Benoit-Antoine Bacon

@ubcprez

President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of British Columbia

British Columbia

president.ubc.ca

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Benoit-Antoine Bacon
@ubcprez
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Wonderful to join our annual Library Crawl and welcome our new University Librarian Dr. Dale Askey who joined UBC on September 1. Welcome Dale! Our libraries hold more than 9 million items in our print and digital collections! Just as importantly, they are also important places
Benoit-Antoine Bacon
@ubcprez
Sep 5
A special moment for UBC—and a powerful reminder of what’s possible when members of our community invest in the future. Thank you again, Matthew and Natalie, for your extraordinary generosity and belief in UBC. It was a privilege to celebrate this milestone together.
University of British Columbia
@UBC
Sep 5
What a day to celebrate the UBC community! 💙 It was wonderful to come together to mark this historic $40-million gift from UBC alumni Matthew and Natalie MacIsaac. Their generosity will help shape the future of nursing education, research and health care for generations to
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Benoit-Antoine Bacon
@ubcprez
Sep 3
This morning, as we welcomed our new Nursing students to UBC, we announced an extraordinary $40-million gift from UBC alumni Matthew and Natalie MacIsaac – the largest gift ever made to a school of nursing in Canada. Their vision and generosity will strengthen nursing education
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Benoit-Antoine Bacon
@ubcprez
Sep 3
Today I had the pleasure of signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Langara College. Langara has been UBC’s largest source of transfer students for years, with over 500 students making that journey each year. This agreement will build on that strong foundation as we explore
Benoit-Antoine Bacon
@ubcprez
Aug 28
After yesterday’s exciting announcement with Minister Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly) of the first intake of 64 Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada, it was a pleasure to celebrate our nine incoming UBC Chairs and to welcome them to our community. These outstanding researchers
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