The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and Kelowna,in British Columbia,Canada. With an annual research budget of $893 million,UBC funds 9,992 projects annually in various fields of study within the industrial sector,as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations.
The Faculty of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of McGill University in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. It is the oldest law school in Canada. 180 candidates are admitted for any given academic year. For the year 2021 class,the acceptance rate was 10%.
Julie Payette is a Canadian engineer,scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada,the 29th since Canadian Confederation.
Frank Iacobucci is a former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1991 until his retirement from the bench in 2004. He was the first Italian-Canadian,allophone judge on the court. Iacobucci was also the first judge on the Supreme Court to have been born,raised and educated in British Columbia. Iacobucci has had a distinguished career in private practice,academia,the civil service and the judiciary.
David Howard Turpin is a Canadian scholar and the former university president. Turpin was the president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta (2015–2020) and the University of Victoria.
Phil Gold is a Canadian physician,scientist,professor and author.
John Robert Evans was a Canadian cardiologist,academic,businessperson,and civic leader.
Indira Vasanti Samarasekera is the former president and former vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta. She has been a member of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments,which advises on appointments to the Senate of Canada,since 2016.
Bartha Maria Knoppers,OC OQ is a Canadian law Professor and an expert on the ethical aspects of genetics,genomics and biotechnology.
Maria Margaret Klawe is a Canadian-American computer scientist and served as the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College from 2006 to 2023. Born in Toronto in 1951,she became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009. She was previously Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University. She is known for her advocacy for women in STEM fields.
Stephen John Toope is a Canadian legal scholar,academic administrator and a scholar specializing in human rights,public international law and international relations. In November 2022,he was appointed as the fifth president and CEO of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). Prior to this,he served for five years as the 346th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
James Deverell Horsman,is a politician from Alberta,Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993 and held numerous cabinet portfolios in the government of Alberta.
H. Michael Stevenson is President Emeritus and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University. He retired on August 31,2010,and was succeeded by Andrew Petter on September 1,2010. Stevenson's appointment as President of Simon Fraser University spanned a decade,the longest term of any president in the history of the university.
Joy Louise Johnson is the 10th President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby,British Columbia,Canada. A health scientist and researcher in gender and health,she became the first woman to be appointed Vice-President Research at Simon Fraser in 2014.
Judith (Judy) H. Myers is a Canadian-American ecologist. In 2014,she was elected president of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution,and served in that role until 2016. Professor Myers is well known for her decades-long research into plant-animal-microbe interactions,including insect pest outbreaks,viral pathogens of insects,and pioneering work on biological control of insects and plants,particularly invasive species. Throughout her career she has advocated strongly for both the public understanding of science and for increasing the number of women in the STEM subjects:Science,Technology,Engineering,and Mathematics.
Gail C. Murphy is a Canadian computer scientist who specializes in software engineering and knowledge worker productivity. Murphy is a full professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia,Vancouver. In 2016,she was named Associate Vice President Research pro tem and assumed the role of Vice-President,Research &Innovation on August 14,2017. Murphy is co-founder and was Chief Scientist at Tasktop Technologies Incorporated.
David H. Farrar is an academic and university administrator,serving as the eighth and current President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University. Farrar served as professor of chemistry and an academic administrator at the University of Toronto from 1981 to 2007 and the University of British Columbia from 2007 to 2017. From 1 July to 14 August 2016,Farrar briefly served as the interim president of University of British Columbia. In 2017,Farrar joined McMaster University,serving as its Provost and Vice President of Academics,before being named the university's interim president on 1 July 2019 for a one year term. However,in December 2019 McMaster named Farrar as its official president,with his first formal term beginning on 1 July 2020.
