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Walter Gibson Dexter (1931-2015), R.C.A., was a Canadian ceramic artist, pottery artist and post-secondary ceramic art educator.

Walter Gibson Dexter was a Canadian ceramic artist and potter, born in Calgary, Alberta on October 3, 1931, and died on June 2, 2015 in Victoria, British Columbia. He attended the Alberta Institute of Art and Technology (now Alberta University of the Arts), where he gained an interest in ceramics through his mentor, Luke Lindoe. He earned a Diploma in Ceramics in 1954 from the Alberta College of Art (originally linked with the Alberta Institute of Art and Technology, now the Alberta University of the Arts). He was one of the first artists to receive a formal education in clay in Canada. He furthered his studies on ceramics at the Swedish School of Arts and Crafts (now the University of Arts, Crafts, and Design) in Stockholm on a scholarship he received from the University of Manitoba. Following this scholarship, he lived and traveled around Europe for two years. He returned to Calgary around 1956 after accepting a studio position with Lindoe, which he worked in for another two years. He then worked for a time as a designer and manager for Medalta Ceramics in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Following this position he learned new throwing techniques under Lindoe’s continued guidance and initially learned of Raku, a form of Japanese ceramics, through "A Potter’s Book" (1940) by Bernard Leach. He experimented with this process, although at first did not succeed, and would later learn contemporary Raku technologies and methods from Hal Reigger, an American potter. After receiving encouragement from Paul Sodner, another American potter, he would again experiment with these processes, pushing Raku in new directions.

Mark Timmings is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer based on Saturna Island, British Columbia. His exhibitions include Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain in Montreal, Quebec (2015) and Centre Culturel Canadien in Paris, France (2023). He has collaborated on artist book projects with several artists and is the recipient of awards from the Alcuin Awards for Excellence in Book Design. He co-edited "Wetland Project: Explorations in Sound, Ecology and Post-Geographical Art" (Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2022).

Petty Officer William M. McLean served with the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve during World War II.

The Department of Facilities Management maintains the university’s lands and buildings, reporting to the Vice President, Finance and Operations. The department’s units - Finance and Administration, Operations, Capital Projects, and Customer Service and Program Integration - report to an Executive Director. The responsibilities of the units include development of new buildings; maintenance, operation and renovation of buildings, grounds and utility systems; support for accessibility initiatives; space inventory record keeping; and support for sustainability initiatives across campus.

In 1959, Victoria College purchased the 120 acre Gordon Head army camp and adjacent property from the Federal Government. As part of the University of Victoria Gordon Head campus, the army huts were used as temporary and semi-permanent accommodation for classrooms and academic and administrative offices. In UVic’s early years, the Campus Planning committee and the Buildings and Grounds committee were responsible for renovating the existing buildings from the army camp and for the planning of new buildings.

From 1960-1965, the planning of the new UVic campus was controlled by the University Development Board which reported first to the Victoria College Council and then to the UVic Board of Governors. The Department of Facilities Management was established in 1994 with the amalgamation of the Campus Planning and Buildings and Grounds committees.

Joseph Egoyan was an Armenian-Canadian artist. He is the father of Atom Egoyan and Eve Egoyan.

R. J. Childerhose is a Canadian author.