The UBC Human Rights Collective (HRC) and the UBC chapter of Scholars at Risk (SAR) are calling for students to support an imprisoned scholar as Iran moves to execute him.
At last night’s AMS Council meeting, the new execs and councillors met for the first time in person to fill committee vacancies and waive a presentation of the 2022/23 preliminary budget.
Following the AMS’s deconstitution of fraternities in 2019, a preliminary assessment in early 2020 found UBC Sororities to be in violation of AMS policy. A full review was put aside due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but began again this year following The Ubyssey’s coverage of the delay.
Erin Co is your next VP external.
Sanchay Jain, first-year Sauder student, is running for VP external to improve equality on campus.
Erin Co, third-year international economics student, is running for VP external to help students stay “focused on being a student.”
James Cabagnon, a fourth-year political science student, is running for VP external to continue the work he started as associate VP (AVP) external this year.
At the Great Debate, VP external candidates questioned each other on their experience and insider status.
Cabagnon and Co brought up specific lobbying points more often, showing differences in their priorities, while Jain was unable to present many specific plans.
Members of the faculty of medicine and Sauder School of Business ranked among the highest-paid UBC employees last year.
While some faculty members have said online that several of their students had tested positive, UBC and the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) are encouraging professors to not inform their classes.
The winter sports facility has hosted some of the biggest names in hockey, figure skating and more.
Students will only be able to drop courses until February 6; they will not be able to add any courses past the original add drop deadline of January 21.
Due to changing public health advice, UBC is no longer providing PCR tests to individuals who test positive through the rapid testing program.
Emails received through an FOI request showed donors and alumni calling for Bishop John O’Grady’s honorary degree to be revoked immediately following the beginning of the review.