When planning your event and applying for your Special Event Permit, you may need approval from up to 3 signing authorities, who may impose additional conditions before giving permission to hold your event.
Find your faculty or department below for the appropriate faculty and departmental signing authorities.
Faculty and departmental signing authorities
- Applied Science: Davide Elmo, Associate Dean; Carol Jaeger, Associate Dean; Richard Colwell, Safety & Facilities Officer
- Civil Engineering: Bernard Laval, Head
- Electrical and Computer Engineering: Steve Wilton, Head
- Integrated Engineering: John Nakane, Head
- Materials Engineering: Daan Maijer, Program Director
- Mechanical Engineering: Jennifer Pelletier, Manager of Facilities & Special Projects
- Mining Engineering: Marek Pawlik, Head of Mining UBC
- Geological Engineering: Erik Eberhardt, Professor and Director
- Ron Kellett, Director
- Patricia Poehnell, Graduate Admissions
- Arts: Brannen Bell, Sr Manager, Facilities
- Anthropology: Tracey Heatherington, Acting Head
- Art History, Visual Art and Theory: Andrea Tuele, Administrator
- Asian Studies: Sharalyn Orbaugh, Head
- Canadian Studies: Bradley Miller, Director
- Central Eastern and Northern European Studies: Katherine Bowers, Acting Head
- Creative Writing: Annabel Lyon, Director
- French, Hispanic and Italian Studies: Anne Salamon, Department Head
- Geography: Geraldine Pratt, Head; Michael Ferrazzi, Administrator
- History: Bonnie Effros, Head
- Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice: Leonora Angeles, Director
- School of Information: Luanne Sinnamon, Director
- Linguistics: Carla Hudson Kam, Head
- Music: Hedy Law, Acting Director
- Political Science: Alan Jacobs, Head
- Philosophy: Jonathan Ichikawa, Head
- Psychology: Toni Schmader, Head
- Social Work: Lea Carragata, Director
- Sociology: Catherine Corrigall-Brown, Head
- Swing Space: Classroom Services
- Theatre and Film: Cam Cronin, Administrator; Kirsty Johnston, Head
Kavie Toor, Associate Director, Facilities and Business Development
- Valter Ciocca, Director
- Clint Meyers, Manager of Administration
- Annette Wooff, Administrator
- Naomi Sawada, Public Programs and Publicity Coordinator
- Mary MacDougall, Dean
- Dr. Zul Kanji, Acting Director of Student Affairs
- Dr. Jan Hare, Dean pro tem
- Ayaz Mahmood, Assistant Dean, Finance
- Rob Kozak, Dean
- Sarah Gergel, Associate Dean, Academic
- Shannon Hagerman, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
- Leslie Fernandez, Associate Director, Administration and Operations
- Håkan Björn, Acting Executive Director/Senior Director
- Damara Klaassen, Associate Director
Julie Mitchell, Director
Rickey Y. Yada, Dean
- Saker Hirani, Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration
- Michelle Burchill, Project Coordinator
- Yanny Yeung, Director
- Aryannah Rollinson, HR & Operations Manager
- Sharda Muni, Administrative Coordinator
- Dr. Josef Penninger and Dr. James (Jim) Johnson, Co-Directors
- Medicine: Dermot Kelleher, Dean
- Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics: Roanne Preston, Head
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Joerg Gsponer, Head and Professor
- Cellular and Physiological Sciences: Geoffrey Hammond, Professor and Head
- Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health: Dr. Lynn Raymond, Director; Dr. Shernaz Bamji, Associate Director
- Dermatology and Skin Science: Jan Dutz, Head
- Emergency Medicine: Roy Purssell; John Tallon, Co-Interim Head
- Family Practice: Martin Dawes, Head
- Geriatric Medicine: Anita Palepu, Head
- Mathematics: Daniel Coombs, Head
- Medical Genetics: Matthew Lorincz, Interim Head
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Dianne Miller, Acting Head; Geoff Cundiff, Head
- Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy: Susan Forwell, Head
- Opthamology and Visual Sciences: Chris Lyons, Head
- Orthopaedics: Kishore Mulpuri, Head
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Dr. Gao Don Brooks, Interim Head; Genevieve MacMillan, Director of Administration
- Pediatrics: Caron Strahlendorf, Interim Co-Head
- Physical Therapy: Susan Murphy, Head
- Psychiatry: William Honer, Head
- Radiology: Bruce Forster, Head
- School of Audiology and Speech Sciences: Valter Ciocca, Director
- School of Population and Public Health: Aslam Anis, Director; Shannon Charney, Senior Administration
- Surgery: Bethany Saunder, Director of Administration; Gary Redekop, Head
- Urologic Sciences: Martin Gleave, Head
- Dr. Sue Rowley, Director
- Moya Waters, Associate Director
- Anna Pappalardo, Assistant Director
Karen Reid, Operations Manager
Dr. Lalitha Raman-Wilms, Dean
- Linda Tommasini, Director, Resources and Operations
- Elicia Salzberg, Senior Associate Dean, Students
- Shannon Sterling, Assistant Dean, Robert H. Lee Graduate School, Undergraduate Programs, Diploma in Accounting Programs
- Erin Townley-Smith, Assistant Dean, Development and Alumni Engagement
- Science: James Charbonneau, Associate Dean; Jaclyn Stewart, Associate Dean; Janie McCallum, Assistant Dean
- Beaty Biodiversity Museum: Quentin Cronk, Museum Director
- Biodiversity Research Centre: Dolph Schluter, Interim Institute Director (until Dec 31, 2022); Mary O’Conner, Institute Director (starting Jan 1, 2023)
- Botanical Garden: Patrick Lewis, Director; Douglas Justice, Associate Director
- Botany: Lacey Samuels, Interim Head (until Jun 30, 2022); Shawn Mansfield, new Head (starting July 1, 2022)
- Chemistry: Michael Wolf, Head
- Computer Science: Ian Mitchell, Head
- Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences: Philippe Tortell, Head
- Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Milind Kandlikar, Director
- Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries: William Cheung, Director
- Mathematics: Daniel Coombs, Head
- Michael Smith Laboratories: Martin Hirst, Academic Unit Director
- Microbiology and Immunology: Michael Murphy, Head; Susan Palichuk, Operations and Human Resources Manager
- Physics and Astronomy: Colin Gay, Head
- Statistics: Paul Gustafson, Head
- Zoology: Vanessa Auld, Head
Shannon Blakely, GSS Events Director
Clare Cullen, Operation Director
- Allison Macfarlane, Director
- Ian Taylor, Administrative Lead
Anna Bosgra, Events Manager