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Bangladeshi voices are absent from climate policy. Abul Bashar Rahman biked across Bangladesh to hear them

Bashar soon realized how hopeless and immense the climate crisis may seem to many people, deterring them from taking action. He wanted to learn what he could do and what role he could play in climate action in Bangladesh. So he quit his job.

Mahin E Alam Features September 26

Erin Purghart is sharing Queer experiences through comedy

Throughout Purghart’s acting career, they’ve seen the gender binary represented on the stage. The now-UBC alum is demolishing the binary while creating spaces for Queer artists through their comedy show That’s Gay!.

Stella Griffin Features September 12

Dr. Robert Crawford has grown up with Arts One

From student to professor and Arts One chair — Crawford has seen Arts One grow. And he’s grown alongside it.

Aisha Chaudhry Features August 25

‘We have our own voice’: Dr. Jeannette Armstrong is a storyteller at heart

After graduating with a BFA from the University of Victoria in 1978, Dr. Jeannette Armstrong threw herself straight into work, turning Syilx history into vibrant stories.

Iman Janmohamed Features July 24

Drag star Anita Wigl’it spreads kindness from down under to Davie Street

Before she was a drag queen, Anita Wigl’it had a job that was, at times, “boring.” But then, she ushered the Australian classic Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and a seemingly normal shift and show would forever changed her life. The then-twenty-year-old saw something in that theatre that she had never seen before — drag queens on stage.

Iman Janmohamed Features June 26

Lauren Tjoe is working with dough in and out of the kitchen

The night before the start of the Great Canadian Baking Show (GCBS), Lauren Tjoe sat terrified in her hotel room. Not only is she allergic to gluten and dairy, but she was the youngest baker in her season by nine years.

Bridget Stringer-Holden Features May 29

Our Campus: AMS President-elect Esmé Decker is ready to cook in a new kitchen

She won under the Remy the Rat name, but Decker said she intends to serve as president as herself.

Nathan Bawaan Features April 5

Our Campus: Dr. Handel Kashope Wright spearheads UBC’s anti-racism strategy

Wright is a professor in the department of educational studies who mainly teaches graduate courses on issues around multiculturalism, anti-racism and ethnography.

Elena Massing Features February 6

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Our Campus: In-person school has meant anything but a homecoming for Anastasiia Lapatina

The fourth-year political science student isn’t just taking classes and planning for graduation. As a national correspondent for The Kyiv Independent, Lapatina has been reporting on the Russo-Ukrainian war since Russia invaded Ukraine this past February.

Esha Vaze and Paloma Green Features November 23

Our Campus

Bangladeshi voices are absent from climate policy. Abul Bashar Rahman biked across Bangladesh to hear them

Erin Purghart is sharing Queer experiences through comedy

Dr. Robert Crawford has grown up with Arts One

‘We have our own voice’: Dr. Jeannette Armstrong is a storyteller at heart

Drag star Anita Wigl’it spreads kindness from down under to Davie Street

Lauren Tjoe is working with dough in and out of the kitchen

Our Campus: AMS President-elect Esmé Decker is ready to cook in a new kitchen

Our Campus: Dr. Handel Kashope Wright spearheads UBC’s anti-racism strategy

Our Campus: In-person school has meant anything but a homecoming for Anastasiia Lapatina

Our Campus: Sophie Berger blends computer programming, entrepreneurship and local shopping

Our Campus: Sheldon Goldfarb's long road to exactly the right place

Our Campus: Samsel Kenston is the newest Graduate Student Society president

Our Campus: 2020–22 GSS President Kimani Karangu on pandemic presidency and political pursuits

Our Campus: Liam Hart is Queering up UBC's nightlife

Our Campus: Head of the Asian Library Shirin Eshghi Furuzawa is a scholar and mother

Obituaries

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

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