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Online registration is now closed. You can still register in person at the registration desk at University Fair on Saturday. A limited number of Rick Mercer tickets will also be available there ($25 – cash only). Questions? Email us at alumni.weekend@ubc.ca or call us at 604-822-0515.
Featured Activities (Click to show 5 events.)
University Fair • Rick Mercer • Will Stroet • Beer Garden • Attractions Challenge
University Fair
8:30 am - 4:00 pm | Student Union Building (SUB)
Will Stroet and the Backyard Band Children's Concert 
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Student Union Building (SUB) - Norm Theatre
Alumni Weekend Attractions Challenge
10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Attractions around campus
Alumni & Friends Beer Garden
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm | University Fair (SUB North Plaza)
Rick Mercer at UBC Alumni Weekend - Canada: “A Nation Worth Ranting About”
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | War Memorial Gym
Educational (Click to show 29 events.)
Classes without quizzes • Interactive workshops • Timely discussions
The Generational Spending Gap
10:15 am - 11:15 am | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Health and Safety in the World of Sex Work
10:15 am - 11:15 am | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Fitness and the Essentials of Posture and Back Care Seminar
10:15 am - 11:15 am | Student Union Building (SUB)
Greening Your Life with a Little Physics (and Chemistry)
10:15 am - 11:15 am | Hennings Building
Why Should We Care About the World’s Forests?
10:15 am - 11:15 am | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Public Solar Observations
11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Outside the North Side of Hennings Building
Bikes with Benefits
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Raising Big Blue - Documentary Screening
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Cancer Detection Using New Physics Methods
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Hennings Building
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Peace Operations, NATO and the African Union
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
How Efforts to Recruit More Female Students Improve Computer Science Education for Everyone
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Hugh Dempster Pavilion
SPARK Entrepreneurship Branch Presents: UBC’s Emerging Companies
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Raising Big Blue - Documentary Screening
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Beaty Biodiversity Museum
UBC and the Hubble Space Telescope
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Hennings Building
Salmon, Eggs and Fry, OH MY!
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Forest Sciences Centre
Getting a Grip on the ‘God Particle’
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Hennings Building
Understanding Brain Impairments
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Wines of the Okanagan
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm | HR MacMillan Building
Learning from the Land
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm | UBC Farm
Chinese Canadian Stories: From Early Literature to Modern Archives
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Learning in an On-line World: Is This The End of the University?
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Hugh Dempster Pavilion
Investing in Innovation: Helping to Create the Next Big Thing
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Earth Sciences Building
SUB 2.0
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Student Union Building (SUB)
Learn to Love Lieder
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Music Building
Is Your Next-Door Neighbour an Alien (Planet Hunter)? The Science of Exoplanets at UBC
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Hennings Building
Cancer Prevention, Our Best Bet for the Future!
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Salmon, Eggs and Fry, OH MY!
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Forest Sciences Centre
BIG Blue and Other Skeletons in My Closet
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Raising Big Blue - Documentary Screening
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Tours (Click to show 14 events.)
Campus highlights • Artistic and architectural riches • Scientific and natural displays
Beaty Biodiversity Museum Tours and Puppet Shows
10:30 am - 11:30 am
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Tours
10:15 am - 11:00 am
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
CiTR Tours
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Earth Sciences Building Tour
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Tour
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
Nitobe Memorial Garden Tour
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Orchard Garden Tour
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Pharmaceutical Sciences Building Tours
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
TRIUMF Tour
10:15 am - 11:15 am
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Theatre Tour for Families
10:30 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:30 am
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
UBC Botanical Garden Canopy Walkway Tour
10:00 am - 10:45 am
11:00 am - 11:45 am
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
UBC Botanical Garden Tour
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
UBC Farm Tour
10:15 am - 11:00 am
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
UBC’s Public Realm and Campus Architecture Tours and Self-Guided Tours
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
General Admission (Click to show 6 events.)
Museums • Galleries • Gardens
Free Admission to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum
10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Free Admission to the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
Free Admission to the Museum of Anthropology
10:00 am - 5:00 pm | Museum of Anthropology
Free Admission to the New OmniGlobe at the Pacific Museum of the Earth
10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Pacific Museum of the Earth
Free Admission to the Nitobe Memorial Garden
9:30 am - 5:00 pm | Nitobe Memorial Garden
Free Admission to the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
9:30 am - 5:00 pm | UBC Botanical Garden
Family & Kids (Click to show 14 events.)
Concerts • Sports Camps • Family Fun
Will Stroet and the Backyard Band Children's Concert
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Student Union Building (SUB) - Norm Theatre
Bug Lab Crawl
10:45 am - 11:15 am | HR MacMillan Building
UBC Camps
11:15 am - 12:45 pm
The Magic of Chemistry!
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Chemistry Building
Look, I’m a Pharmacist!
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Pharmaceutical Sciences Building
UBC Camps
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Bug Lab Crawl
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | HR MacMillan Building
The Magic of Chemistry!
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Chemistry Building
Look, I’m a Pharmacist!
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Pharmaceutical Sciences Building
Salmon, Eggs and Fry, OH MY!
1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Forest Sciences Centre
Look, I’m a Chemist!
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm | Chemistry Building
Salmon, Eggs and Fry, OH MY!
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Forest Sciences Centre
UBC Camps
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
UBC Camps
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Open Houses, Reunions & Celebrations (Click to show 11 events.)
Catch up with old friends • See how campus has changed • Celebrate UBC milestones
Sauder School of Business Reunions Pancake Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Henry Angus Building
Physical Education 1960-1965 Reunion
10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Meet at War Memorial Gym
Physics & Astronomy Open House 2013
10:00 am - 3:30 pm | Hennings Building
Sci Team and SPAC Annual Reunion
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Abdul Ladha Science Student Centre
Nursing Alumni Luncheon
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm | University Golf Course
Arts One All-Years Reunion
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
UBC Engineering Reunion Reception
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Beyond the Briefcase…Sauder Celebrates
1:15 pm - 3:15 pm | CA Hall
Investing in Innovation: Helping to Create the Next Big Thing
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Earth Sciences Building
Computer Science 45th Anniversary Celebration
2:45 pm - 5:00 pm | ICICS Building
Listen…Look Here!
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Frederic Wood Theatre
