Oak Bay, British Columbia Oak Bay, British Columbia Oak Bay is a seaside municipality incorporated in 1906 that is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Capital Regional District, it is a community east of and adjacent to the city of Victoria. It is one of the 13 municipalities of Greater Victoria. Oak Bay has several notable features which include: Oak Bay is home to several popular beaches, most notably Willows Beach. Oak Bay's motto, from its coat of arms, is "Sub Quercu Felicitas", Latin for "the oak happiness". Prior
University of British Columbia University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses in Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, UBC is British Columbia's oldest university. The university is ranked among the top 20 public universities worldwide and top three in Canada. With an annual research budget of $600 million (one of the largest in Canada), UBC funds over 8,000 projects a year. The Vancouver campus is situated about west of Downtown Vancouver. UBC is home to TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, which houses the world's largest cyclotron. In addition