加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学建校100周年与省府重签《大学法》

[北美中文网讯] 今年是卑诗大学（University of British Columbia* 简写为UBC）建校100周年，省长金宝尔（Gordon Campbell）周五与卑大校长图普（Stephen Toope，正在签字者）重新签署于1908年3月7日颁布的大学法，确定卑大是卑诗省建立的第一所大学。
1908年3月7日卑诗省签署大学法，确立本省第一所专上教育学院卑诗大学诞生，时日至今已100年。省长金宝尔昨天指出，过去100年卑诗大学培养无 数人才，同时也促进卑诗省整体发展。为庆祝大学法及卑诗大学建校100周年里程碑，希望藉由重新签订大学法让卑大教师及学生，创造出一个更美好的未来。
卑诗大学校长杜普（Stephen Toope）在签约仪式上对省府的支持表示感谢，并对学校今后的前景发展充满希望。他表示，卑大目前已是全球名校之一，但该校所做出的贡献仍未凸显出来， 卑大前一世纪已建立良好基础以推动城市发展，未来新世纪将朝向全省及全国目标前进。
卑诗大学硬体设施建筑于1914年展开，期间由于 发生第一次世界大战，施工一度停摆。直到1922年，该校将近1200名学生展开名为“1922年伟大竞走”（Great Trek of 1922），由当时暂定于12街与甘比街路段校园，竞走至灰岬区校园，要求省府重新复工，卑诗大学才又在1923年重新开工。
卑诗大学现有学生48,000名，其中8,700名研究生，还有来自130多个国家的5,800名国际学生。该校在2007年世界大学排名榜名列第33位。
以下是UBC网站上的报道
Media Release | Mar. 7, 2008
BC, UBC Celebrate 100TH Anniversary of University Act
VANCOUVER -- Premier Gordon Campbell and UBC president Stephen Toope celebrated the centenary of the 1908 University Act that created UBC as B.C.’s first post-secondary institution today, signing a rededication of the act exactly 100 years after its original March 7, 1908 signing.
“For 100 years, the University of British Columbia has played an important role in the personal growth of thousands of students, and in the growth of B.C. as a province,” said Campbell. “Today we honour a century of accomplishments and milestones. At the same time, we look towards new frontiers for UBC students and faculty to explore, and to a bright future for this distinguished institution.”
“We are honoured and delighted to celebrate the centenary of UBC,” said Toope. “UBC’s founders set us on the path we walk today, and we are daily in the debt of the provincial overnment for its ongoing support.”
Construction at UBC Vancouver began in 1914 but halted due to World War I and didn’t resume until 1923, following the historic Great Trek of 1922 when 1,200 students marched from a temporary campus near 12th and Cambie to the Point Grey campus, urging the provincial government to continue building UBC.
In honour of the centenary, UBC has launched a new audio tour to guide campus visitors through the university’s past and present. Commissioned by the Alumni Association, it enables visitors to take self-guided cellphone tours of 15 campus landmarks, including the new Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and the University Centre -- site of the 1968 Faculty Club student invasion. The tour can be seen and heard atwww.alumni.ubc.ca/100.
“UBC is one of the world’s great universities, but I believe its greatest contributions have yet to be realized,” Toope added. “In our first century, we have built the foundation necessary to propel a great city, a great province and a great nation into a new century of challenges and opportunities.”
Other upcoming centenary events include a visit by 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunis, who will receive a UBC honorary degree and participate in a colloquium on corporate social responsibility; UBC Celebrate Research Week, a public showcase March 4-13 that focuses on UBC research that touches lives and communities, and the Dream Healer opera and accompanying mental health symposium. For more information on centenary events, visit
www.100.ubc.ca.