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Azita Darabian’s love of Pharmacy: the ideal mix of science and community

Azita Darabian loved pharmacy for its mix of science and community. When she passed away at the early age of 51, her family created a legacy to honour her memory. more

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Roper Greyell LLP Donates $100,000 in Support of Students

In January 2020, Roper Greyell LLP made a gift of $100,000 to the Peter A. Allard School of Law in support of students. Half of the funds will be used to establish an endowed bursary in the firm’s name to allow the law school to actively seek out talented students who come from diverse backgrounds. This funding will be matched, more

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$1 Million Estate Gift will Support Incoming Students for Years to Come

The name Nancy Wiggs is likely a familiar one for many of us who either worked or studied at the law school and UBC in the last 40 years. Nancy’s career at UBC began in the early 70’s, eventually culminating into the faculty administrator role at the law school – a position she held with dedication until her retirement in more

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Richards Buell Sutton LLP donates $250,000 in support of the Business Law Clinic

The Business Law Clinic at the Peter A. Allard School of Law provides legal advice to local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and non-profit organizations, and gives students the opportunity to benefit from hands-on learning. In September 2019, Richards Buell Sutton LLP (RBS) made a gift of $250,000 from to support the Clinic over the next five years. more

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UBC Sauder and RBC’s Group Risk Management team create new finance scholarship for women

UBC Sauder School of Business and RBC have teamed up to help recruit more women to study finance with a new $25,000 annual scholarship. more

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A lifetime of service: UBC Sauder alumnus Ron Cliff’s 60 years of philanthropy and community impact

Throughout decades of volunteering and philanthropy, Vancouver business leader Ronald L. Cliff (BCom’ 1949) has offered time, money and expertise to a diverse set of organizations, including the UBC Sauder School of Business. His contributions to the school have directly benefited hundreds of students through award funding. Cliff has also focused his efforts on community improvement by providing more

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Santa J. Ono: wellness and music

UBC President Santa J. Ono would like to increase mental health literacy at UBC, by creating a campus culture that provides resources to engage meaningfully with these issues. “Our university is not just a place; it is our people. Their success is UBC’s success,” says Ono. “By promoting their wellbeing, we promote their excellence.” Under […] more

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Music as an act of wellness

June Goldsmith is listening to a piece by French composer Claude Debussy, and she’s analyzing the performance. The venue for this is somewhat unusual — she’s lying down inside a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner. “When I was going through cancer, I had to have a PET scan,” says June. “As I was getting ready, […] more

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An estate gift to change the story for Alzheimer’s patients

When Irene Graham’s husband, Jock, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she was told the devastating news — there was no treatment. “And so you absolutely have no hope,” Irene recalled. She spent the next few years watching the intelligent, witty man she’d married slowly disappear. After Jock passed away, Irene decided she wanted to help […] more

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The piano in the room: a lifeline in the BC Brain Wellness Program

Every so often, music fills the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, played in real-time on a piano donated to the BC Brain Wellness Program within the Centre. Dr. Silke Cresswell, who founded the program, which launched in late 2019, explains its purpose there. “The piano was given to us by the estate of a […] more

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Generous estate gift supports Indigenous education

Veteran, educator and ethnographer Dr. Colin McCaffrey, who recently passed away at age 92, had an enduring love of learning inspired in him by his mother. His passion for learning, education, and Indigenous community development took him across the globe throughout his life. Shortly after serving in the Second World War, Colin qualified as a […] more

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PODCAST: Jaelem Bhate, conductor & composer

Recently graduated UBC Master of Music student Jaelem Bhate has a promising career as a conductor and composer in both the classical and jazz genres — after an unexpected start in science. Listen to our podcast interview with Jaelem to hear his journey, and how scholarships and awards helped him on the way. more

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