Past Events

UBC Remembrance Day Ceremony

UBC’s Ceremony for Remembrance Day, November 11, 2022

Since the opening of the War Memorial Gym in 1951, The University of British Columbia has held a ceremony commemorating November 11. This year, 2022 will mark seventy-two years that The University of British Columbia has hosted a Remembrance Day ceremony. This special ceremony is an opportunity for faculty, staff, students, emeriti and members of the on and off-campus community to honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace. 

For those attending the ceremony there is free parking available in North Parkade ( https://parking.ubc.ca/map ). Limited parking is available along the north side of University Blvd (6000 and 6100 block) on a first come, first served basis for veterans or those with accessibility needs.

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Groves of Academe - November 7, 2022

READING:  Femi Kayode, Lightseekers 

If you would like to join the group please contact convenor, Graeme Wynn (wynn@geog.ubc.ca). 

Learn more about the group and the format of their activites here

Community Volunteer Group October 27, 2022

We are thrilled to be joined by three notable representatives from Academics Without Borders (AWB) to hear about the organization and the wide range of volunteer opportunities available: Greg Moran, Executive Director AWB , Corrie Young, Associate Executive Director AWB, and Geraldine H. Van Gyn, Professor Emerita at the University of Victoria and AWB volunteer.  Brief bios are below.

Greg Moran became executive director of Academics Without Borders in October 2017.Immediately prior to taking on the executive director role, Greg was the director, special projects at the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario for two years. Greg served as provost and chief academic officer of Aga Khan University (AKU) from 2011-2015 and was based in Nairobi, Kenya, for three of those years. AKU is an international institution of higher learning operating in eight countries on three continents, with campuses in Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, England, and Afghanistan. He is professor emeritus of Psychology and provost emeritus at Western University. 

Corrie Young has been a project manager with AWB since 2010 and the associate executive director since 2014. Prior to joining AWB, Corrie was the executive assistant to the Rector and an assistant lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, Media and Social Sciences at the National University of Rwanda. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Geography from the University of Alberta and a master’s degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University.

Geraldine Van Gyn became professor emerita at UVic after 35 years of teaching and research in the areas of motor control and learning, research methods, and teaching and learning in higher education. She was the director of the UVic Learning and Teaching Centre for six years, program coordinator for the Kinesiology program for over 15 years, and received the Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2013,  the Ralph W. Tyler Award for Outstanding and Distinguished Research in both 1995 and 1997 by the Cooperative Education Association (USA) and the Dr. G. Branton Award for Exemplary Research from the Canadian Association for Cooperative Education in 2008. As professor emerita, she has volunteered for AWB.

Meeting Format: Zoom

Join the Community Volunteer Group mailing list: members receive the Zoom links in advance of all meetings. Please email Nancy.Gallini@ubc.ca and express your interest.

We hope to see you on Thursday, October 27!
Nancy Gallini
Niamh Kelly
Pete Malleson