On Friday, September 30, community members gathered at UBC the second annual Intergenerational March to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and show support for residential school and intergenerational survivors.
All candidates agreed the current housing situation has reached a crisis point, reflecting recent polling that showed Vancouver citizens citing housing as the most pressing issue this election. However, candidates disagreed, often vehemently, on how best to go about solving the problem.
Hundreds of UBC students gathered Friday afternoon at a walkout led by Sprouts Cafe to protest rising food insecurity, reduced funding and a perceived lack of support from the university.
Recent online posts have drawn attention to a variety of problems, including wet floors and counters, clogged sinks and toilets and bad odours.
The next on-campus VCH COVID-19 booster clinic will be held on November 14 and 15 from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Life Sciences Centre. Flu shots can be booked at this location, with some walk-in availability.
On Saturday afternoon UBC students, led by the 2SLGBTQ+ engineering club Gears & Queers, hosted a cairn-painting event to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR).
Lynda Li, a fourth year kinesiology student at UBC, received the Thomas Clarkson Award at the 2022 Global Undergraduate Award summit in Dublin, Ireland.
The updated recommendations state that “drinking alcohol, even a small amount, is damaging to everyone, regardless of age, sex, gender, ethnicity, tolerance for alcohol or lifestyle.”
Candidates generally erred on the side of continuing to pursue international affiliations at the debate, albeit with greater evaluation of such partnerships.
Incumbent senator-at-large Romina Hajizadeh is running for her second term on a platform of increasing engagement with students and prioritizing equity, diversity and inclusion.
First-year arts student Kareem Hassib is running for student senator-at-large on a platform of reconciliation, accessibility and equitable processes for academic misconduct.
Mathew Ho running for student senator-at-large on a campaign of greater transparency for course information and improving experiential learning opportunities.
Davey Li, Kareem Hassib, Mathew Ho, Kamil Kanji and Sultana Razia are your next student senators-at-large.
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.
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