This one-time funding reduces the financial gap between last year's and this year’s budget allocation to food security, which cut UBC funding to the AMS Food Bank in half.
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Last night, a short AMS Council meeting touched on the AMS's Annual General Meeting (AGM) updates and student advocacy plans.
This Friday, October 28 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Great Trek, and the AMS is planning to host an event to celebrate.
UBC will form an accessibility committee to comply with new BC legislation — although disabled students and faculty want to see more than simply a committee from the university.
The AMS released Indigenous finance guidelines, based on those released by UBC earlier this year, following concerns raised by Indigenous contractors about late payments and other issues.
Student-run cafe Sprouts re-opened earlier this month, running the same programs as last year despite funding difficulties and its space being shrunk by a construction zone.
Each year, UBC launches a month-long tuition engagement process, which involves publicizing a breakdown of its budget and proposed tuition increases, in addition to seeking student feedback through an online survey that closes this year on October 31.
Hundreds of UBC students gathered Friday afternoon at a walkout led by Sprouts Cafe to protest rising food insecurity, reduced funding and a perceived lack of support from the university.
The new room will allow around ten clients to access the food bank at the same time, more than double the current capacity of four clients.
For the first time ever, UBC is revisiting its 45-year-old Academic Freedom Policy.
The Vancouver Senate convened this Wednesday to welcome Interim President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Deborah Buszard, say goodbye to longtime administrator Dr. Kate Ross, and discuss a series of Admissions Committee motions.
Safety McSafeFace, the main AMS Safewalk vehicle, was found rear-ended on Thursday October 13, limiting Safewalk to walking teams for several days.
The AMS is hopeful its businesses will bounce back to profitability after the pandemic and hiring and supply issues compounded to squash AMS businesses’ revenue to a quarter of what it was three years ago.
Police responded to an attempted theft in front of the Henry Angus building this afternoon.
Representatives from the UBC Persian Club and Afghani Student Association led a march on campus to protest the state violence faced by civilians in Iran and Afghanistan on October 17.