Fiona Sjaus

I’ll be the first to say that growing old is a privilege — and an environmental liability. It’s a dark thought that I usually mull over under blankets and between bedroom walls. That was, until I caught UBC alumna Ann Marie Fleming’s sci-fi drama Can I Get a Witness? at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival.

By the time Nambuuza moved to Burnaby from Uganda at 16, she had already developed her skills in teaching coding to kids — her passion for computers was ignited at an early age and she said her mother encouraged her to turn this passion into an advocating force bigger than herself.

On Tuesday evening, the UBC Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) student group held a community meeting to plan student strikes in solidarity with Palestine.

During the first week of June, I felt a buzzed calm before a wave of lime green shade began to take over clubs and political campaigns alike.

Lindsay Gordon, who served as UBC’s chancellor from 2014 to 2020, passed away on August 26 and is being remembered for his philanthropic contributions.

Twelfth Night is William Shakespeare’s hilariously perplexing love triangle of three romantics navigating the woes of grief, unrequited love and the urges that fall in between.

You open your phone to an avalanche of texts from your friends about some breaking news. Your fingertips brush against the cold, smooth glass of your phone screen. You move over to Instagram to see what all the buzz is about. The only problem? You can’t see the news.

University students have always been at the forefront of activism, whether through protest or media coverage. But how do universities and law enforcement balance students’ right to free speech and peaceful protest while prioritizing public safety for protesters and the protested-against alike?

Reporting and protesting hold common ground in finding value in amplifying voices. Anyone can share their voice, be a voice, initiate change — maybe taking action is being human.

The Hatch Art Gallery has been a campus staple since its opening in the ‘70s, but its focus on activism was somewhat recent — and happened more out of necessity than by choice.

On July 22, protestors held a silent sit-in in front of Walter C. Koerner Library to further pressure UBC to meet their demands.

When Hermida teaches visual journalism at UBC, he wants students to forgive themselves.

The seagulls angle themselves toward the sunset / Same as me

During the eclipse, the birds went silent.

On the sidewalk are / heat and gum-turned-tar / and enough pigeons to slow you down.