Building Feature Named After Former Senator

UBC Okanagan will name part of its new Teaching and Learning Centre after entrepreneur and retired Canadian senator Ross Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick and his wife Linda have donated 1.25 million dollars to the new 35 million dollar facility which is still under construction.

A two-storey hall on the ground floor will officially be named the D. Ross Fitzpatrick Great Hall, but the retired senator and founder of Cedar Creek Winery hopes everyone will refer to it simply as Fitz Hall.

“Fitz Hall will have an open feel and will create a positive, encouraging space right at the heart of campus to help UBC’s brightest minds gather, study and innovate,” says Fitzpatrick. “I remember having to study in the library stacks when I was a student at UBC so I’m very happy to be able to participate in bringing a much more collaborative and vibrant space to today’s generation.”