UBC tradition: Graduation Tree-Planting Ceremony
UBC’s Spring 2022 Graduation Ceremonies started earlier this week. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our warmest congratulations to all graduates. Apart from attending graduation ceremonies, the class of 2022 will probably plant a tree on Vancouver campus to celebrate its graduation, a well-known UBC tradition. This tradition started in 1919 and […]
Stunning visual works from the UBC Library Framed Works Collection
The University of British Columbia Library’s Archives and Rare Books and Special Collections have digitized their collections of framed visual works for the benefit of online researchers. The UBC Library Framed Works Collection contains prints, photographs, charters and documentary artworks that originate from diverse sources. In this blog post, we will explore different subjects in […]
International Nurses Day
International Nurses Day (IND) is celebrated annually on 12 May, and its 2022 theme is “Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health.” It is a day of commemorating Florence Nightingale’s birthday and paying tribute to all nursing professionals. On the occasion of this important day we […]
Telegraph in the olden days
The Chung Collection is an outstanding collection of archival documents, photographs, books, and artifacts related to three broad themes: British Columbia History, Immigration and Settlement, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. This collection contains over 10,000 digitized items dating from the 18th century to the 20th century, of which we have discussed the menus and […]