"If university educators are serious about decolonization, they need to teach and engage with these histories. This is in fact what many teach-ins, peaceful student rallies, and other forms of active learning at UBC have sought to do since October 7," writes Dr. Hicham Safieddine.
“If student life at UBC were to be viewed as a stone arch...Instagram acts as the keystone that has allowed the current campus culture to bear weight,” writes Tatum Narode
In BC, we tax owners of vacant homes to incentivize rental, we protect tenants against unreasonable rent increases, but we do not regulate the rental price of units once a tenant has been evicted or has ended their tenancy. That’s a big problem, writes Laine Jackart.
“Lululemon’s products have a reputation for quality and comfort. However, should those properties outweigh Lululemon’s disappointing record on workers’ rights and climate action when our university chooses who to partner with?” asks Rowan Barclay.
Through AMS Peer Support and the Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC), community members can access safe supplies for gender-affirming hormone therapy.
Here’s what to expect at the February 21st, 2024 Senate meeting.
"This referendum is undemocratic and a thinly veiled power grab from a minority of students who are plaguing the campus community with petty politics under the guise of social justice," writes former AMS President Esmé Decker.
We are gravely concerned about some of the recent developments at UBC that affect Jewish students and we write to ask you to please reject the recent referendum that poses a significant threat to the inclusivity, diversity and fairness that define UBC," writes the Rabbinical Association of Vancouver.
All year, we’ve been attending governance meetings and keeping an eye on what’s going on in the AMS, Senate and Board of Governors. We’re familiar with the issues and the pressures of each position in student government. We talked to all the candidates, attended all the debates and fact-checked their claims and platforms. We’re not here to tell you who to vote for, but we will be honest about each candidates’ strengths and weaknesses.
All year, we’ve been attending governance meetings and keeping an eye on what’s going on in the governance bodies at UBC. Here's a short rundown on what we think of the referendum question on the ballot. We’re not here to tell how to vote, but we will be honest about what think about the question.
Ian Caguiat, Julia Do, Ethan Lui, Emma Martin-Rousselle and Ferdinand Rother have been elected as your next Community Representatives on The Ubyssey Publications Society’s Board of Directors.
"From clubs tabling on campus to classmates sitting next to you, there are plenty of opportunities to actively seek out diverse perspectives. We need to learn how to listen for the sake of learning, not labelling," writes Eitan Feiger.
"Unlike voting for representatives, referenda allow us to be precise in our voting, ideally leading to a decision that more accurately reflects the voices of the people. But one proposed AMS referendum this year nearly stole our clear voices,” writes Marie Erikson.
Senate Recentred is written by members of the Student Senate Caucus to demystify Senate by giving students a snapshot of what Senate is doing this month.
A comic describing writer Jess Goldman’s experience with Hillel and Zionism as a Jewish student at UBC.