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Erwin Wodarczak
Illustration: Margie and the Moon

How Brock Hall came to host the international...

The Origins of UBC’s Graduating Class Trees

Businesses, educational institutions, and many...

If you've ever spent much time studying in UBC’s...

Graduating classes used to pay their respects at...

UBC commenced operations in the midst of an...

The Old Gymnasium and the early history of...

When a loyal supporter of the university donated...

UBC was launched 100 years ago at a meeting held...

Some time around 1920, amateur photographer and...

Mention “The Cairn” to any student or graduate of...

A UBC janitor, loved by students and admired by...

Almost a century ago, a student’s candid...

Illustration: Margie and the Moon
How Brock Hall hosted the international debut of one of the hottest bands of the Sixties.
The origins of “Class Trees” at graduation.
When classrooms became hospital wards and students became orderlies and nurses.
How did the stained glass windows at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre come to be?
Graduating classes used to pay their respects at a local cemetery.
UBC commenced operations in the midst of an economic slump and the First World War.
The Old Gymnasium and the early history of women's athletics at UBC.
Plans for a clock tower on campus in the 1960s met with student resistance.
UBC was launched 100 years ago at a meeting held in Victoria.
How two early UBC Library staff naturally found their way to the fledgling university.