Ruth Hellerud-Brown
Ruth Hellerud-Brown (born September 22, 1957) is a Canadian former rugby union player. She captained the Canadian team at the inaugural 1991 Rugby World Cup in Wales. Background Hellrud-Brown studied dietetics at the University of British Columbia. She first started playing the game in 1979. She is considered the architect of Women's rugby union in Canada. Her contribution and impact on the sport are recognized in naming the British Columbia Rugby Union Senior Women's premier competition in her name. In 2018, she was inducted in the Rugby Canada Hall of Fame in the builder category. Rugby career Hellerud-Brown was a member of the first Canada women's national rugby union team in 1987 and earned 11 caps, having captained the team nine times. She played provincial rugby for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. Hellerud-Brown was the Canadian captain in the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup The 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup was the first Women's Rugby World Cup. The tourn ...
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University Of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks among the top three universities in Canada. With an annual research budget of $759million, UBC funds over 8,000 projects a year. The Vancouver campus is situated adjacent to the University Endowment Lands located about west of downtown Vancouver. UBC is home to TRIUMF, Canada's national laboratory for Particle physics, particle and nuclear physics, which houses the world's largest cyclotron. In addition to the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and Stuart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute, UBC and the Max Planck Society collectively established the first Max Planck Institute in North America, specializing in quantum materials. One of the largest research libraries in Canada, the UBC Library system has over 9.9million volumes among it ...
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