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News • January 1, 2017
According to police, a family dog emerged from the woods with what has been confirmed to be a human bone during a walk at around 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Police are now searching the area near Imperial Drive …
News • January 1, 2017
The International Service Learning (ISL) programs allow students to engage with community partners around the world as a part of their course work. Through the program, students have been able The Internatiudents to engagfrom in the South of …
News • January 3, 2017
On December 6, the Board of Governors approved an amendment to UBC’s Policy 3 of “Discrimination and Harassment” to include gender identity and expression as explicitly protected grounds at the university policy level.
News • January 4, 2017
UBC has apologized for cancelling John Furlong's contract to speak in the wake of a letter of protest and community criticism of child abuse allegations made against Furlong. However, UBC will be standing firm in its decision.
News • January 4, 2017
The main problems were reportedly error-laden and poorly formatted questions. According to commenters on the subthread, these issues hindered students’ performance and the ability of the three teaching assistants’ (TA) ability to invigilate.
News • January 5, 2017
The Nest’s $66 million construction loan, once taken from UBC, will soon be financed by an external bank. This will reduce the interest rate from 5.75 per cent to 3.5 per cent and save students millions, said AMS …
News • January 5, 2017
The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems has received $500,000 in funding from the Vancity enviroFund. Of the funding, $400,000 will be given over two years to support the building of a pilot processing plant where new entrepreneurs can …
News • January 7, 2017
The sexual assault policy committee is on schedule to release a redraft of the policy in February. Following this, the redraft will go out for more public consultation due to the fact that it is going to be …
News • January 8, 2017
The Ubyssey received seven nominations for the John H. McDonald awards. We won three, thanks to the hard work of our web developer Peter Siemens, our photo editor from last year Kosta Prodanovic and all-star staff illustrator Jerry …
News • January 10, 2017
“With today’s decision we are making right the fundamental wrong at the heart of the issue: a well-intentioned but incorrect decision to cancel John’s speaking engagement in the first place,” wrote Ono in his statement on the matter.
News • January 10, 2017
Since peak numbers of hundreds of students, waitlists have now shrunk significantly and are made up of mostly non-majoring students. In particular, CPSC 310 has reduced its waitlist to 16 non-majors, from a combined 256 major and non-major …
News • January 10, 2017
The 2017 AMS elections will be held in early March, but nominations are now open for every elected position in the AMS, including the president, VP Finance, VP Academic and University Affairs, VP External, and VP Administration.
News • January 11, 2017
“The charges were stayed, as the Crown concluded that there was no longer a substantial likelihood of a conviction,” said Daniel McLaughlin, communications counsel for the criminal justice branch, in an email statement to The Ubyssey.
News • January 11, 2017
We dug through the 2015/16 annual report put together by Student Care, the health care plan administrator, to see which drugs are most often prescribed to students at UBC through the AMS Health and Dental plan.
News • January 12, 2017
The chair of UBC's First Nations Studies program has resigned from the sexual assault policy committee after John Furlong was reinstated as keynote speaker at the 18th ZLC Millennium Scholarship breakfast.
News • January 16, 2017
The Board of Governors has approved an increase in the spending rate of UBC endowments from 3.5 per cent to 4 per cent. This change will affect all of the university’s endowments, a fund of approximately $1.8 billion.
News • January 16, 2017
There is no singular reason why the Bookstore might have run out of your textbook. It could be anything from your absent-minded professor to add/drop-prone students who return their textbooks at the last minute.
News • January 16, 2017
Almost a year ago, Brooklyn Fink burned down the rainbow pride flag burning in honour of UBC's OUTweek. Most recently, the charges were dropped after Crown Counsel could not find a group or individual to take ownership of …
News • January 18, 2017
In the last year, four UBC faculty members have been appointed to the Order, Canada’s highest civilian honour. Approximately 100 Canadians are inducted to the Order with each bi-annual round of appointments, which take place in December and …
News • January 18, 2017
Regulatory testing of drugs and medical products encompasses only three-quarters of a per cent of animals used in UBC research. A third of all animals are used in medical and veterinary research to research treatment for disease.