Ecological champion recognized with alumni award
Dr. Eric Peterson (BSc'72, MSc'75) has been recognized with a UBC Alumni Award of Distinction. In 1991, Dr. Peterson founded Mitra, a pioneering medical imagining company. Together with his wife, Christina Munck, he went on to establish the Tula Foundation and the Hakai Institute. Born and raised on Vancouver Island, he maintains a life-long interest in spaces where science, technology and social purpose overlap.