Vancouver history

UBC Library launches matching fund to enhance teaching, learning and engagement at the Chung | Lind Gallery

By Library Communications on July 30, 2026

UBC Library is launching a $200,000 campaign to raise funds in support of ongoing programming at the Chung| Lind Gallery. Donations up to $120,000 will be matched by a generous pledge from the Jack and Sylvia Gin Foundation.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with alumni, archives, Asian history, BC History, Chinese Canadian history, Chung Collection, Chung Lind Gallery, collections, development, fundraising, RBSC, Vancouver history

UBC Library acquires the first item ever printed in Vancouver.

By michelle blackwell on January 4, 2018

The first edition of the Vancouver Weekly Herald and North Pacific News was printed January 15, 1886.

Posted in General, Press releases | Tagged with acquisitions, BC Historical Newspapers Program, Chung Collection, collections, Heritage Vancouver, Rare Books and Special Collections, Vancouver history

Special Collections help Vancouver Transit Police constable uncover 102-year-old murder.

By michelle blackwell on March 20, 2017

Constable Graham Walker’s deep dive into our Special Collections has culminated in a provincial memorial for Charles Painter, a special constable for the BC Electric Railway who was killed in 1915.

Posted in General | Tagged with BC Electric Fonds, community engagement, Metro Vancouver Transit Police, Rare Books and Special Collections, special collections, Vancouver history

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UBC Library launches matching fund to enhance teaching, learning and engagement at the Chung | Lind Gallery

UBC Library acquires the first item ever printed in Vancouver.

Special Collections help Vancouver Transit Police constable uncover 102-year-old murder.