University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands, a suburb directly adjoining Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. It also has two smaller campuses in Vancouver: its campus at Vancouver General Hospital for the medical sciences and its UBC Robson Square campus in the downtown area of Vancouver for part-time credit and non-credit programs.

Sites of interest

Gardens

• UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/: the first UBC department, it holds a collection of over 8000 different kinds of plants used for research, conservation and education
• Nitobe Memorial Garden http://www.nitobe.org: built to honour Japanese scholar Inazo Nitobe, the garden has been the subject of more than fifteen years' study by a UBC professor, who believes that its construction hides a number of impressive features, including references to Japanese philosophy and mythology, shadow bridges visible only at certain times of year, and positioning of a lantern that is filled with light at the exact date and time of Nitobe's death each year. The garden is behind the university's Asian Center, whose roof features a glass and wood structure from Japan's exhibit at Tokyo Expo.

Museums and galleries

• Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA) http://www.moa.ubc.ca: mostly First Nations collections, such as totem poles. Also antique Chinese and European ceramics collections.
• Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery http://www.belkin-gallery.ubc.ca: exhibit mostly contemporary North American art. Has two rooms (often divided into three).

Performance arts theatres

• Chan Centre for the Performing Arts: a concert hall and events centre.
• Frederic Wood Theatre ("Freddy Wood Theatre"): plays performed here, mostly performed by UBC's own BFA drama students.

Student Clubs

• UBC has a vibrant campus community with over two hundred student run clubs, ranging from the Dance Club, to the Political Science Student Association, to Wine Tasting Club http://www.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/winetasting. The club directory lists all of the clubs http://www.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/index.cfm