Bea Lehmann

Last night, the UBC Senate met to discuss the results of an external review of Senate operations, and received a report on the Student Experience of Instruction surveys.

Agata De Pangher quickly realized she needed to get a job after arriving in Vancouver to start her studies at UBC.

The UBC Senate met Wednesday night to discuss enrolment and a framework to guide future academic planning.

UBC will continue to communicate weather related exam cancellations in the same manner as last year, with students and faculty notified by UBC’s social media channels, including UBC’s main and media relations X (formerly Twitter) accounts, Facebook and website.

The City of Vancouver has released a new tool to speed up permitting times for laneway houses, with the hope of addressing housing supply gaps.

At the first meeting of the new triennium on Wednesday night, the UBC Senate approved course and degree changes and discussed the creation of a committee to assess UBC’s international partnerships.

Vancouver’s first hyperlocal weather network, Weatherhood, launched on Wednesday July 19. The project is a collaboration between Glacier Media and UBC’s Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences.

College Care Package Co., a start-up co-founded by former and current Sauder School of Business students Vrinda Gupta and Pratham Jaiswal, wants to help incoming students settle into their new homes at UBC.

Beyond beginner grammar rules and vocabulary, the courses will draw connections to cultural elements such as Yiddish music, film, and literature.

Four priority recommendations were highlighted in the report, focusing on training and education, recruitment of T2SGD staff, gender data standards and T2SGD mental and holistic wellbeing.

The UBC Vancouver Senate met Wednesday night to discuss course scheduling, international agreements and graduate regalia amendments for Indigenous students.

The AMS will continue to use CampusBase as the platform for club operations, with a planned launch of a help centre for club members set for April 2023.

When asked why the search was unsuccessful, Carrey noted the specialized skill set required for the job, and emphasized the need for the right candidate.

Davey Li, Kareem Hassib, Mathew Ho, Kamil Kanji and Sultana Razia are your next student senators-at-large.

Mathew Ho running for student senator-at-large on a campaign of greater transparency for course information and improving experiential learning opportunities.