Today’s 30-minute open session of the Board of Governors (BoG) meeting was little more than a brief summary of UBC’s response to COVID-19 so far.
UBC’s announcement that the fall term will be primarily online is slowly being clarified as faculties individually release their plans to students.
The Zoom call was packed as around 50 participants sat through 6 hours of discussions at last night’s virtual AMS Council meeting.
The first stage, beginning next week, will allow the Nest to reopen with limited services and with adherence to public health guidelines. This consists of some take-out dining, optional office work, some services resuming and very limited building amenities.
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President Santa Ono made the announcement in a May 11 broadcast email as the province recently revealed its plan to phase out of social distancing measures.
Fare collection and front-door boarding on all buses will resume on June 1, TransLink announced this morning. Resuming fare collection is estimated to provide TransLink with $2 million a month.
In his year as president, Hakim’s major successes include prioritization of passing the Indigenous seat on AMS Council, the creation and implementation of the AMS Sexual Violence Prevention and Respectful Community and Workplace Policy and the beginnings of a comprehensive AMS Strategic Plan.
This year, VPAUA Julia Burnham made large strides in sexual violence prevention work and on the long walk towards increasing open educational resources (OERs) on campus. But she said she was faced with the issue of relying on university bodies and processes under the Senate and the Board of Governors (BoG) to accomplish her goals.
Councillors discussed budgeting for the 2020/21 school year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, called a vote of censure on current VP Administration and President-Elect Cole Evans and approved the suspension of U-Pass for the time being.
Evans responded that he was “swamped” with other work and was unable to produce the report on time.
This support, totalling to $9 billion, includes the creation of the Canada Emergency Student Benefit that aims towards students and new graduates not eligible for the existing Canada Emergency Response Benefit.
This is the project of Arts Student Senator Charlotte Gilby, who spent the last year gathering consultation from students and working with faculty to make this a reality. She said that the goal is that diplomas for students graduating this year will have their majors on them.
Students can access confidential, free single-session services through the app, by phone or through online chat on the Here2Talk website. The service has been in the works for a few months now, but was fast-tracked and released early due to COVID-19.
Many faculty members are calling on the university to cancel online evaluations or change the way they’re being administered.