Membership of Common Room at Green College

As a university venue for interdisciplinary conversation, Green College is open to faculty and staff members of UBC and other local universities. We also welcome members of the non-university local community to our public events, which are widely advertised on social media.

UBC faculty and staff, and others, are invited to attend publicly advertised events at the College, to join the College residential community for dinner (with a reservation), and to bring guests—colleagues, graduate students, friends, academic visitors, etc.—with them. They are also invited to propose future academic events and programming for the College, by contacting the Principal in the first instance.

UBC faculty and staff who wish to learn more about the College or to explore opportunities for partnership between the College and their unit or research program are warmly encouraged to contact the Principal, as are members of local organizations outside UBC who see comparable opportunities.

Within the much larger population of regular or occasional visitors to the College, about 100 persons at a time have the status of Members of Common Room at Green College, either as UBC Faculty and Staff Members of Common Room or as Members of Common Room at Large (others). 


Why Become a Member of Common Room at Green College?

Unlike some other kinds of college fellowship, Membership of the Common Room at Green College is a purely voluntary commitment, made by individuals who wish to participate in and advance the intellectual conviviality of the College, both as a partly residential university community and as a public cultural venue (heraldic motto: “Ideas and Friendship”).

As a Member of Common Room at Green College, you will

  • Be notified of all upcoming events at the College, by weekly e-mail listings or other means
  • Be kept up-to-date with important College news and receive a copy of the Green College Annual Report & Society Magazine, published each year (for the previous academic year)
  • Be invited to the annual Welcome Dinner, Winter Gala, Founders’ Dinner and Spring Gala, and other special events
  • Have access to College financial and other support for interdisciplinary, extra- or co-curricular, research and/or community outreach projects/lecture and discussion series/performance series/workshops / conferences / academic hospitality, etc. subject to routine processes of College academic and administrative review
  • Be eligible to have complimentary use of meeting rooms and standard AV facilities (with catering by the Green College Dining Society, if required, at standard rates) for suitable non-College academic and/or social events that you wish to host at the College, subject to availability of space and approval by the Principal. (This entitlement includes the option of holding your own wedding ceremony and/or reception at the College!)

Expectations

Members of Common Room are expected to involve themselves directly in the academic and social life of the College by:

  • Regularly attending lectures and other public events at the College
  • Attending and, as the opportunity arises, presenting their own work and/or co-hosting other presenters in the Tuesday 5 pm (or other) public series at the College
  • Occasionally coming to dinner between September and April, not counting invitational gala events
  • Being accessible to Resident Members and other members of the College community, past and present, who may wish to consult them on matters in which they have expertise
  • Being available to serve on College committees, at the invitation of the Principal, President of the Green College Dining Society or Chair of the Green College Advisory Board
  • Advising the Principal and Green College Staff, upon request

It is also expected that they will assist in:

  • Bringing College events and programs to the attention of students, colleagues and others likely to be interested in them
  • Advertising the College to potential Resident Members (graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, visiting scholars) and guests
  • Introducing other members of the University and wider local community to the College and, where appropriate, recommending them as possible Members of Common Room
  • Promoting the College by word of mouth as a venue for university-sponsored conferences, meetings, catered events, etc.
  • Sustaining the Green College Society as a network for those with continuing attachments to the College

Eligibility

A Member of Common Room at Green College will normally both

  • be a faculty or staff member of UBC or of another local university, or (in the case of non-university Members of Common Room) a resident of the Lower Mainland of BC or neighbouring island

          and

  • have established some voluntary connection with the College before being invited to become a Member of Common Room (e.g. by organizing an event or lecture series, by nominating a Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professor, by participating in College programs at the invitation of another member of the College.)

The invitation to become a Member of Common Room is made by the Principal.

Membership of Common Room is renewable annually at the pleasure of both parties. Past Members of Common Room continue to be associated with the College as Members of the Green College Society.

Interested in becoming a Member of Common Room at Green College?

Contact one of the current Faculty Members or the Principal to find out how you can become involved in the life of the College


Vice-Principal Members of Common Room

Airini Provost and Vice-President Academic, University of Saskatchewan                     
Nicola Hodges                         School of Kinesiology

Members of Common Room at Large

Bath, Stephen Community Member    
Diggens, John Chair Emeritus of the Green College Advisory Board    
Fisher, Donald Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training    
Gilbert, John Professor Emeritus of Audiology and Speech Sciences; Foundation Fellow of Green College    
Glidden-Tracey, Cynthia          Arizona State University    
Grace, Sherrill Professor Emeritus of English    
Guha, Arnie Chair of the Advisory Board    
Hall, Judith Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics; Foundation Fellow of Green College    
Kelsey, Graham Foundation Fellow of Green College    
Kienholz, Joanne Advisory Board Member    
Machulak, Erica Founder, Hikma Strategies    
McIntyre, Scott Distinguished BC Visiting Fellow    
Merivale, Patricia Professor Emeritus of English    
Picherak, Frances President, Petrine Consulting    
Suedfeld, Peter Professor Emeritus of Psychology; Foundation Fellow of Green College    
White, Matthew CEO, Victoria Symphony; Distinguished BC Visiting Fellow    
Wynn, Graeme Department of Geography    
Yazigi, Maya      

 

UBC Faculty and Staff Members of Common Room

Abdulai, Abdul-Fatawu School of Nursing  
Ahmad, Hassan Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Ahmed, Anwar Department of Language and Literacy Education  
Alford-Duguid, Dominic Department of Philosophy  
Aloni, Erez Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Amijee, Fatema Department of Philosophy  
Ayan, Irem Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies  
Bandar, Brenna Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Bandali, Alifa Zafirah Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice  
Barbeito, Ignacio Forest Resources Management  
Beswick, Samuel Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Bedi, Robinder Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education  
Blakney, Anna Michael Smith Laboratories- Blakney Lab  
Boley, Aaron Department of Physics and Astronomy  
Borduas-Dedekind, Nadine Department of Chemistry  
Bose, Sarika Department of English Language and Literatures  
Bouchard, Marie-Eve Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies  
Bowers, Katherine Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies  
Brown, William Department of Theatre & Film  
Bryce, Benjamin Department of History  
Byers, Michael Department of Political Science  
Byrne, Fionn School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture  
Campbell, Trevor Department of Statistics  
Canuto, Luisa Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies  
Cao, Yankai Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering  
Catungal, John Paul The Social Justice Institute  
Caragata, Lea School of Social Work  
Ciernia, Annie Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology  
Connolly, James Faculty of Applied Science  
Coulthard, Lisa Department of Theatre & Film  
d'Entremont, Agnes Mechanical Engineering  
Dadugblor, Stephen Kwame School of Journalism, Writing, and Media  
Daniels, Megan Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies  
Derksen, Ruth Faculty of Applied Science  
Etmannski, Tamara Robin Department of Civil Engineering  
Etxabe, Julen Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Flynn, Alexandra Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Frandy, Tim Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies  
Fujiwara, Makoto TRIUMF  
Gassner, Florian Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies  
Gélinas-Lemaire, Vincent Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies  
Götz, Friedrich  Department of Psychology  
Hammerly, Christopher Department of Linguistics  
Hastie, Bethany Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Hedtrich, Sarah Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences  
Henderson, Julia Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy  
Hewitt, Nina Department of Geography  
Hooper, Michael Community and Regional Planning  
Huddart Kennedy, Emily Department of Sociology  
Huot, Suzanne Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy  
Ilinca Iurascu Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies  
Jacobs, Sara School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture  
Knutson, Sara Ann Department of History  
Kwakkel, Eric iSchool  
Lagresa-González, Elizabeth  Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies  
Lerner, Jillian Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory  
Leyton-Brown, Kevin Computer Science  
Liston, Mary Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Ma, Jasmin School of Kinesiology  
Maier, Harry Vancouver School of Theology  
Makris, Georgios Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory  
Madhav, Manu School of Biomedical Engineering  
Margulis, Matias School of Public Policy and Global Affairs  
Marshall, Katie Department of Zoology  
Martin-Matthews, Anne Department of Sociology  
McCormick, Kelly Department of History  
McGee, Alexis Department of Journalism, Writing, and Media  
Mitchell, Tamara Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies  
Moran, Patrick Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies  
Morris, Leora Department of Theatre & Film  
Mulder, Tara Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies  
Nesbitt, Lorien Faculty of Forestry  
Orsi, Anaïs Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences  
Paltin, Judith Department of English  
Park, Keunhyun Department of Forest Resources Management  
Pasquier, Thomas Department of Computer Science  
Raker, Ethan Department of Sociology  
Ramana, M.V. Liu Institute for Global Issues  
Reid, Andrea Centre for Indigenous Fisheries, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries  
Reynolds, Graham Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Rizzotti, Patrick Department of Theatre and Film  
Sari, Elif Department of Anthropology  
Shahrad, Mohammad Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering  
Sharon, Rena School of Music  
Shroff, Farah Department of Family Practice  
Sia, Rosanne Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice  
Smilges, J. Logan Department of English Language and Literatures  
Spering, Miriam Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences  
Stickles, Elise Department of English Language and Literatures  
Stein, Sharon Department of Educational Studies  
Swei, Omar Department of Civil Engineering  
Tate, Bronwen School of Creative Writing  
Toti, Giulia Department of Computer Science  
Turin, Mark Department of Anthropology  
Upham, Chester Faculty of Applied Science  
Valadares, Desiree Department of Geography  
VanHandel, Leigh School of Music  
Vigo, Daniel Faculty of Medicine   
Wagner, Katherine Vancouver School of Economics  
Walker, Jude Department of Educational Studies  
Walsh, Shannon Department of Theatre and Film  
Weir, Lorraine Department of English Language and Literatures  
Wilbur, Kerry Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences  
Wilson, Tina E. School of Social Work  
Wood, Stepan Peter A. Allard School of Law  
Wylie, Alison Department of Philosophy  
Yang, Renren Department of Asian Studies  
Yi, Kwang Moo Department of Computer Science  
Yin, Shoufu Department of History  
Yoshimizu, Ayaka Department of Asian Studies  
Zaiontz, Keren Department of Theatre & Film  
Zeweri, Helena Department of Anthropology  
Zhang, Gaoheng Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies  
Zhou, Lily Wenya Division of Neurology  
Zuo, Mila Department of Theatre & Film