VP finance candidates, Mohkam Singh Malik (ਮੋਹਕਮ) and Gavin Fung-Quon, disagreed on ways to tackle the AMS’s financial issues at the first candidate debate on Monday.
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In the first presidential debate, the four candidates discussed issues around dealing with student criticism, divestment and flaunted their relevant experience.
Construction sites, their towering cranes and the periodic clouds of dust that rise from them when the ground dries in the summer are a constant part of UBC Point Grey’s ever-shifting landscape.
The UBC Senate met Wednesday night to discuss enrolment and a framework to guide future academic planning.
UBC community members gathered in front of the UBC Musqueam post on February 15 to call on UBC to divest from companies complicit in violating the rights of Palestinians.
Colour Connected Against Racism, an AMS resource group whose mission is aimed at providing support and information for BIPOC students, has been inactive since 2020.
AMS elections season has arrived, and students are competing for five executive positions, two Board of Governors seats and five seats on the UBC Vancouver Senate.
AMS Council met on February 7 to approve governance code changes and pass a bylaw change, which will also be voted on by the student body in a referendum during AMS elections.
The UBC Social Justice Centre (SJC) have filed a lawsuit against Hillel BC Society, alleging Hillel's former contractor defamed them by distributing pro-Hamas stickers posted around campus in November.
For the 2024/25 academic year, UBC student housing rates will be increasing between five and six per cent depending on the residence area and room type.
Following a week of public pressure, BC’s Minister of Post Secondary Education & Future Skills Selina Robinson was removed from cabinet after comments critics say erase Palestinian history. She will remain in the NDP caucus and continue to represent her riding as an MLA.
As of November 2023, new provincial legislation requires local governments to amend their zoning bylaws to allow more small-scale multi-unit housing, such as laneway houses and townhomes, to increase housing supply.
The federal government has announced an intake cap on international study permit applications starting in September 2024. It remains unclear whether this will lead to a significant decrease in international student admissions at UBC.
In early November, UBC terminated the Student Assistance Program (SAP), redirecting students to the Here2Talk mental health counselling service instead.
The Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre, or the Global Lounge, has been temporarily closed since September 2023. It is set to re-open this term, with changes to programming.