Senate voted to postpone the approval of a long-awaited academic freedom policy to September. The policy, which has been under development for seven years, has not been updated for decades.
Even if it does, critics say concerns about state interference are more pressing today than the original issues that inspired the review process in 2019.
The idea to put on a play over one weekend began as a joke among friends. Pre: Vent, written by Lola Peverley and put on by Ghost Light Productions (GLP) at the Frederic Wood Theatre, was a labour of love and the culmination of much hard work by a group of UBC students.
A community-led yarn installation, the Woven Grove will be installed in early September 2026, infusing vibrant hues into our natural environment through yarn bombing.
Pickup basketball is one of the best ways to find community at UBC. But if you’re looking for a game, where should you go?
Online entertainment encourages passive consumption. Live performance demands the opposite — which we need more than ever.
Hundreds of students poured into the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre on a sunny afternoon in mid-March, filling almost an entire side of the arena in anticipation of the first-ever Ice Cup, where Engineering and Commerce students laced up to battle out a rivalry years in the making.
In 2025, the Huntley administration replaced toxicity with focus. In 2026, as students confront the affordability crisis and the AMS faces its deficit, service costs and businesses’ performance, this is the new bar in student politics.
AMS Council heard from speakers for and against a referendum question that called for the student union's support in ending UBC's academic relationships with Israeli institutions. After nearly two hours of deliberation, the question will appear on the ballot with the AMS' backing in March.
Post-secondary institution expenditures over the next three years will modestly increase, according to B.C.’s provincial budget tabled Tuesday afternoon, while the province will sink into a record-breaking $13.3 billion deficit.
Over halfway through his term, Heieis’s work to improve student life has not gone unnoticed. Out of his 14 identified action items, Heieis has reported full completion of seven, with five goals in progress and two that have yet to be addressed.
While Evans has addressed some long-standing issues with clubs and clubs spaces, it is unclear how many of Evans’s stated goals will be achieved by the end of his term, particularly regarding AMS sustainability.
We’ve saved the most important award for last — MVP. After our discussion, it was clear that nobody was more important to their team than Lucy Borowski was to Women’s Volleyball.
While the offensive-minded players may get more statistics and accolades, there’s a reason that “defence wins championships” is a cliché. Many teams across UBC varsity sport this year have succeeded because of a great defence, and no player was more vital to those efforts than Jake Lee.
When you’re leading the country in goals for two straight years and breaking records set by Hayley Wickenheiser in her prime, you’re probably doing something right. Grace Elliott is a special player, and her excellence this season was more than enough to earn our Offensive Player of the Year nod.
UBC has had plenty of promising rookies across the T-Birds’ varsity teams this year, but no first-year player made quite the same impact that Sophie Harrison did. Coming to UBC from England, Harrison immediately became a key part of the country’s best defence.
On the last day of classes, hundreds of students gathered on Wreck Beach for the Calendar's annual polar bear swim. Here are photos from the catharsis.
In the midst of midterm season, The Ubyssey's photographers captured sports, a blind dating event, and other events around campus.
