UNBC History Timeline

In June 1990, the members of the BC legislative assembly passed the UNBC Act, officially creating UNBC. The dream of having a northern university goes back much further, to the 1960s, when then-MLA Ray Williston set aside the land on which UNBC's Prince George campus is currently situated as a university reserve. Later, former Bishop Fergus O'Grady proposed a catholic university for Prince George. Instead, Prince George College (now closed) became a high school, though the Prince George neighbourhood around the school (called College Heights) bears university street names as a legacy of his idea. Keep reading the UNBC story.

  • Dr. Winifred Kessler

    Forest Management Centre Moves to UNBC

    June 20, 1997
    UNBC Forestry Chair Dr. Winifred Kessler announces that UNBC will host the administrative centre for the Network of Centres of Excellence in Sustainable Forest Management.
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  • Ray Williston

    McTaggart-Cowan, Williston Receive Honorary Doctorates

    May 23, 1997
    Ray Williston, who helped create the University Reserve Lands, received an honorary doctorate along with Dr Ian McTaggart-Cowan.
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  • New Scholarship for Students in Northwest

    May 9, 1997
    Methanex Corporation created a new scholarship for students from the Northwest.
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  • Support for Rural and First Nations Students

    April 2, 1997
    New Northern Advancement Program helps students transition to university
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  • Mark Shegelski

    Researchers Solve Curling Rock Mystery

    March 13, 1997
    UNBC researchers determine why curling rocks curl the way they do.
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  • Nursing Program Launched

    September 28, 1996
    The Northern Collaborative Baccalaureate Nursing Program is offered collaboratively between CNC and UNBC and provides entry to practice in the nursing profession as Registered Nurses.
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  • Researchers in the forest

    Research Forest Established

    September 27, 1996
    The John Prince Research Forest was established near Fort St James, providing access to approximately 14,000 hectares of Crown land.
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  • NAFTA Stirs Debate

    May 12, 1996
    UNBC hosts a workshop to examine the effects the newly signed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was having on the rural economy.
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  • UNBC Timberwolves Logo

    UNBC Mascot Selection

    May 1, 1995
    A mascot contest in the spring of 1995 results in the Timberwolves as UNBC's official mascot.
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  • Student reading "Over the Edge"

    Student Newspaper

    October 1, 1994
    Over the Edge, the weekly student newspaper is established.
    Over the Edge

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