The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna,British Columbia. Established in 1908,it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top three universities in Canada. With an annual research budget of $759 million,UBC funds over 8,000 projects a year.
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,and continually ranks among the best law schools in the world. The faculty is known for its holistic approach though highly selective and competitive process for admission. Only 180 candidates are admitted for any given academic year. For the year 2021 class,the acceptance rate was 10%. McGill Faculty of Law has consistently ranked as the top law school for civil law,a top law school for common law,the most number of Supreme Court clerkships of any law school in Canada,and consistently outranks Europe,Asia,and Latin America's top civil law schools.
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,and professor.
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.
Maria Margaret Klawe is a computer scientist and the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College. 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.
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.
The Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESIS) is a multi-disciplinary professional body and learned society,founded in Scotland,for professional engineers in all disciplines and for those associated with or taking an interest in their work. Its main activities are an annual series of evening talks on engineering,open to all,and a range of school events aimed at encouraging young people to consider engineering careers.
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.
The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education is an international charitable organization and education center located in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. Established in 2005,the center describes its mission as "educate the hearts of children by informing,inspiring and engaging the communities around them".
Dame Lesley Anne Glover is a Scottish biologist and academic. She was Professor of molecular biology and cell biology at the University of Aberdeen before being named Vice Principal for External Affairs and Dean for Europe. She served as Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission from 2012 to 2014. In 2018 she joined the Principal's senior advisory team at the University of Strathclyde.
John P. Smol,is a Canadian ecologist,limnologist and paleolimnologist who is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Biology at Queen's University,Kingston,Ontario,where he also held the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change for the maximum of three 7-year terms (2001–2021). He founded and co-directs the Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL).
Aubrey Tingle is professor emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and chair of the board of directors at the Maternal,Infant,Child and Youth Research Network. In March 2001,Tingle was appointed the first president and CEO of The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR).
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.
