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The Honourable Steven Lewis Point was appointed UBC Chancellor in July 2020. As he approaches the end of his first three-year term, he is now being considered for reappointment.
Chancellor Point has served as chair of the convocation, conferred degrees granted by UBC and is a member, ex officio, of the Board of Governors, Vancouver Senate, Okanagan Senate, Council of Senates and the alumni UBC Board of Directors. The position is voluntary.
The Chancellor is the senior statesperson of the university and serves as the titular head. This role advocates for the vision of the university and plays an ambassadorial role in strengthening UBC’s relationship with key partners, alumni, and the community the university serves.
In accordance with Section 11 of the University Act, UBC’s Board of Governors will consider whether to reappoint the Chancellor on recommendation by alumni UBC, and after alumni UBC has consultated with the Council of Senates about its recommendation to the Board of Governors. A reappointment advisory committee has been formed which comprises:
- Ross Langford, Chair, Chancellor Reappointment Committee
- Debra Doucette, Member, alumni UBC Board of Directors
- Saami Hafeez, undergraduate student, Faculty of Science, UBC Okanagan
- Max Holmes, Member, UBC Board of Governors
- Miranda Huron, Member, alumni UBC Board of Directors
- Azim Lalani, Vice-Chair, UBC Board of Governors
- Heather McCaw, Vice-President, Development & Alumni Engagement; Member, alumni UBC Board of Directors
- Denise Maines, Office of Research Services, UBC Okanagan
- Abbas Milani, professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan
- Stephen O’Leary, professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan
- Onyekachukwu Odenigbo, graduate student, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Vancouver
- Burak Ozkan, undergraduate student, Faculty of Science, UBC Vancouver
- Ingrid Price, Chair, Executive Committee of the Council of Senates; Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC Vancouver
- Ahsan Sahibzada, Senior Program Assistant, Postgraduate Education, Department of Psychiatry, UBC Vancouver
- Natalie Cook Zywicki, Associate Vice-President/Executive Director, alumni UBC, will act as non-voting secretary to the committee.
The reappointment advisory committee is seeking feedback regarding the Chancellor’s performance in relation to the duties and responsibilities which can be found at https://bog.ubc.ca/board-members/board-of-governors-manual/roles-responsibilities/role-of-the-chancellor/.
All UBC students, faculty and staff are invited to share their views by November 7, 2022. Please email comments to alumni.board@ubc.ca. All communications will be held in strict confidence.
Thank you for supporting this important process.
Ross Langford
Chair, Chancellor Reappointment Committee
Fred Withers
Chair, alumni UBC Board of Directors
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