Three of the candidates pursuing the West Point Grey riding seat — Amanda Konkin, David Eby, and James Lombardi — debated issues such as the legalization of marijuana, health care, and the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.
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Mills, the film's director, sees these meet-ups — which number at over one thousand worldwide — as “a great way to build community, stop wastefulness and teach people — particularly young people — skill sets we’re starting to lose.”
POV 27 is a short film festival showcasing the works of third and fourth-year students in UBC’s Department of Theatre and Film. This year's lineup had no two films that were alike, showcasing diversity in technique, character and storyline.
Two months after stunning at the CFL combine in Regina, Saskatchewan, UBC receiver Alex Morrison will be improving on his professional league chances yet again as he heads to the National Football Leagues’ New York Giant’s mini-camp.
The bright side of commuting to summer classes is that the buses are nowhere near as full as they are during the school year so you don't have to bus-surf and awkwardly fall on someone's lap every time the driver hits a pothole.
After a reported “altercation” at UBC Hospital’s nursing home — Purdy Pavilion — on April 26, an 81-year-old man was taken to the hospital in deteriorating condition. He died the following day. No one has been charged.
“It’s a brand new facility and I guess the system didn’t pick up,” said Andrew Parr. “We have rectified this issue for the future – the future being the next time we have a new building, particularly a year-round building.”
A backdrop of dystopian-esque video clips and an all-too-obvious critique of the media added to the cliche – there is nothing particularly revolutionary about a group of white boys from London. It was hard for the crowd to stay excited.
Bourcier, a Team BC and U17 national team player, was a standout point guard for his high school team: the Kelowna Owls. His signing comes amidst various offers from NCAA Division I teams. Still, he chose UBC because of its success last season.
How can tiny nanoparticles help hugely complex endeavours like medical diagnostics? For addressing this & similar questions, UBC's Dr. Russ Algar was one of two researchers on campus honoured with a prestigious Sloan Fellowship.
It is clear to see how he engages with students and faculty across campus in a way that some may refer to as fatherly — with his selfies, background music and commentary it is endearing to watch Ono discover UBC.
I am a teenage girl. With that label come certain caveats. Some are rather trivial, like having a travelling Pollock exhibit composed of zits on my face. Whereas others are significantly more debilitating, like being agonizingly insecure.
Here at The Ubyssey, we often joke about how we are a cult of hacks and other keeners who share news articles with each other. But back in the days of of the 1920s, UBC's student newspaper took its cult-like status a little more serious.
After modelling 10 different scenarios with three sub scenarios each based on information made public by BC Hydro, the researchers concluded that Site C was not economically past the point of no return.
As stated in a report detailing the career outcomes of 3,790 former PhD students, 88 per cent of graduates are employed. While the majority works in higher education, there's increasing career diversity in the private and public sectors.