Protesters indicated further disruptions will continue unless UBC commits to divestment — but the university says it's already been communicating its progress on a "human rights framework" for responsible investment. Read More.
Today
The Ubyssey sports team’s end-of-term report
At this point in the year, all of UBC’s varsity sports have played their last games of 2025. With the courts, rinks and fields going silent until January, our Sports + Rec team is here to recount how each varsity team has performed thus far. Read More.
Today
Twelve Days of Completely Secular Yuletide: Eight Crazy Nights is the second worst thing to happen to the Jewish People in the past two centuries
ADAM SANDLER, have you watched Eight Crazy Nights on Crave? Have you sat down with a bucket of popcorn to enjoy it? Did you laugh at the movie? Did it live up to your expectations? Read More.
The future of the Friendlier reusable container pilot program is up in the air after months of negative feedback, lower-than-expected return rates and concerns about its financial and environmental impacts. Read More.
Today
Oswald Flan is campus's most illustrious academic-maxxer
His knowledge transcends the boundaries of what could conceivably be known. Or, at least, his voice makes you consider smacking him with a chair. Read More.
December 11
Gauthier’s strong finish elevates T-Birds over Heat, 79–64
UBC men’s basketball has never lost a matchup with their “younger brother” program, the UBCO Heat. Midway through the third quarter on Friday Nov. 28, that record felt less secure. In the Furnace in Kelowna, the Birds found themselves barely clinging to a one-point lead and were feeling the heat.
December 11
This month in photos: November
In the midst of midterm season, The Ubyssey's photographers captured sports, a blind dating event, and other events around campus.
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Arts & Culture
UBC Opera’s The Magic Flute returns with all the bells and whistles
UBC Opera’s performance of The Magic Flute was delightful entirely due to the amazing performances of the UBC Opera Ensemble accompanied by the Vancouver Opera Orchestra.
Opinion
Powers that Be: Limiting new international students says something about the limits of Canada’s political imagination
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.
Features
Post-Plumtree, Carla Gillis keeps making her way back to music
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.
News
Candidate profile: John Ede
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.
Candidate profile: Erica Frank
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.
Candidate profile: Steven Miller
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.
Candidate profile: Aaron Cunningham
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.
Humour
UBC plans to become Canada's hottest new tourist destination
UBC is reportedly already “halfway to achieving Disneyland status” based on the afternoon line-up for Subway in the Life Building alone.
Stop reading, start living
I’m never hovering my eyes over any form of text ever again. It’s time to focus on myself.
Study finds Disco is back, UBC anticipates Boogie Fever outbreak
All factors point to UBC facing a full-blown boogie epidemic.
Slow walkers detriment to UBC pedestrian traffic flow, exhibit zero sense of urgency
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?”
Sports & Rec
For Ivy Liao, table tennis is more than just winning
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.
Underdogs no more: How two T-Birds are helping redefine rugby in Canada
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.
Thunderbirds win on missed field goal in wild Homecoming game
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.
Homecoming: A rookie's perspective
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.
Research
Dr. Alan Jacobs on how social mobility relates to the rise of the far-right
A recent paper by Dr. Alan Jacobs and Dr. Mark Kayser investigates one under-explored driver of far-right voting: social mobility.
UBC researchers propose no-fault compensation for high-risk neural devices
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.
Gut Feelings: How to manage IBD while in school, from UBC alumni
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.
‘How can I help?’: Transforming health care in rural and Indigenous communities
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.
Photo
This month in photos: September
This month, The Ubyssey's photographers captured the homecoming football game, a performative man contest, silent moments on campus and more.
This summer in photos: May to August 2025
Weren't on campus this summer? Here are some of the best photos summarizing life at UBC from May to August 2025.
