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News • December 28, 2020
UBC alumna Loujain al-Hathloul has been sentenced to five years and eight months in prison for terrorism offences, but will likely be released in March 2021.
News • December 21, 2020
UBC apologized after the student said communications with residence staff and conditions in the self-isolation unit were subpar.
News • December 20, 2020
While UBC didn’t implement all recommendations from the 2016 review, Campus Security’s external review comes after uproar over three UBC-related incidents over the past two years.
News • December 19, 2020
The first of its kind in Canada, the clinic’s goal is to provide low-income people and their animals with access to legal help in animal-law cases, while allowing law students to gain hands-on experience.
News • December 18, 2020
On December 9, Provost and VP Academic Andrew Szeri announced that President Santa Ono had cancelled the search for the Faculty of Education’s dean in a move that may be linked to a petition signed by 150 community …
News • December 18, 2020
The open letter asks Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne to continue advocating for her rights.
News • December 18, 2020
UBC will now use Dr. when referring to faculty members in press releases after a controversial op-ed about Dr. Jill Biden that sparked debate among faculty members.
News • December 18, 2020
UBC and the AUS have a draft agreement over usage of the forthcoming Arts Student Centre. The Ubyssey broke down what’s in it.
News • December 17, 2020
With discussions of academic misconduct, a new program and external reviews, here’s what you need to know.
News • December 17, 2020
University RCMP is looking for information after five males stole a Christmas tree from the lobby of a Gray Avenue building on December 2.
News • December 16, 2020
In two emails posted to Reddit, Dr. Tamara Freeman and Dr. Edward Neeland, both associate professors in chemistry, appear to have written to students in their classes that they suspected students had cheated on their final exams.
News • December 15, 2020
Over the break, the SRC will have a new virtual meeting on Wednesdays between 5 and 6 p.m.
News • December 14, 2020
A recently published report on systemic anti-Indigenous racism within BC’s health care system made several policy recommendations applicable to UBC’s faculty of medicine and School of Nursing.
News • December 13, 2020
For young people, dealing with online school, work uncertainty and social isolation in a time when they would usually be expanding their networks poses additional strain.
News • December 12, 2020
On Tuesday, December 8, the BC government introduced legislation to secure funding for the BC Recovery Benefit, projected to help around 3.7 million British Columbians.
News • December 11, 2020
It is uncertain when the U-Pass website will be up again, according to TransLink spokesperson Dan Mountain.
News • December 11, 2020
At the Board of Governors Finance Committee meeting on November 20, UBCO Provost and VP Academic and Research Ananya Mukherjee-Reed announced a proposal to pause student enrolment growth next year at the Okanagan campus.
News • December 10, 2020
According to a 2019/20 financial statement, the AMS is currently $58.8 million in debt, most of which is due to a loan taken out to pay for the Nest, and is running a $4.2 million overall deficit this …
News • December 10, 2020
The AMS has still not released its internal privacy assessment of the new clubs management system.
News • December 9, 2020
While the AMS VP administration said it did not know how many people from the film crew were present, he noted that their usage of the Nest was likely a one-time occurrence.