The review comes after a provincial post-secondary funding review was quietly shelved, and the federal government’s recently passed budget included plans to further cut the number of new international students across Canada by nearly 50 per cent. Read more.
Winning 35 per cent of the vote, Matt Tan has been re-elected to the Board of Governors as a staff representative.
The winners beat out four other candidates, winning over 20 per cent of the vote each.
AMS Council met Wednesday last week to hear presentations on the impacts of its bursary funding, the relocation of the club commons space and changes to the student union’s investment strategy.
The review comes after a provincial post-secondary funding review was quietly shelved, and the federal government’s recently passed budget included plans to further cut the number of new international students across Canada by nearly 50 per cent.
Student groups have decried the province’s shelving of a long-promised post-secondary funding model, which they say will lead to budget reductions and layoffs.
Off the heels of a trip to Ottawa, President Benoit-Antoine Bacon told senators the federal budget wasn’t as bad for UBC as it could have been at their Nov. 19 meeting.
Proctorio’s lawsuit against former UBC staff member Ian Linkletter ended last week, after a five-year saga over tweets Linkletter posted that Proctorio alleged violated their copyright.
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.
Nathan Herrington is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He is currently an international recruiter/adviser in the university’s international student initiative unit.
Paul Kwon is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He is the manager of finance and operations at UBC Hiring Solutions.
Alex Bush is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He is the manager of student services in the department of civil engineering.
John Ede is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He was formerly the president of the Graduate Student Society (GSS) in 2018-19 and now works as a contract manager at the university. He holds a master’s in public policy and global affairs from UBC.
Sophia Redmond is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. She is the associate director of Strategy and Decision Support at UBC and previously worked as the manager of UBC faculty and staff housing programs.
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.
Leonard Foster is running to be a faculty representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He is a professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology and has served as the director of the Life Sciences Institute since 2024.
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.
Aaron Cunningham is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He has been the associate director of student support and advising in enrollment services for the past five years, and has 20 years of experience working at post-secondary institutions.
Adam Hofri is running to be a faculty representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. Serving as a professor at the Allard School of Law, Hofri has been at the university since 2023.
Darla La Pierre is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. She is currently the manager of business operations in the department of electrical and computer engineering, and graduated from UBC in 1998.
Charles Menzies is running to be a faculty representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He is a professor in the department of anthropology. He has served as a faculty representative on UBC’s Board of Governors from 2017 to 2020 and 2023 to 2026. He also currently sits on the UBC Vancouver Senate.
