Louis Retief is proposing a new investment strategy for the AMS, which would result in an increase of an estimated $500,000 in yearly returns that it could spend. First, the question needs to be approved in the form of a referendum question.
The Board of Governors is the third of UBC’s governing bodies (the first two are Senate and the AMS). The BoG handles the business of running a university, which includes overseeing UBC’s management, administration, and revenue, among others.
UBC President Santa Ono released a statement this evening that condemns US President Donald Trump’s recent executive order which prevents individuals from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US.
At last night’s Council, they debated over a referendum question: “Do you support your student union (AMS) in boycotting products and divesting from companies that support Israeli war crimes, illegal occupation and the oppression of Palestinians?”
Almost a year ago, Brooklyn Fink burned down the rainbow pride flag burning in honour of UBC's OUTweek. Most recently, the charges were dropped after Crown Counsel could not find a group or individual to take ownership of the flag.
“With today’s decision we are making right the fundamental wrong at the heart of the issue: a well-intentioned but incorrect decision to cancel John’s speaking engagement in the first place,” wrote Ono in his statement on the matter.
UBC has apologized for cancelling John Furlong's contract to speak in the wake of a letter of protest and community criticism of child abuse allegations made against Furlong. However, UBC will be standing firm in its decision.
John Furlong will no longer be the keynote speaker at the 18th annual LC Millennium Scholarship breakfast after UBC received a letter of protest and criticism from the community over Twitter regarding allegations of abuse leveled against him.
UBC is currently looking for a new creative writing chair, a position which has yet to be permanently filled since Steven Galloway was suspended in a public-facing case of “serious allegations” last November.
As the 10th president of UBC, he served in the position from 1985 to 1997. He also held accomplishments as a scientist, including a significant role with NASA, during which he was responsible for the geophysical aspects of the Apollo space missions.
Mary Bryson, a professor with UBC’s faculty of education, has received considerable online hate after her panel debate on academic freedom and the use of gendered pronouns with University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson.
Today and tomorrow on the main floor of the Nest, UBC students have organized a booth to raise money and awareness for Standing Rock through positive displays of resistance, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on these days.
The former UBC student who accused Steven Galloway, a creative writing professor until he was fired this June, of sexual assault has released a statement saying that her complaint was not regarding a “consensual affair.”
UBC’s Senate is working on a policy that would mandate concrete syllabi for every course while also creating some guidelines and regulations for what specifically should be included within a course syllabus.
Steven Galloway has issued a statement through his lawyer on his suspension and subsequent firing from his position as chair of UBC’s creative writing program, speaking on the issue for the first time.