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UBC announces 2012 individual honorary degrees: Two former PMs, singer-songwriter among Vancouver campus recipients

Former Canadian prime ministers Joe Clark and Paul Martin and iconic singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie are among those receiving honorary degrees from UBC this year. Others who will receive the degrees at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia include a philanthropist for Buddhism studies, a globe-trotting husband-and-wife ethnobotanist team and a beloved symphony conductor.

Feb 14, 2012

UBC and four other Canadian universities chosen by U.S. to lead health education reform

The University of British Columbia is part of a Canadian collaborative selected by the U.S. Institute of Medicine to develop new models for training health professionals that are better tailored to today’s realities.

Feb 14, 2012