UBC President Benoit-Antoine Bacon said UBC’s endowment fund “does not directly own any stocks in the companies identified by the movement.” Companies identified as complicit in Palestinian human rights violations account for about 0.28 per cent of the endowment fund, according to Bacon.
The Ubyssey spent a day on MacInnes Field to learn about community members' motivations for attending the encampment.
On April 25, AMS Council met to rescind its investigation into the UBC Social Justice Centre (SJC) and pass its updated respectful workplace (PC1) and sexualized violence (PC2) policies.
Organizers' demands include divesting from companies complicit in Palestinian human rights abuses, boycotting Israeli universities and institutions and publicly condemning what organizers call a genocide in Gaza.
On Monday night, AMS Council approved a new code change allowing the society to launch an investigation into the Social Justice Centre (SJC) after the group allegedly consulted lawyers without informing the AMS.
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UBC’s Board of Governors met in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre at UBC Vancouver on Wednesday to discuss the progress of the Student Affordability Task Force recommendations and approve UBC’s 2024/25 budget.
EUS President Karisma Jutla wouldn't be where she is if it weren't for mentorship.
Nearly six years after legalization and three years of planning, a cannabis dispensary opened on the University Endowment Lands (UEL) in late February.
UBC women’s volleyball dropped their Saturday game to the University of Manitoba Bison in a heartbreaking five sets. The team now sets their sights on the national tournament, which starts this weekend.
Drédyn Fontana is your next VP academic and university affairs (VP AUA).
UBC women’s volleyball is going for Canada West (CW) gold for the first time since 2018, after sweeping the University of Alberta Pandas over the weekend.
Here we're covering major platform points from candidates in every race — president, VP academic and university affairs (VPAUA), VP administration, VP external, VP finance, Senate and the Board of Governors.
Here we're covering the Great Debate on February 29 where the candidates for all positions debated each other.