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University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body

The Library has collected over the years maps and plans of the University campus and the University Endowment Lands (now Pacific Spirit Park). This collection is now in the University Archives, which continues to add to it.

University of British Columbia Archives · Person · 1913-2015

Dorothy “Dot” Beatrice Osborne (née McRae) was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. After graduating from Prince of Wales High School, she received a teaching certificate from Vancouver Normal School (1934) and a Bachelor of Arts degree from UBC (1935). In 1936 she was elected Vice President of the Alumni Association and served permanently. She was a lifelong member of the Delta Gamma Fraternity, joining in 1932 and 1946 she became a member of the PEO Sisterhood.
The Graduating class of 1935 first met for a formal reunion in 1955 for the twentieth anniversary of their graduation. The class had elected a “permanent class executive,” which planned many of the events. The reunion included graduates in arts, science, and agriculture. From 1955 through 1995, the class met every five years. Events were typically held during Homecoming in the fall, but the 55th reunion was held in July.
In 1985 the class established an endowment for The Graduating Class of 1935 Scholarship, which is awarded to a student with outstanding academic achievement with preference given to a student demonstrating financial need.

Hedgerow Press
University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 2004-2017

Joan Coldwell is the founder of Hedgerow Press. Established in 2004, Hedgerow Press was based in North Saanich and has published books by B.C. writers and artists, including Jane Rule’s last book, "Loving the Difficult", a collection of essays that received the non-fiction Lambda Award. The editorial board of Hedgerow Press included: Joan Coldwell (publisher), M.A.C. Farrant, Louise Hager, Ann Saddlemyer, Colin Smythe and Rachel Wyatt. Hedgerow Press ceased operations as a publisher in July 2017.

James M. Kennedy
University of British Columbia Archives · Person · 1928-2004

James M. Kennedy first joined UBC in 1966 as Director of the Computer Centre. He became a professor in the Department of Computer Science in 1968. Kennedy was a founding member of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS). This organization established standards and shares best practices for the benefit of IT professionals.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1905-

Founded as the Vancouver Woman's Musical Club in 1905. Jean (née Robinson) Blake Coulthard was a founding organizer, mother to BC composer Jean Coulthard. The society's stated objective is the enhancement of music in Vancouver and British Columbia.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 2010-

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) was formed in July 2010 out of the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth and the Office of Learning Technology. The Department of University Extension first developed distance education at UBC in 1936, and in 1946 the first for-credit correspondence courses were taught. In 1970 the responsibility for distance education merged into the Centre for Continuing Education, which in 1973 created the Credit and Independent Study to run correspondence courses. In 1973 Credit and Independent Study became Guided Independent Study (GIS) and was responsible for correspondence courses, while the Office of Extra-Sessional Studies was responsible for off-campus courses. In 1986 GIS was renamed UBC Access. In 1993 UBC Access, the Office of Extra-Sessional Studies and the Centre for Continuing Education merged into Continuing Studies under the Associate Vice President's authority, Continuing Studies. In 1997 UBC Access was renamed Distance Education and Technology and in 2002 was separated from Continuing Studies to be independently run through the Vice President Academic. In 2005 Distance Education and Technology was merged into the Office of Learning Technology.
CTLT is a body under the Provost and Vice-President Academic authority. Their current mission is to "[advance] scholarly and innovative approaches to teaching, learning, curriculum and educational technology practices within and across UBC's diverse disciplinary and cultural contexts." CTLT provides four primary services. It facilitated distance and blended learning, including course development, course planning and delivery, and instructional support. It offers professional development for instructors and graduate students (teaching assistants) and instructors' support with course technology. Lastly, CTLT provides curriculum and course services, supporting the creation of new courses. CTLT also oversees the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISoTL), which runs programs and initiatives to further the teaching and learning scholarship at UBC. A Senior Advisor of Teaching and Learning and Academic Director and four Associate Directors and a Senior Manager of Planning and Operations, and a Strategist for Aboriginal Initiatives administer CTLT.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1918-1985

Before establishing the University of British Columbia Archives in 1970, the UBC Library began to collect copies of faculty publications. Although not necessarily comprehensive, the collection of material grew over time. The Library periodically sent out notices to faculty members inviting them to deposit copies of off-prints and articles. The University Archives continued to collect this material until the practice was discontinued in 1990.

Christie, Herbert Read
University of British Columbia Archives · Person · -1970

Herbert Read Christie was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1908 and the Faculty of Forestry in 1913. Christie became the first member and director of the UBC Department of Forestry from 1921-1933.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1908-

The Department of Mathematics existed as part of McGill University before UBC's founding in 1908. The mathematics professor George E. Robinson who was Acting Principal and Dean of Arts for McGill University College of British Columbia became head of mathematics at the new University of British Columbia. Housed initially at Point Grey in the Mathematics Building and Annex (built 1924-25), the Department of Mathematics was among UBC's first departments. Initially, the Department was part of the Faculty of Arts. However, in 1922/23, the Faculty of Arts was renamed the Faculty of Arts and Science. In 1963 the Department joined the newly formed Faculty of Science.
UBC has long been known as home to one of the top mathematics programs in Canada. In 1972 the Department, in partnership with the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the College for Interdisciplinary Studies, founded the Institute for Applied Mathematics (IAM). This partnership developed out of a need to provide applied mathematics students with the opportunity to embrace an interdisciplinary approach and study mathematics in other departments. The Department is an active participant in the broader mathematics community. Since 1979 it has run the Euclid Contest for British Columbia and several other outreach programs geared at broadening mathematics education across various communities.

Greig, Janet Thomson
University of British Columbia Archives · Person · [unknown]

Janet Thomson Greig graduated from Queen’s University and taught French in Québec and Vancouver before joining the Department of Modern Languages at UBC in 1922. She enjoyed a 23-year career at the university, and during that time, she completed her M.A. in 1926. She retired from the university in 1944. In her lifetime, she was made Officer D’Académie avec Palmes Académique and was presented with the Alliance Française's Medal for her work on French culture.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1912-

The functions of Convocation, whose members include the Chancellor, President, members of the Senate, all faculty members, and all university graduates, are primarily electoral. Members of Convocation elect the Chancellor, who serves as chairman of the body, and the Registrar acts as its secretary and maintains the roll of Convocation. It has the power to confer degrees, including honorary degrees, and award diplomas and certificates of proficiency.
The preliminary meeting of Convocation, which was convened in 1890 as an initial step to establishing a provincial university, failed due to political polarization. At a meeting held in Victoria in 1912, over 400 of the 739 registered convocation members elected Francis Carter-Cotton as Chancellor and fifteen elective Senate members. The Provincial Government regarded this event as a launching ceremony for the University.

Cooke, Beatrice
University of British Columbia Archives · Person · 1901-1997

Beatrice Cooke was born in Nanaimo in 1901. She taught school for several years before marrying. She raised six children before she became an undergraduate at UBC. Cooke received her B.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1959 and a B.S.W. in 1960. She worked as a social worker until 1965. Cooke was widowed in 1960 and married Albert C. Cooke in 1963. In addition to her career as a social worker and mother, Cooke wrote short stories and poetry. She died in 1997.

The Corporation
University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 2004

The Corporation, a film released in 2004, is a groundbreaking movie documentary about the identity, economic, sociological, and environmental impact of corporations' dominance and dubious standing as an institution. Based on the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan, the film portrays corporations as legal persons and how this status has contributed to their rise in dominance, power, and unprecedented wealth in Western society. The Corporation exposes the exploitation of corporations on democracy, the planet, and individuals' health, carried out through case studies, anecdotes, and interviews. The documentary includes 40 interviews of CEOs, critics, whistleblowers, corporate spies, economists, and historians to further illuminate corporations' actual character. The Corporation was the conception of co-creator, Vancouver-based Mark Achbar, co-creator, associate producer, and writer Joel Bakan. The film, coordinated by Achbar and Jennifer Abbott and edited by Abbott, has currently received 26 international awards and was awarded the winner of the 2004 Sundance Audience Award and Best Documentary at the 2005 Genie Awards.

Nelson, Elmer Kim
University of British Columbia Archives · Person · [Unknown]

Elmer K. "Kim" Nelson was instrumental in developing the criminology programme at the University of British Columbia in the 1950s. The B.C. Prison Commission had called for UBC to begin training in criminology in 1950. Two years later, Nelson was appointed assistant professor of criminology in UBC's Department of Anthropology and Sociology. He developed a criminology programme in consultation with staff in the Faculty of Law, the School of Social Work, and the Department of Psychology. By 1956 his department had been renamed Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology, and he had been promoted to associate professor. Nelson's appointment at UBC was funded in part by the B.C. Attorney-General's Office on the understanding that he would also serve part-time as a consultant to the Director of Corrections. As a consultant, Nelson initially was responsible for staff development and training and advising the Director on policy development. Later he helped plan the new Haney Correctional Institution, where he became full-time warden in 1956. Nelson went to the University of Southern California in 1958, where he headed the Youth Studies Centre, and later served as Dean of the USC School of Public Administration. He also served with several bodies and institutes in sociology and criminology and published extensively on topics related to organizational behaviour and criminal justice. The criminology programme that he founded at UBC continued until 1960, when the School of Social Work largely absorbed it; certificates in criminology were also offered through UBC Continuing Education until 1982.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1961-

In response to the growing need for professional librarians in Western Canada and with strong support from UBC President Norman MacKenzie and University Librarian Neal Harlow, the School of Librarianship was established at UBC by Samuel Rothstein in 1961. Housed in the upper north wing of the UBC Main Library, the School operated as a professional school within the Faculty of Arts and Science and opened with an enrolment of 30 students and four full-time faculty members. In May 1962, the School graduated its first class of Bachelors of Library Science (BLS). In February 1963, the School's program was accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association (ALA). ALA accreditation allowed the American and Canadian Library Associations to recognize the School as fully meeting the accepted standards for graduate education in library and information science and enabled the School's BLS graduates to seek employment in Canadian and American libraries. In order to incorporate new technologies into the curriculum and prepare students better for their professional careers as information specialists, the School replaced the one-year postgraduate BLS program with a two-year program leading to the degree of Master of Library Science (MLS) in 1971. The School's MLS program was later re-accredited by ALA in 1976, 1985, 1992, and 1998. In 1981, in conjunction with the Department of History, the School offered a two-year program in Archival Studies leading to the degree of Master of Archival Studies (MAS), the first graduate program in archival studies in North America. The first Archival class comprised eight students and one full-time faculty member.
In 1984, the School changed its name from the School of Librarianship to the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS). In 1990, both the MLS and MAS programs were made subject to the academic policies of Faculty of Graduate Studies but the School remained within the administrative jurisdiction of the Faculty of Arts. In 1995, the School graduated the first students with the newly re-named Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS). In 1998, the School initiated a Joint MAS/MLIS program and a First Nations concentration in the MLIS and MAS programs. In 1999, the School offered a multidisciplinary Master of Arts in Children's Literature program (MACL) in conjunction with the Departments of English, Language and Literacy Education and Theatre, Film and Creative Writing. In response to the educational needs of already working professional librarians and archivists, the School also offered a continuing education program leading to the Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS). In September 2003, the School admitted six students to its inaugural Ph.D. program in Library, Archival and Information Studies. In 2020 the School's name was changed again to the School of Information, to reflect the evolution of the information professions and changes within the disciplinary areas of library, archival and information studies.
Since 1961, the Directors of the School include: Samuel Rothstein (1961-1970), Roy Stokes (1970-1981), Basil Stuart-Stubbs (1981-1992), Ken Haycock (1992-2002), Edie Rasmussen (2003-2009), and Caroline Haythornthwaite (2010- ). Additional information about the School is available through their website www.slais.ubc.ca.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1898-1974

Copper mining activities began at Britannia Beach, B.C. in 1898 under the auspices of the Britannia Syndicate. In 1908 control of the property passed to the Howe Sound Company of New York which operated the mine as a wholly-owned subsidiary, Britannia Beach Mining and Smelting Company Ltd.. The scale of operations expanded until, in the late 1920s, the mine produced the largest copper output in the British Empire. Mining continued on a reduced scale during the Depression while, by comparison, many other copper mines were forced to close entirely. The Britannia Beach Mining and Smelting Company was finally placed in voluntary liquidation in 1958 as a result of rising production costs and declining ore grades. Shortly thereafter, the Howe Sound Company reopened the mines and operated them as a division of the parent company until the property was sold to Anaconda Copper. Mining operations finally ceased at Britannia Beach in 1974.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1973-1976

Provincial legislation passed in November 1973 gave rise to the development of the British Columbia Medical Centre (BCMC). The legislation established a network of hospitals and related health facilities to provide patient care services, health science teaching, and related medical research. BCMC integrated the resources of numerous institutions, including Vancouver General Hospital, UBC Health Science Centre, G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Children's Hospital, B.C. Cancer Institute, St. Paul's Hospital, and Shaughnessy Hospital. The creation of BCMC would have involved a massive expansion of the Shaughnessy Hospital, which generated a great deal of public controversy. The provincial government disbanded BCMC in 1976 in light of the high cost of its operations.

Rule, Jane
University of British Columbia Archives · Person · 1931-2007

British Columbia author Jane Rule was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1931. She received her B.A. from Mills College, Oakland in 1952 and attended University College in London, 1952/53 as an "occasional student." In 1954 Rule taught at Concord Academy, a private school in Massachusetts. There she met Helen Sonthoff, a fellow faculty member who became her life partner. Rule first came to Vancouver in 1956. After writing for two years, she became the first assistant director of the University of British Columbia's newly-established International House in its first year of operation (1958/59). Thereafter she taught periodically in the English and Creative Writing Departments at UBC.
Jane Rule distinguished herself as one of British Columbia's best fiction writers. She also made significant contributions in nonfiction, particularly homosexuality and women's rights. In 1964, she published Desert of the Heart, a novel centred on a professor of English literature who meets and falls in love with a casino worker in Reno. It received a chilly reception in most quarters, but she was deluged with desperate letters from closeted lesbians who felt there might be someone who understood them. It was made into a movie by Donna Deitch called Desert Hearts in 1985 - both the novel and the movie are now considered classics in their genre. In 1976, she moved to Galiano Island and remained there until the end of her life. Rule served on the executive of the Writers' Union of Canada. An open lesbian, she was an outspoken advocate of both free speech and gay rights. Rule was inducted into the Order of British Columbia in 1998 and into the Order of Canada in 2007. She died on 28 November 2007 due to complications from liver cancer.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1973-1985

The Association of University and College Employees, Local 1 was established in 1973 to represent library workers and the support staff at the University of British Columbia. The union disbanded in 1985, and CUPE now represents its members.

Gossage, Carolyn, 1933-
University of British Columbia Archives · Person · 1933-

Carolyn Gossage was born and educated in Toronto. After studying Modern Languages (French and German) at the University of Toronto, she spent a year at La Sorbonne in Paris. This experience was followed by seven years at the Institute of Child Study (U of T) and subsequently at the National Ballet School. In 1977, her first book, A Question of Privilege: Canada's Independent Schools, was published, and in 1979, at Jane Rule's suggestion, she became a member of the newly-formed Writers' Union of Canada. She has since written several works of non-fiction. These include Greatcoats & Glamour Boots: Canadian Women in Uniform 1939-45 and Double Duty. The latter book incorporated the wartime sketches and diaries of Molly Lamb Bobak - Canada's first official woman war artist. Her lifelong interest in art eventually led her to become involved in an entirely different direction in the field of Ethiopian Art. In 2000 in collaboration with Professor Stanislaw Chojnacki, a significant work, Ethiopian Icons, was published an editore in Milan. Gossage and Jane Rule began their extensive (and occasionally sporadic) correspondence over 30 years ago.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1972-

Cecil and Ida Green Lecture Series began in 1972 and is currently ongoing. The Lecture Series sponsors academics from various fields and other prominent figures to lecture at the University. UBC faculty members often nominate potential lecturers. The Cecil and Ida Green Lecture Series Committee, makes the final decision on which guests to sponsor and invite to lecture at UBC.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1936-1970

In the years before the establishment of the Dept. of University Extension (1936), the University of British Columbia was engaged in three main extension activities. These included the provision of vocational courses for returning soldiers (1917-1921), the dissemination of agricultural information to the farmers of the province through short courses, and the Extension Lectures Committee (1918-1935) which co-ordinated lectures by university faculty throughout the province. A Carnegie Corporation grant of $50,000 helped to establish the Dept. of University Extension in 1936. Robert English became its first director. Between 1936 and 1970, the department, first under English, then Gordon Shrum and later John Friesen, expanded the scope of its activities. The department continued until 1970 when, after a period of re-evaluation, the university changed the name to Continuing Education. This transition reflected changing public demands and a shift in emphasis toward professional and continuing academic education.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · [191-?]-

From the time of the University of British Columbia's first Congregation, a Ceremonies Committee was appointed from faculty by the President to assist in staging the event. The committee chairman supervised the Congregation activities while ad hoc committees handled other ceremonial activities. Ceremonial functions of the university fell primarily to the Chancellor; the Ceremonies Committee worked closely with the Chancellor and the President. The Ceremonies Office evolved slowly, beginning with the arrival of Sir Ouvry Roberts in the President's Office. He began as Director of Traffic and, in the early 1960s, gradually assumed responsibility for staging the university's public functions. The Ceremonies Office was first located in the Wireless Station. Malcolm McGregor replaced Roberts as Director of Ceremonies in 1968. The Office moved to the Old Administration Building in the late 1960s and assumed responsibility for staging the university's public functions. McGregor characterized the role of the Office as the "University on parade." The Ceremonies Office has prepared material for memorials, tributes, obituaries, honorary degrees, plaques and dedications, and sponsored special luncheons and dinners, hosted royalty and directed Congregations. In 1977, Benjamin N. Moyls succeeded McGregor as Director of Ceremonies. Moyls was, in turn, succeeded by J.K. Stager (1985-1990), C.E. Slonecker (1990-2004), and Eilis Courtney (2004- ).

Black, Charlotte Scott
University of British Columbia Archives · Person · 1902-1979

Charlotte Scott Black (1902-1979) was born in Nelson, B.C., in 1902. She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.Sc. in Home Economics in 1925 and began teaching in Vancouver schools in that year. Black joined the faculty of the School of Home Economics at the University of Washington in 1941. Her primary responsibility was the establishment and development of the Home Management House. With the establishment of the Department of Home Economics at UBC, she was invited to join the faculty and accepted. In 1946, she was made head of the department following the resignation of Dorothy Lefevbre. The status of Home Economics changed from a department to a school in 1951, and Black then became director until her retirement in 1965.

University of British Columbia Archives · Corporate body · 1949-

By 1944 the B.C. Medical Association, the Provincial Government, and the University were actively discussing the establishment of a Faculty of Medicine. In 1949, following some controversy over the location of the school and the availability of hospital beds, a compromise was reached and the Faculty of Medicine was established at U.B.C. Dr. Myron M. Weaver, formerly Assistant Dean at the University of Minnesota Medical School, was appointed Dean in July 1949 and administrative offices and classrooms were established in temporary army huts. Clinical training took place off campus at Vancouver General Hospital and other Health Centre’s designated by agreement as "Teaching Hospitals". U.B.C. admitted its first class of 60 medical students in September, 1950.
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of British Columbia, which includes a Medical School, a School of Rehabilitation Sciences (Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy) and a School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, is closely affiliated with the major Vancouver teaching hospitals (St. Paul’s, Shaughnessy and Grace Hospitals; Vancouver General Hospital and Health Sciences Centre; Providence Health Care; Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of B.C and the B.C. Cancer Agency) as well as, the Vancouver / Richmond Health Board and an additional sixty hospitals throughout B.C.
The Faculty is itself guided by a set of values which include: Excellence, Integrity, Discovery, People, Learning and Partnership. These values are in turn supported through the Faculty’s mission statement, which is to advance the knowledge, understanding and health of society through education, scholarship, and health care, with excellence being held as the most important criterion for success. The appointment and retention of faculty members which includes the responsibilities to: recruit faculty members who have an interest in, and talent for, education and / or research; to clearly define and consistently apply conditions of appointment, reappointment and promotion; and to develop and fairly apply a system of remuneration, rewards, and recognition distinct from promotion alone.
The Faculty of Medicine is hierarchically organized with the Dean of Medicine at its pinnacle. Reporting directly to the Dean are the areas of Administration, the Associate Deans, the Departments and Schools, and the Research Centre’s (including the B.C. Institute for Children’s and Women’s Health, Biomedical Research Centre, the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, the Neurodegenerative Disorders Centre, the Respiratory Disease Centre, the U.B.C. Centre for Disease Control, and the Vancouver Vascular Biology Research Centre). Included within the Area of Administration are the Directors of Faculty Affairs and Administration; Finance; Inter-institutional Planning; Planning, Construction and Space Utilization; as well as, the Sr. Faculty and the Faculty Development Officers. The Associate Deans are in turn responsible for Admissions, M.D. Undergraduate Education (which also has an Assistant Dean responsible for Faculty Educational Development), Student Affairs, Postgraduate (clinical) Education, and Research (which is additionally supported by four Assistant Deans, Research each of whom is the Vice President, Research in her/his home teaching hospital).