The Honourable Steven Lewis Point

The Honourable Steven Lewis Point, OBC (Xwĕ lī qwĕl tĕl) is the former 28thLieutenant Governor of British Columbia. He recently served as the Chancellor for the University of British Columbia. He also served as the Chief of the Skowkale First Nation and Tribal Chair of the Stó:lō Nation. With a Degree in Law from UBC, he practised both criminal and native law before accepting an appointment as a Provincial Court Judge in 1999. He has received numerous awards including; The Justice Institute of British Columbia Foundation’s Joseph H. Cohen Award, the Order of British Columbia (2007), the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee (2002) and Diamond Jubilee (2012) medals, Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (2008), and the Order of Chilliwack (2016). He has received Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) from the University of the Fraser Valley (2000), University of Victoria (2012), University of British Columbia (2013) and Capilano University (2017).