12 Facts About Steven Point

Steven Point was the chancellor of the University of British Columbia from 2020 to 2024.

Steven Point served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 2007 to 2012.

Steven Point served as the chair of the advisory committee on the safety and security of vulnerable women, a committee that provides community-based guidance to the implementation of the recommendations from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.

From 1975 to 1999, Point served as Chief of the Skowkale First Nation.

Steven Point attended the University of British Columbia, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in May 1985, and was later a faculty member.

Steven Point worked for Citizenship and Immigration Canada as an immigration adjudicator for several years, starting in about 1989, at its refugee backlog office in Vancouver.

Steven Point assumed his duties in a ceremony at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia on October 1,2007.

On December 17,2012, Steven Point was appointed chair of an Advisory Committee under a one-year contract that allowed him to bill up to $220,000 in that year.

On May 17,2013, Steven Point resigned from his position as chair on the grounds that lawsuits commenced by the children of missing women prevented him from fulfilling his mandate.

On February 20,2014, Steven Point was re-appointed as a provincial court judge, effective March 3,2014.

On June 18,2020, Steven Point was introduced as the 19th Chancellor of the University of British Columbia, succeeding Lindsay Gordon from July 1,2020.

Steven Point has received many honorary degrees in recognition of his service to British Columbia and to Canada.