Heading into Saskatoon, the UBC women’s basketball team was looking for revenge, facing the Huskies for the first time after losing to them both in the Canada West final and the U Sports Final 8 semifinals. They weren't able to measure up, as a relatively close game quickly turned into a blowout — losing 80–51 against the defending national champions. Read More.
UBC is reportedly already “halfway to achieving Disneyland status” based on the afternoon line-up for Subway in the Life Building alone. Read More.
Winning 35 per cent of the vote, Matt Tan has been re-elected to the Board of Governors as a staff representative.
The winners beat out four other candidates, winning over 20 per cent of the vote each.
I’m never hovering my eyes over any form of text ever again. It’s time to focus on myself.
It has been nearly one year since we have exPEArienced the closest thing to world (or at least campus) PEAce that has ever transPEAred.
The Thunderbirds erupted for a five-goal first period to take home an 8–4 win against the Golden Bears at home in Father David Bauer Arena, their fourth-straight win against Alberta this year. Read More.
Sofia Avelino is about to become a new Infidels Jazz classic. Last week’s Hero’s Welcome gig was her second time performing the music of Brazilian jazz legend Elis Regina after a sold-out show on Granville Island in May — and as Infidels founder Tim Reinert said at the start of the night, when you have someone sell out a show, you have to ask them to come back for another.
What might seem to a post-class loiterer to be the nervous energy of an evening midterm was, in fact, the first student-run essay competition hosted by the UBC Ballpoint Society.
Eight new bombshells enter the Nest. Will they find love or rejection at the Love Island-inspired blind dating event presented by the Sri Lankan Students Association (SLSA) in collaboration with Students of the Caribbean (SOCA) at UBC?
The Liberal government’s immigration policy is about economics. That’s no surprise if you understand the genealogy of Canadian politics. But Latin America’s humanist politics offer an interesting comparison.
Carla Gillis and her sister Lynette have always been in a band. In high school, it was Plumtree: a youthful collision of the Gillis sisters’ metal influence and their classmates’ pop sensibilities.
John Ede is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He was formerly the president of the Graduate Student Society (GSS) in 2018-19 and now works as a contract manager at the university. He holds a master’s in public policy and global affairs from UBC.
Erica Frank is running to be a faculty representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. She has been a professor in UBC’s School of Population and Public Health and department of family medicine in UBC’s Faculty of Medicine since 2006. She has also served two terms as a Tier I Canada Research Chair.
Steven Miller is running to be a faculty representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. Serving as the head of the faculty of Medicine’s department of pediatrics and chief of pediatric medicine at BC Children’s Hospital, Miller has been at UBC since 2022.
Aaron Cunningham is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He has been the associate director of student support and advising in enrollment services for the past five years, and has 20 years of experience working at post-secondary institutions.
All factors point to UBC facing a full-blown boogie epidemic.
I asked if I could interview him for The Ubyssey on his sickening inability to pick up the pace. He turned to me and lifted one side of his headphones. “The Ubussy?”
You know what the scariest part about October is? It’s not Michael Myers or Ghost Face showing up on your doorstep — it’s running into your failed situationship on campus.
If you’ve been exposed to a virus this midterm season, it’s frat flu, and it’s too late for you. Good luck.
Having represented Canada internationally since 2013, Ivy Liao has had her fair share of accolades and successes — but not much could top when she was in the Olympic qualifiers in 2024. However, while the Olympics would be a dream come true, Liao’s pursuit of greatness in her sport is for more than just the wins.
In a spectacular team performance, the Canada’s National Women’s Rugby Team upset the New Zealand Black Ferns with a 34–19 victory. This talented team — likely the best ever assembled in Canada — was made up of the best rugby players in Canada, from coast-to-coast. Among those players were two Thunderbirds.
UBC Football defeated the University of Calgary Dinos 23–22 on Friday night, eking out the win in an electric Homecoming match-up that came down to the final second.
I consider myself a football fan. It is, without much competition, my favourite sport. But as a student from England who is here at UBC on international exchange, football is no longer familiar to me.
A recent paper by Dr. Alan Jacobs and Dr. Mark Kayser investigates one under-explored driver of far-right voting: social mobility.
Moving a computer cursor with the brain alone was proven possible in 2004, and even done wirelessly in 2021. But as high-risk medical devices advance, an unknown slate of adverse effects and potential injuries — and legal implications — may follow.
From knowing when to take a step back from school to learning when to stand up for yourself, Gut Feelings has assembled a short guide of resources and tips from alumni living with IBD.
Access to health care has been a long challenge in rural, remote and Indigenous communities. The Real-Time Virtual Support Network (RTVS) aims to enhance ongoing patient care and address inequities without replacing existing health services.
This month, The Ubyssey's photographers captured the homecoming football game, a performative man contest, silent moments on campus and more.
Weren't on campus this summer? Here are some of the best photos summarizing life at UBC from May to August 2025.
