SJC Newsletter

SJC Dining Hall
St. John’s College UBC fosters trust and respect in its dining hall – Georgia Straight

Awards for Chris Lee
Congratulations to St. John’s College Associate Principal and Professor of English, Dr. Chris Lee, for his recent book award and for being awarded the 2015 UBC Killam Research Prize!

Fireside Chat with Dr. Deborah James
The State of Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Informal Discussion

February Hot Lunch
At the second session our speaker was Alden Habacon, Director, Intercultural Understanding Strategy Development, who talked about IU strategy with a focus on staff resilience and what that means for an institution like ours. Lunch was St. John`s Dining Society`s Greek buffet!

An Evening With Larry Grant
Elder-in-Residence at the First Nations House of Learning and St. John’s College Faculty Fellow, Elder Larry Grant, was the featured speaker in the College’s Ingram Visiting Lecturer Series on October 25, 2013.
Welcome and Light and Truth
Dear newest members of our SJC family and friends of SJC interested in learning more about our community, Warmest welcome to you all! Welcome to your new home, your new adventure, and your new family. Please join me in a reflection on one of many perspectives on how living among SJC has impacted our lives. […]

Waterscapes – Artist Statement
Artist Statement from Professor Gu Xiong on the St. John’s College Art Installation.

From Germany with Love and Dedication
In 1999, when a student of Professor Oliver Vornberger of the northern German University of Osnabrück asked him for a reference, little did he realise that this routine service would change his life. The reference was to support an application for residence at St John’s College in faraway Vancouver. That student, Jan Hannemann, undertaking […]

Nobuyuki Tsujii
Coming to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on March 10, 2013!
SOLD OUT

disAbility and the Arts
“Measuring the Best? A conversation about Merit and the University” March 25 at 5pm, St. John’s College.