Benoit-Antoine Bacon has been appointed the 17th president and vice-chancellor of UBC.
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Graduate Academic Assistants join CUPE 2278 after a majority voted in favour of unionizing during a representation vote held between July 10 and 12.
Undergraduate students can now declare a minor in journalism and social change.
The UBC Okanagan campus was given the order to evacuate due to fires at 1pm today.
In 2012, UBC held a ceremony to grant these 76 students honorary degrees following years of advocacy to have UBC acknowledge its complicity in internment. Now, a new generation of Japanese Canadian students have made their way back to campus.
On October 18, Senate met for the last time under Interim President Deborah Buszard to receive a presentation on the annual report from the office for the Ombudsperson for students and to approve new students awards and funding.
More than 1000 UBC faculty, staff and students have signed an open letter, condemning UBC’s October 11 statement on the ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine and calling for a commitment to academic freedom.
On October 25, members of the UBC community rallied in support of Palestine.
After beating the University of Calgary Dinos in quarter-finals and the University of Golden Bears in semis, the Thunderbirds will now defend their Canada West championship.
Members of Hillel BC and their allies gathered in front of the Nest to call for the release of Israeli hostages as part of a global campaign to “Bring Them Home,” with similar rallies occurring in cities across Canada.
AMS President Esmé Decker is taking a leave of absence starting November 13 with no set return date.
Diamond & Diamond Lawyers has filed a $15 million class action lawsuit against UBC, the AMS, the Graduate Student Society (GSS) and the Student Union Okagonon (SUO). It alleges the bodies have been negligent and failed to uphold duty of care towards Jewish students.
An independent contractor previously associated with Hillel BC distributed “offensive” stickers on campus, according to a social media post on Instagram by the organization.
On Tuesday evening, members of the UBC community held a vigil in front of the UBC Musqueam post to stand in solidarity with Palestine.
Social justice groups are calling on UBC to implement further training for Campus Security and apologize following recent incidents perceived as targeted.