While some faculty members have said online that several of their students had tested positive, UBC and the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) are encouraging professors to not inform their classes.
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The UBC Vancouver Senate approved a plan to slightly reduce enrolment next year and amendments to the Deans Appointment Policy at last night’s meeting.
UBC Panhellenic Council (UBC Sororities) violates the same rule, that is being gender exclusive — restricting members to female-identifying individuals.
The COVID-19 testing positivity rate at UBC has decreased since its record high last week, according to new data released by the BC Centre for Disease Control.
The campaign — which is called Elect Change — will donate a certain dollar amount for each student vote during AMS elections to a chosen charity or organization.
Attempts at making UBC campus more gender-inclusive are underway as the Envisioning Equality Art Project aims to showcase achievements of staff and faculty members via public art.
UBC announced Murphy’s reappointment in a broadcast sent to students yesterday. Murphy will begin her second five-year term on August 14, 2022.
The university has opened up its annual tuition engagement process for 2022/23, starting with a survey designed to gauge student feedback about proposed tuition increases — which quickly drew criticism from students.
Following successful divestment campaigns, climate student groups are now calling on BC universities to reinvest in their communities.
To address the under-representation of Black medical students at UBC and Black physicians in BC at large, UBC's faculty of medicine will be rolling out a Black MD student admissions stream this summer.
AMS Council met over Zoom on Wednesday night to discuss potential referendum questions for its upcoming elections and the results of its unsuccessful campaign to elect students to the University Neighbourhood Association’s (UNA) board in November.
Both the AMS and the university have purchased thousands of masks ahead of the return to in-person learning.
With in person classes starting on Monday, The Ubyssey spoke to students from various faculties to understand how they are coped with online classes.
AMS VP Administration Lauren Benson said the AMS was able to achieve carbon neutrality “much quicker than expected."
Following a two-year pause to support COVID-19 safety measures, UBC is resuming its Zero Waste Foodware Strategy, requiring food outlets to charge a fee for single-use cups and bags.