Features

2019's Creative Non-Fiction supplement is themed around Family... whatever that means. Here's what UBC had to say, showcased in prose, poem, photo or more!

The Mosquito in a Sea of Durians

In 1989, a whale was discovered calling at a frequency of 52 hertz. No other whales with the same migration patterns shared the same frequency.

Zhi Wen Teh Features January 24, 2020

Portrait of Dorm Room, with Brothers, in the Year Before I Left

You say the green air mattress is always mine, even though it has a hole in it,the edges stitched up with masking tape.

Moe Kirkpatrick Features January 4, 2020

Like leaves on trees

I was re-watching a Friends episode one day when Rachel referred to her friends as “magic beans,” which made me realize what it was about the show that made it so appealing

Anupriya Dasgupta Features January 4, 2020

Mangiare Calabrese

Bonus points for blasting Frank Sinatra throughout this entire process to give it an authentic GoodFellas vibe.

Salomon Micko Benrimoh Features November 24, 2019

Waiting

Most sick kids are afraid of dying and leaving weeping mothers and fathers behind. I sure was, or am.

Bailey Martens Features November 24, 2019

Clean Rice

There’s a lot that goes into that rice. A lot of love, a lot of effort and a lot of family.

Zoe Khan and Zohrah Khalili Features November 22, 2019

From Minutes to Miles

I thought you were constant because you were my best friend.

Kaila Johnson Features November 22, 2019

Why Disney Moms Die

For some reason, in all my favourite movies, all the moms are dead.

Camille Lemire Features November 22, 2019

The truth is…

I used to dread family gatherings.

Sabine Gaind Features November 22, 2019

It's Like Looking in a Mirror

I’ve always (loudly) insisted that every single person in my family looks exactly like me. That we’re practically twins. This is a bit of an exaggeration.

Ozioma Nwabuikwu Features November 21, 2019

Tracing Roots

Family: “A taxonomic rank in the classification of organisms between genus and order.”

Tara Osler Features November 21, 2019

To my dad at sea: I don't like crab

We all have dreams, what were yours?

Andrew Ha Features November 21, 2019

(Re)Defining Family

My family is messy — we fight, we laugh and we have very heated political debates. We do not fit into what my younger self thought was the perfect family.

Leela Moza Features Unknown

Who's your 'real' family?

I do feel very close to my family — just not the one that I was born into.

Yasaman Mohaddes Features Unknown

Hospital ruminations

Not seeing the faces of my friends or hearing from them in the months and years to follow would end up hurting me much more than my surgical wounds ever could.

Cecilia Pang Features Unknown

Family... whatever that means

The Mosquito in a Sea of Durians

Portrait of Dorm Room, with Brothers, in the Year Before I Left

Like leaves on trees

Mangiare Calabrese

Waiting

Clean Rice

From Minutes to Miles

Why Disney Moms Die

The truth is…

It's Like Looking in a Mirror

Tracing Roots

To my dad at sea: I don't like crab

(Re)Defining Family

Who's your 'real' family?

Hospital ruminations

SEX ED: 2024 sex issue

The Ubyssey's purity test

Green or greenwashing: Breaking down biodegradable vibrators

Dating today is disappointing but I fall for it anyways

Companionship at ease

Reading between the lines: Queerness and print culture in Vancouver

A cinephile’s sex education

Obituaries

‘A tireless champion and supporter of UBC’: Remembering UBC Chancellor Emeritus Lindsay Gordon

Offensive line coach Dan Dorazio dies at 72 leaving behind a legacy of excellence

‘There’s life spreading out behind the story’: Nobel Prize–winning former UBC writer–in–residence Alice Munro dies at 92

Obituary: Clyde McLuen Griffith

Pat Carney, politician and Ubyssey alum, dies at 88

'She will continue to inspire’: Deb Hope, Ubyssey alum and former Global BC journalist, dies at 67