Two poisonous arrows from a Maasai tribe in Kenya, Africa were turned over to the North Vancouver RCMP. The RCMP then reached out to staff at the Museum of Anthropology who accepted the arrows into their collection.
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Just in time for the 2016-2017 school year, some Canada Student Grants amounts will increase by 50% per cent, helping over 350,000 students. An upcoming rule change will also exempt students from loan repayments until they are earning at least $25K.
As of August 1, all AMS Security employees have been laid off and placed on recall — effectively eliminating security patrols of the AMS Student Nest. The elimination of building patrol will allow the AMS to save approximately $300,000 a year.
David Singh Tucker, one of the two men involved in a suspected break and enter and sexual assault case in May, died in a Surrey pre-trial facility late on Sunday July 24 . Tucker was found unresponsive in his cell by staff early on July 25.
UBC Botany professor Carl Douglas, 61, has passed away after a climbing accident in the Glacier National Park early on monday morning. The UBC community has begun speaking out, mourning Douglas's loss.
The Graduate Student Society (GSS) has modified UBC’s active witnessing training to create a new active bystander program, designed to cater more towards specific graduate student situations and use a peer-to-peer model.
The National Association of Asian-American Professionals has named UBC president Santa Ono as one of the recipients of their 2016 NAAAP 100 award. The award is given to leaders whom the organization feel represent both their vision and values.
The Graduate Student Society tried to temporarily expel a writer for publishing an internal GSS report criticizing UBC’s response to sexual assault, and writing articles criticizing the handling of the report, while acting as an elected Councilor.
A suspect from a UBC sexual assault case in May went into medical distress while in the custody of BC Sheriff Services early yesterday. The suspect and his co-accused were supposed to appear in court later that day.
Steven Galloway has been fired by the University of British Columbia after facing "serious allegations of misconduct."Galloway, an acclaimed author, was a tenured associate professor and the chair of UBC’s creative writing program.
From the search committee to the AMS, everyone seems to have found Ono to be likable and up to the task of running a university that is still in the aftermath of what has been termed a governance crisis.
An article recently published by “Cincinnati Vs. Everyone,” a sports blog covering the area, speculates that Santa J. Ono — the University of Cincinnati's current president since 2012 — will be appointed the next president of UBC.
In the wake of a string of widely reported sexual assaults over the last few years and a human rights complaint filed against the university in 2014, UBC has been in the works of drafting a sexual assault policy.
AMS has been found guilty of unfair labour practices after a manager texted an employee to vote against the unionization process. The board also found it likely that they paid two employees to increase incentive and reward to vote no.
High school students will soon be required to write two provincial exams instead of five as a part of a new curriculum being instituted in British Columbia. UBC said this change will probably not have a major impact on admissions.