By Glenn Drexhage on May 24, 2012
On May 30, a special ceremony was held during UBC’s spring congregation to recognize and honour the Japanese Canadian students whose university experience was disrupted in 1942 when they were uprooted and exiled from the B.C. coast – a violation of their citizenship rights. Honorary degrees were conferred on the students who were unable to complete […]
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By Glenn Drexhage on January 26, 2012
Three UBC campus landmarks are commonly referred to as “cairns,” and each has a unique history. Find out more in this Trek Online article, written by Erwin Wodarczak of UBC Library’s University Archives division.
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By Glenn Drexhage on November 30, 2011
A profile of William Tansley, who started as a janitor at UBC and helped establish what eventually became the Museum of Anthropology, appears in the Fall/Winter 2011 issue of Trek magazine. This article was written by Erwin Wodarczak from UBC Library’s University Archives division.
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