General Meeting March 17, 2021

Ann Hilton - Professor Emerita of Nursing (2006)

A graduate of the 1968 UBC BSN program, Ann began her nursing career in Toronto working on the nursing research unit at Sunnybrook Hospital. In 1974 she joined UBC in the School of Nursing and retired in 2005 as a Professor Emerita. Her research focused on how individuals and families cope with life-threatening and chronic illnesses. A major focus was on coping with uncertainty. While at UBC, she served on the Board of the Faculty Club and the Faculty Pension Plan. Through an endowment, she just established the B. Ann Hilton Fellowship in Nursing, for outstanding graduate students in the School of Nursing.

She painted since she was a child and this interest gained considerable momentum post retirement. She loves watercolour as a medium for the freedom it gives colours to mix and mingle creating wonderful scenarios. She is a member of Artists in Our Midst, the Vancouver Art Guild, the South Delta Artists Guild and the Federation of Canadian Artists. Her website: www.annhilton.com.

Philip Resnick - Professor Emeritus of Political Science (2013)

Philip Resnick was born in Montreal and pursued his university education at McGill, in Paris, and at the University of Toronto. For over forty years he was a member of the Department of Political Science at UBC. His interests as a political scientist ranged widely, from Canadian politics and political economy to comparative nationalism and democratic theory, and he has published extensively in these areas. He is also a published poet with six collections to his credit and a new one, Pandemic Poems, to be published this April by Ronsdale Press.

Andrew Seal - Associate Professor Emeritus of Surgery (2010)

Although his medical training was in the UK, from 1981 to 2010, he was a member of the UBC Department of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery. Throughout his career, he has been committed to nurturing the arts and humanities in medical students. From 1994 to 1999, he had the good fortune to be appointed the Faculty of Medicine’s first Associate Dean of Student Affairs and during his term started the tradition of the annual Spring Gala concert and annual Art Show in both of which students showcase and share all of their amazing artistic talents. 

Since his retirement, he continues to provide surgical assistance to his surgical colleagues as well as occasional undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. He has a studio at home so that his art remains ongoing, as it has throughout his life. Perhaps the most important part of his life that now gives him the greatest joy is spending time with his three beautiful grandchildren.