Since many UBC clubs are not in session until September, here are some ways to make new friends before the school year begins.
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To be eligible, students must prove that they have received two doses of any of the four vaccines — Janssen (Johnson & Johnson), Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca — currently approved by the Candian government.
Since the pandemic lockdowns, noise levels have fluctuated on campus, across BC and around the world.
Hi Neighbor (Hinbor), founded in September 2020 by recent Sauder graduate Jack Jia, aims to reconnect neighbours with each other, while eliminating commission and delivery fees built into other delivery apps.
Although the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines were developed in less than a year, Health Canada deemed them to meet the "stringent" safety, efficacy and quality standards as all vaccines authorized for use in Canada.
Instead of consulting students, the AMS chooses to hire outside firms and utilize internal committees with limited involvement from students outside the organization.
In 2021, AMS Student Services spent an estimated $2.8 million on its services, which include the AMS Entrepreneurship Hub (eHub), Food Bank, Peer Support, Tutoring, SafeWalk, Advocacy and the new Housing Service.
Provost and VP Academic Andrew Szeri stressed in his opening remarks that the main goal in terms of reopening is the physical and mental health and safety of students, faculty and staff.
On Monday, the temperature at UBC hit 36.6°C and yesterday, a new Canadian temperature record was set in Lytton, BC — for the third day in a row.
Under normal circumstances, waking up in time to go to lecture or take an exam might be taken for granted — but those everyday tasks became consistent challenges for students living abroad.
A major takeaway, as shared by the panellists, was the importance of being compassionate with oneself and one another in this journey
The morning of June 29, a wildfire broke out near Wreck Beach on campus. While it was quickly put out, this event marks the start of wildfire season — and all the health implications that come with it.
Emails obtained by The Ubyssey through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request confirmed the existence of multiple complaints of potential COVID-19 violations among UBC fraternities around the time of their recruitment process.
If you aren’t blessed by the air-conditioning gods, this heat wave might feel like a preview of a fiery afterlife.
Karen Fry, the fire chief of the City of Vancouver, instructed people to avoid the area in a tweet on Tuesday morning.