Stories from Oliver Zhang at The Ubyssey

UBC and Tŝilhqot’in Nation sign Indigenous Knowledge Protocol

Oliver Zhang — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:54:55 +0000

File Alex Nguyen

The agreements have been years in the making and will act as a foundation for a long-term partnership.

How young people contribute to the pandemic

Oliver Zhang — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 17:42:10 +0000

File Zubair Hirji

Young adults are recently the biggest demographic of active COVID-19 cases in BC — and some in the age group are flouting physical distancing rules.

UBC released some of its fall COVID-19 guidelines. Here’s what you need to know.

Oliver Zhang — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 21:17:41 +0000

File Yiyang Wang

UBC has published information about its COVID-19 protocols for returning staff and students in the upcoming fall semester.

Questions over equity and inclusion in academics, following SACADI dissolution

Oliver Zhang — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:16:05 +0000

File Zubair Hirji

Originally formed in 2018, SACADI aimed to “understand and report on the diversity and inclusion landscape within the academic realm at UBC.”

AMS triples budget to $24 thousand for externally developed equity plan

Oliver Zhang — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 01:00:33 +0000

File Rachel Cheang

The AMS has increased the budget for the AMS Equity Plan to around $24,680 — on top of what was originally a $7,500 budget.

Here’s what to expect visiting the reopened Aquatic Centre and BirdCoop

Oliver Zhang — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:41:09 +0000

File Ryan Neale

UBC Recreation said visitors should be aware of limited or reduced activities to accommodate safety precautions and guidelines surrounding COVID-19.

UBC’s commitments to address its own systemic racism, explained

Oliver Zhang — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 23:38:08 +0000

File Yiyang Wang

Following weeks of anti-Black racism protests occurring worldwide, the university has released several statements in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

While physical distancing curbed campus activity, construction plans remain concrete

Oliver Zhang — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 23:40:10 +0000

File Cherihan Hassun

Despite economic benefits, continued construction comes with concern over noise for neighbouring residents and health risks to workers themselves.

Three undergrad societies failed to elect student senators. Here’s why

Oliver Zhang — Thu, 21 May 2020 17:42:00 +0000

File Stephanie Xu

Though many constituency elections took place earlier this spring, no new student senators have emerged from the arts, forestry or dentistry.

Phil Lind Initiative Seminar centres Black thought and scholarship

Oliver Zhang — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 21:10:03 +0000

Courtesy Sandra Brewster

The Phil Lind Initiative's 2020 series is titled “Thinking While Black” and will feature Claudia Rankine, Jesmyn Ward, Ibram X. Kendi, Roxanne Gay and Ta-Nehisi Coates.