In May, a class action lawsuit was filed against UBC Property Investments, the City of Kelowna and other defendants due to the construction of UBCO’s Kelowna Tower.
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The frayed threads of her blouse unravel and twist into feathers that coat her flailing arms until they become wings. Her calloused toes transform into gleaming talons that slice through her secondhand shoes.
The idea for Vancouver’s first Filipino-Canadian Book Festival began in a Carl’s Jr. parking lot.
Since filing a lawsuit against Hillel BC and a former contractor for defamation in February, the UBC Social Justice Centre has removed itself as a case plaintiff.
I am here to sprinkle some tropical sunshine into your Canadian summer, as someone who knows how to milk every drop of fun from those few rain-free months.
The UBC Okanagan (UBCO) Palestinian solidarity encampment concluded on June 29 after 46 days.
UBC’s Board of Governors met on June 27 to discuss the encampments on UBC campuses and to receive an update on the university’s Climate Action Plan 2030.
Miranda Lam was appointed the next Board of Governors chair for a term beginning on August 1.
Judy Rogers will be UBC’s 20th chancellor starting September 1.
In early June, The Ubyssey covered Music Waste's 30th anniversary. It's one thing to capture a moment with words and another to hold it in a photo and at Music Waste, you have to see it to understand the festival's energy.
Finally, UBC has found a solution to all the problems we had with the good old SSC.
If it were not for the deeply colonial legacies embedded in the practice of archaeology, it might be tempting at first pass to say that Ahmad Danny Ramadan’s newest publication is a fundamentally archeological endeavour.
Even now in Vancouver, UBC is home to the gulls. They perch themselves outside of the Nest, eating student leftovers from the turf — competing with the racoons — then ascend through the wind towards the ocean. I find so much comfort in knowing that they are everywhere.
"When administrators are determined to embrace genocidaires and frame those partnerships as a meaningful contribution to the academy regardless of the violence they perpetuate, how are we to take their professed ‘commitments’ to human rights and equality seriously?" writes Graduate Students for Palestine.
Blue Chip opened its new location on June 24 after a year-long relocation and renovation process.