UBC President Benoit-Antoine Bacon said UBC’s endowment fund “does not directly own any stocks in the companies identified by the movement.” Companies identified as complicit in Palestinian human rights violations account for about 0.28 per cent of the endowment fund, according to Bacon.
Around 5 p.m. on Sunday, a counter-protest in support of Israel assembled around the Palestinian solidarity encampment's perimeters on MacInnes Field.
The Ubyssey spent a day on MacInnes Field to learn about community members' motivations for attending the encampment.
On April 24, AMS Council met to rescind its investigation into the UBC Social Justice Centre (SJC) and pass its updated respectful workplace (PC1) and sexualized violence (PC2) policies.
Organizers' demands include divesting from companies complicit in Palestinian human rights abuses, boycotting Israeli universities and institutions and publicly condemning what organizers call a genocide in Gaza.
Last night, Senate met to vote on the disestablishment of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and received a presentation on UBC’s $3.8 billion budget for the next academic year.
On Monday night, AMS Council approved a new code change allowing the society to launch an investigation into the Social Justice Centre (SJC) after the group allegedly consulted lawyers without informing the AMS.
Six years since UBC's Accessibility Shuttle launched, students, staff and faculty are weighing in on what's been working and what needs to be improved.
Construction of UBC Okanagan’s new downtown Kelowna tower is on hold after safety concerns lead to the evacuation of a nearby affordable housing facility.
Food outlets in the Nest have suddenly been hit with a string of closures. Flavour Lab and Porch are set to close by April 26, and the AMS has announced that Soup Market would not be renewing its lease either.
On March 12, UBC’s Board of Governors announced it would no longer conduct annual tuition consultations with students, citing repeated student frustration with the survey's results and perceived inaction.
The Board of Governors approved a $3.8 billion budget for the 2024/25 fiscal year at their meeting on March 27.
At the March 19 Senate meeting, the 2023/24 external senate review was presented which calls for minor improvements in academic and governance practices.
CUPE 2278, a UBC chapter of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, organizers have ramped up their efforts to unionize Work Learn students, launching a social media campaign and hosting in-person events.
Benoit-Antoine Bacon became UBC’s 17th president in November 2023 following Santa Ono’s departure to the University of Michigan. Bacon, who was appointed in July 2023, joined UBC from Carleton University.