According to Andrew Parr, the university has set aside enough isolation-specific units to accommodate an average of 16 new in-residence cases per day.
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Test positivity in the UBC community health area reached a record high of 56 per cent this week, surpassing the previous record of 43 per cent in mid-January.
The “one-degree initiative” would change the current structure from five degrees to six majors under one degree.
UBC students are still finding ways to celebrate Lunar New Year safely as COVID-19 restrictions remain in place for a second year.
As part of UBC’s anti-racism goals, the program offers Black Canadians an opportunity to attend university, as well as to build a community both on and off campus.
NNECT aims to reduce food delivery costs for students, help local restaurants in the pandemic and reduce the environmental impact of food delivery.
A protest held downtown yesterday called the Canadian Border Service Agency’s decision to reject five Muslim Egyptian families’ refugee claims Islamophobic.
The AMS’s first set of equity goals focus on equity in finances, staff education and community consultation.
The event featured a keynote speaker and a panel discussion on community members' visions for what they hope UBC could become by 2050.
Employee wages and UBC’s return to classes were major topics of conversation at AMS Council’s biweekly meeting on Wednesday, January 26.
The AMS is in the early stages of implementing a rapid testing program for staff members who are unvaccinated or did not declare their vaccination status to the society.
UBC said it will continue its rapid testing program partially vaccinated, unvaccinated and undeclared community members “as a campus safety measure."
According to meeting minutes, the AMS had been considering putting forward a referendum in this year’s AMS elections since late October 2021.
President Santa Ono and Principal of UBC Okanagan Lesley Cormack said classes would be in person until the end of term two in a broadcast email sent to community members on January 26.
The BCCDC is reporting a 36 per cent positivity rate for the UBC community health service area between January 18 and 24.