Meet our graduate student – Jenna Yuzwa
Meet our graduate students and hear about the rewarding experiences that have shaped their journeys! Jenna Yuzwa
2024/2025 Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize
We are pleased to announce that Connor Ladron de Guevara has won the Brian Laetz Graduate Essay Prize for his essay titled ”A Defence of Korsgaard’s Tethered Good: Why The Problem of Aggregation Fails.” Congratulations, Connor!
2024/25 Don Brown Graduate Student Teaching Award
We are pleased to announce that Avontay Williams has won the Don Brown Prize for teaching excellence. Congratulations, Avontay!
UBC is pleased to offer a new Combined Honours in Mathematics and Philosophy!
To be admitted, a student must submit a formal application. Applications are due to the Mathematics and Philosophy program advisor by May 20th (typically at the end of the student’s 2ndyear) to be assured consideration for admission. Please contact the Undergraduate Program assistant (phil.undergrad@ubc.ca) for the application. For details about the program, see https://vancouver.calendar.ubc.ca/faculties-colleges-and-schools/faculty-arts/bachelor-arts/mathematics
Congratulations to the UBC Philosophy Class of 2025!
Message from the Head Warmest congratulations to the UBC Philosophy class of 2025! Ninety new undergraduate degrees with a Philosophy major or minor will be conferred at today’s commencement ceremony. This includes thirty-six Philosophy majors, twelve Philosophy joint majors, thirteen Philosophy honours degrees, one History and Philosophy of Science major, and twenty-eight Philosophy minors. Today […]
David Ricardo Essay Prize 2024W
We are pleased to announce that Niko Bauer, a 4th year student in Economics and Philosophy Combined Major, has won the 2024W David Ricardo Essay Prize.
Congratulations to our fellow graduate students on successfully defending their PhD dissertations!
Alexandra Jewell: “A New Framework for Self-Disorders: Anxiety as a Case Study” Kinley Gillette: “A Political Approach to Scientific Authority” Steven Diggin: “How to Improvise: A Philosophical Account of the Nature, Scope and Limits of Improvisational Agency” Daniel Saunders: “Three essays on models of social conventions”
2024W Paul Tang Memorial Graduate Scholarships
We are pleased to announce that this year’s Paul Tang Memorial Graduate Scholarships are awarded to Michael Jimenez. Dr. Tang was a philosophy major at UBC, graduating in 1966, and went on to become Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Long Beach. He passed away in 2013. Because of Dr. Tang’s involvement in MA teaching […]
Congratulations to the UBC Philosophy Class of 2024!
Today we are celebrating a new class of UBC Philosophy Alumni. This afternoon’s commencement ceremony recognizes twelve new BAs with a Philosophy major or joint major, six new BAs with a Philosophy minor, two new Philosophy MAs, and two new Philosophy PhDs. Congratulations to all these students for completing their degrees! I will be […]
Meet our graduate students!
Meet our graduate students and hear about the rewarding experiences that have shaped their journeys! Emily Lawson Alyssa Izatt