Stephen Jarislowky to Address UBC Annual General Meeting

Oct 21, 2002

  • Event: UBC Annual General Meeting
  • Date/Time: Monday, October 21, Noon
  • Place: UBC at Robson Square, 800 Robson Street

Philanthropist and financier Dr. Stephen Jarislowsky will
speak on Corporate Governance and Corporate Responsibility
at the University of British Columbia’s Annual General Meeting.

Dr. Jarislowsky, Chairman and CEO of Jarislowsky Fraser &
Co. Ltd., earlier this year donated $1.25 million to help
initiate the UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

Dr. Jarislowky joins UBC Chancellor Allan McEachern and President
Martha Piper for the university’s annual community accountability
session.

The AGM will also highlight UBC’s accomplishments of the
past year, including:

  • Number two Maclean’s ranking of Canadian universities
  • $260 million in research funding, a 30 per cent increase
    over the previous fiscal year
  • Opening of UBC at Robson Square, the new downtown Vancouver
    campus
  • Zoology Prof. Lee Gass chosen Canadian Professor of the
    Year.

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