Organizational Structure

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

Convenor: Douw Steyn

Convenor: Sandra Bressler

Member:
Bill McCutcheon

Convenor: Nichola Hall

Convenor: Richard Johnston

Convenor: Graeme Wynn

Convenor: Carolyn Gilbert

Convenor: Graeme Wynn

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