Hundreds of students poured into the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre on a sunny afternoon in mid-March, filling almost an entire side of the arena in anticipation of the first-ever Ice Cup, where Engineering and Commerce students laced up to battle out a rivalry years in the making.
UBC is partnering with the provincial government to invest in innovative companies that “extend” the impact of UBC research and discoveries through the creation of UBC Catalyst Venture Fund. The fund will support the province's goals of boosting economic development and creating more jobs.
Nathan Shack is your next VP finance.
Zarifa Nawar, Drédyn Fontana, Jasper Lorien, Sultana Razia and Jaiya Panchi have been elected student senators-at-large.
Audrey Xue is running for VP Finance. As a diploma in accounting student at the Sauder School of Business, Xue wants to become more involved with the university. She previously obtained her PhD at UBC in molecular ecology and she has extensive work experience across project management and academic research in life sciences.
Live coverage of the VP Academic and University affairs candidates at the Great Debate. Present at the debate was Jaiya Panchi who is running for the position unopposed.
Almost all of the student union’s food and beverage outlets have reported below target sales in the first half of the fiscal year.
Post-secondary institution expenditures over the next three years will modestly increase, according to B.C.’s provincial budget tabled Tuesday afternoon, while the province will sink into a record-breaking $13.3 billion deficit.
AMS Council heard from the senior manager student services about the AMS triennial services review, passed the reforcasted budget and VP Finance Gagan Parmar presented a referendum proposal for fee increases for the upcoming AMS Elections.
UBC’s most recent financial report, the 2025 Statement of Financial Information, reveals that the university’s top ten earners received a median salary well over $650,000.
The inaugural Black Graduate Spotlight Initiative symposium was held Nov. 7, hosted in the Graduate Life Centre in Thea Koerner House. The symposium was held for six award recipients to share their work with members of the UBC community, spotlighting the work of Black scholarship.
How the federal government’s plan to sharply reduce new international study permits will affect UBC’s budget remains uncertain, according to the university. The federal budget, released on Nov. 4, outlines a 49 per cent cut to new permits in 2026 from this year’s target, lowering the total to 155,000.
Matt Tan is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. Serving as the incumbent staff representative governor for UBC since 2023, Tan is currently the associate director, partnerships, at UBC Athletics & Recreation. He previously served on UBC Vancouver’s Senate from 2020-23.
Steven Miller is running to be a faculty representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. Serving as the head of the faculty of Medicine’s department of pediatrics and chief of pediatric medicine at BC Children’s Hospital, Miller has been at UBC since 2022.
At least 300 students across UBC Vancouver and Okanagan may be experiencing delays with accessing provincial student aid due to the ongoing British Columbia General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) strike, according to AMS President Riley Huntley.