VOCS is an unincorporated association of graduates of Oxford University and Cambridge University living in or nearby British Columbia. Membership is automatic and without charge. If you are a member unknown to us, please get in touch with us via the sign up page on this site. Currently we have about 1,100 known members.

VOCS has existed for at least eighty years. The society's principal event each year is our Boat Race Dinner which in 2011 was held on Saturday 16th April in the Great Hall at Green College, UBC. Information is available on this site about last year's dinner. We also hold other events during the year, so check the calendar on this site regularly.

VOCS is also dedicated to welcoming newly arrived graduates and providing "how to" information about going to the Universities for the next generation of B.C. members.

This web site exists to assist communication between members and further the other aims of the Society. We hope that it will be used by members who want to tell their stories, organize events or otherwise communicate together and with non-members. Finally, we hope that this site will assist in patching together the history of Oxbridge graduates in British Columbia and of VOCS in particular.

  On this site

• VOCS Bulletin #33 - this edition details some organizational changes and a programme of social events for the summer.
• Family Picnic 2010 - Photos from this successful event at the end of the summer
• The Boat Race Dinner 2010 - the latest edition of the Society's annual social extravaganza was held on April 17th. Check this page for photos from the event.
• Keep in touch - tell us your news or just let us know your current email address
• 80 years of history - find out more about VOCS and its origins