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.
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For university athletes, the Thunderbird is more than a name. It’s something they represent. But it’s also a name with a troubling beginning.
A stifling, often ignored, silence tends to surround conversations on menstrual care.
For the first time in its 107-year history, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra saw its musicians go on strike. This, however, is just one example of a deeper issue affecting all types of creatives living and working in Vancouver.
Two weeks before Canada recognized the State of Palestine, UBC was visited by Dr. Deirdre Nunan.
The podium looks deceptively simple: a wooden block, a music stand, a conductor standing at the centre of it all. But conducting a wind ensemble is anything but simple.
A mother’s eyes glimmer with joy as her child utters the first word — three years later than expected.
Last month, Dr. Amy Parent was appointed a UNESCO Co-Chair in Transforming Indigenous Knowledge Research Governance and Rematriation.
Dr. John Paul “JP” Catungal recalls the moment he was first approached by a stranger on the topic of his own Queerness.
Second-year UBC student Allegra Kastner went viral once. For her, that was more than enough.
For Young Joe, the most rewarding part of being a medical interpreter is the look of relief that takes over patients and doctors’ faces as soon as she enters the room. Without her, conversation is impossible.
In the past two years, if you’ve attended events by UBC Raves or Halloween nights at the Pit, you might have danced to beats by Nicole Pan, a third-year science student who studies biology, chemistry, computer science and commerce — and DJs on the side.
Dr. Mila Zuo wasn’t always going to study film — but after taking a pornography course at UC Berkeley, she was hooked.
The Ubyssey is planning to launch several podcasts during the 2025/26 academic year, so we're looking for hosts interested in writing and recording their own shows.
Communist ideologies are gaining momentum on Canadian university campuses — what does that shift look like at UBC?