Faculty
Events
Across UBC’s Vancouver campus and beyond, faculties and departments will be hosting a diverse array of Homecoming events and activities. From lively barbecues to walking tours, check out what’s being offered at this year’s Homecoming! These events are open to alumni of the hosting faculty or department. Be sure to read each description carefully for details, as many require separate and advance registration.
Faculty of Applied Science
Applied Science Dean’s BBQ: Saturday, September 20, 2025; 12:30pm–2:30pm
Grill-seekers, get your blaze on at the annual Dean’s barbecue! Enjoy a feast offering grill thrills while relaxing and reconnecting. Open to Applied Science community members only (alumni, faculty, staff, and friends) and up to two additional guests each.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
12:30pm–2:30pm
Engineering Student Centre
2335 Engineering Road
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4 – map
Faculty of Arts: Coordinated Arts Program (CAP)
Coordinated Arts Program (CAP) 20-Year Anniversary: Thursday, September 18, 2025; 6:00pm–8:00pm
Did you participate in UBC’s Coordinated Arts Program (CAP) during your first year at UBC? If so, don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate twenty years of the program and connect with other participants to catch up and share memories!
Thursday, September 18, 2025
6:00-8:00pm
Jack Poole Hall – Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
6163 University Boulevard
Vancouver BC
V6T 1Z1 – map
Faculty of Arts: Department of Political Science and International Relations Mixer
UBC Political Science and International Relations Alumni Homecoming 2025: Saturday, September 20, 2025; 5:30pm–8:00pm
Join fellow Political Science and International Relations alumni, students, faculty, and emeriti for a lively and casual in-person mixer to catch up, socialize, and compete in our politics trivia contest!
Saturday, September 20, 2025
5:30-8:00pm
The Great Hall – AMS Nest
6133 University Boulevard
Vancouver BC
V6T 1Z1 – map
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Outdoor Ecology Tour: Saturday, September 20, 2025; 1:00pm–3:00pm
Learn all about about Stanley Park’s wetland ecology! Take a free tour, based at Beaver Lake, with UBC Land and Food Systems alum Julia Taylor, who is the Public Environmental Education Coordinator for the Stanley Park Ecology Society. Discover fascinating details about beavers, frogs, and birds; uncover intriguing historical and conservation facts; and enjoy complimentary snacks, a swag bag, and a water station (for refillable water bottles)!
Limited spaces for this private LFS alumni tour.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Registration: 1:00pm–1:30pm (25 people maximum)
Tour: 1:30pm–3:00pm
Meeting location and accessibility:
- We will meet at the Stanley Park Pavilion, which has paid parking available next to the building and at a parking lot about two minutes away. The meeting location is about two minutes from the bus loop, which can be reached by taking the No. 19 bus.
- Two gendered washrooms with stalls are available on the ground floor of the building and have stairs for access. One universal single-stall is available and doesn’t involve stairs for access. A water fountain is located outside.
- The meeting location, as well as Pipeline Road to Beaver Lake, are accessed on concrete, with a sloping road to Beaver Lake. The trail around Beaver Lake is mostly level packed gravel/dirt, except for a concrete culvert partway around the lake that has a 2-3 cm edge to cross. It is approximately 15 minutes from the meeting location to Beaver Lake.
- Some benches are available along the route at Beaver Lake.
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Allard Law Dean’s Community BBQ: Saturday, September 20, 2025; 12:00pm–2:00pm
Join Allard Law Dean Ngai Pindell at Allard Hall for a family-friendly BBQ at noon on Saturday, September 20. Come help us kick off the law school’s 80th anniversary year with a Southern-style BBQ, then stay for the UBC Homecoming activities taking place across campus!
Saturday, September 20, 2025
12:00pm–2:00pm
Allard Hall
1822 East Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1 – map
UBC Sauder School of Business
UBC Sauder Homecoming Festival 2025: Saturday, September 20, 2025; 11:00am–5:00pm
Join UBC Sauder’s outdoor festival and explore an alumni and student marketplace, tour the Henry Angus Building, enjoy live music, receive free goodies and special giveaways—and discover more! All UBC Sauder students, alumni, faculty, and staff (plus up to two guests each) are invited to enjoy a barbecue-style burger* at the festival. Alumni are also invited to continue the fun and join us for an iconic UBC Sauder tradition, Alumni POITS, from 2:00- 5:00pm, reimagined for Homecoming.
*The barbecue is a special feature for UBC Sauder community members and their guests.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
11:00am–5:00pm
Henry Angus Building
2053 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1 – map
Explore the full UBC Homecoming Vancouver line-up here.
We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses are situated within the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wu7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.
HOMECOMING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PRESENTING PARTNERS OF FORWARD, THE CAMPAIGN FOR UBC
SUPPORTED BY ALUMNI UBC‘S PILLAR PARTNERS
