Councillors approved the 2022/23 budget and discussed the future of the Nest’s mask mandate at last night’s 6.5 hour-long AMS Council meeting.
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According to a report issued by the University Neighbourhood Association (UNA), concerns put forth by residents of Wesbrook Village led the UBC Development Board to defer the project and the UNA to withdraw the project application.
The AMS has released a statement expressing solidarity with Palestinian students and condemning the Israeli State for its “system of apartheid and its occupation of Palestine.”
Some faculty members are concerned about the UBC Faculty Association's approach to transparency after two motions on the issue were barely discussed at last week's Annual General Meeting last week.
After a rocky opening four years ago, the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) is fully operational, according to staff and partners.
The AMS is still in discussion with the Indigenous Committee about an organizational restructure.
Students now have a new senator-at-large following Anisha Sandhu’s resignation last month.
Dr. Murali Chandrashekaran, UBC’s first-ever vice-provost international (VPI), will not seek reappointment for a second term. He will complete his term on August 31.
Dr. Arig al Shaibah will serve as UBC’s new associate vice-president (AVP) Equity and Inclusion starting July 1.
The Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) will fill the vacant arts student seats on AMS Council after four of the five recently-elected representatives resigned to work in the offices of AMS execs.
On Sunday, June 5, UBC students and community members walked to raise over $70,600 at this year’s Gutsy Walk in Vancouver.
The 4 and 14 buses have been temporarily rerouted to the Blanca bus loop. While students can transfer to either the 99 B-Line, 84 or 44 bus routes at the Blanca St stop on University Boulevard, this detour has caused disruptions for students, especially those that rely on the 4 or 14 to return to campus from downtown at later hours.
Instances of academic misconduct increased while cases of non-academic misconduct remained the same in 2020/21, according to a new UBC report.
According to Dr. Julian Dierkes, the associate dean of funding at UBC’s Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, each award recipient — 98 at UBC Vancouver and 12 at UBC Okanagan — will get $15,000.
After a year of debate and fierce opposition from many members of the University Endowment Lands (UEL) community, the committee’s recommendation makes it likely that a non-medical cannabis shop will open on 5784 University Blvd, just off of UBC campus.