Interest Groups
- Cycling - convenor: Graeme Wynn
- Film - convenor: John LeBlanc
- Photo - convenor: Richard Spencer
- Poetry - convenor: Philip Resnick and George McWhirter
- Travel - convenor: Paul Steinbok
- Volunteering - convenor: Nancy Gallini
Last Update: March 31, 2022