With the RAD Society, Dr. William C Miller is working to provide low-cost rentals of adaptive recreation equipment, such as hand crank bikes, in an gearbox run out of the SRC.
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After the COVID-19 pandemic, the UBC alum found herself working in the arena and eventually behind the driver's seat of a Zamboni.
For the end of the 2024/25 academic year, we rounded up our top sports + rec staff to look back on the monumental year.
On March 22, UBC alum Evan Dunfee broke the 35 km race walk world record by 7 seconds.
Spring has sprung, the sun is back out on campus and the end of the semester is upon us. For our last T-Birds 5-on-5 of the 2024/25 season, we asked five assorted questions to five varsity athletes. Here are their answers.
For the first time in UVic and UBC rivalry history, the Thunderbirds won a third consecutive Dogwood Bowl title in late February.
Being a fan of anything isn’t about being rational. It’s knowing that your passion might not be rational, and caring anyway.
With over 100 years of history, UBC's rowing teams are a key symbol of the varsity programs' excellence. Its men's team has demonstrated this, winning seven national championships in the last nine years, all with head coach Mike Pearce at the helm.
Many sports can have a home-court advantage — where a team does better in home games than away ones. We broke down past national championship data for three sports to see if the home team really does have the upper leg when hosting.
While pursuing his UBC degree in political science, Oskar Ho found his calling in sports entertainment — specifically in being a hypeman.
Across campus, there are countless people in roles under the umbrella of “sports media" — whether they write articles, take photos, shoot videos or generally contribute to the public promotion of sport, they all help tell the stories of UBC athletes.
Before a game, some athletes choose to wear special socks, eat a certain food or listen to the same playlist. These convictions may seem a bit absurd, but what if they actually work?
Born in Winnipeg, the fourth-year guard was five years old when she started playing basketball, influenced by her dad, who also played the sport in college.
This year, UBC hosted the men's and women's basketball national championships, marking the first time a single university has held both. But why is this push for gender equality in basketball happening now, and what remains to be done?
The Ubyssey sat down with for an interview with the person under the mascot costume to learn more about the inner workings of Thunder the Thunderbird.