The motions are a step towards uplifting the Black community, said Dr. Austin Uzama, the senator who proposed them.
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The centre has been established at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries and is headed by assistant professor of Indigenous fisheries science and Nisg̱a’a Nation member Dr. Andrea Reid.
Through this living document, the caucus aims to frame the first of many discussions within the Senate as to how they can improve the academic governance of UBC over the next triennium.
Since the program’s inception in 2012, its popularity has grown substantially, with hundreds of staff regularly attending.
The Indigenous meet-and-greet — held for the past two AMS election cycles to give Indigenous students the opportunity to converse with candidates — has been cancelled this year.
Previously, these elections were conducted by AMS constituencies like the Arts Undergraduate Society or Science Undergraduate Society, for their respective Senate representatives.
At the meeting, Evans brought up how the exec committee “does not put things on the agenda if they don’t want to talk about them.”
The Board of Governors endorsed the plan on Tuesday, February 16.
Cst. Christina Martin said University RCMP issued two $2,300 fines to organizers of gatherings in Fairview Crescent on Saturday. The detachment also issued two personal $230 fines.
In a letter obtained by The Ubyssey, Dr. Blye Frank, dean of education, informed Wolf that her appointment in the faculty of education had been terminated after a recommendation from President Santa Ono to the Board of Governors.
Our recap of takeaways from the UBC Board of Governors February meetings cycle.
“My default position for Board meetings would be that things should be open to the extent they can be,” McKenzie said.
The Trans, Two-Spirit and Gender Diversity Task Force has hired a consultant to audit the state of gender diversity across six areas.
Students approved these funds for specific purposes years ago. The AMS says they’re underspent and could pay off its $720-thousand deficit.
Community members have gathered in the Downtown Eastside to honour missing and murdered women each year on Valentine’s Day since 1992, making 2021 the 30th consecutive year.