Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry seemed to suggest that the Public Health Office was considering requiring proof of immunization in university residences — an idea that was quickly rejected by the Ministry of Health.
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The most recent letter criticized UBC for failing to “sincerely” engage with student concerns that the AMS had raised in its last correspondence.
UBC Housing wrote that a student living on the seventh floor of an unknown building had their mezuzah — an encased prayer scroll that is hung in doorways to serve as a blessing — removed from their doorpost and vandalized by three individuals on July 22.
UBC sent an email to international students on July 20 announcing that those who still need to quarantine are eligible for what it called a “UBC Quarantine Bursary.”
CUFA President Daniel Laitsch criticized the Ministry of Advanced Education for its “heavy-handed direction” in dictating mask and vaccine policies.
After weeks of UBC saying it would not institute a mask or vaccine mandate, President Santa Ono has come out in support of the two policies.
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Public Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Training Anne Kang announced the new measures at a press conference earlier this morning.
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Board of Governors representative Max Holmes pushed AMS executives on what they’ve been doing to address the drug poisoning crisis.
UBC will provide rapid COVID-19 testing for all students, faculty and staff who are unvaccinated or don’t wish to disclose their vaccination status.
The event, intended to be held on September 8 after the start of phase four of the BC Restart plan, was advertised as a “rager” and “the first of its kind at UBC.”
In February 2020, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) — the governing body of UBC’s frats — announced an indefinite suspension on all open social events following drugging allegations from multiple female students in 2019.
The first motion falls short of an outright vaccine mandate, however, instead leaving the decision up to Ono and the Board.
In a tweet posted at 7:31 a.m., BC Hydro said the outages, which began just before 6 a.m., were impacting 5,000 customers. Crews were sent out to campus this morning.