UBC students have reported themselves to be following the recommendations of health officials and supportive of BC health authorities’ current guidelines.
As BC begins its plan to phase out of physical distancing restrictions, The Ubyssey spoke to four businesses about how they’ve been adapting — and hurting — during the pandemic.
X-ray and CT scan images are being used to develop an open-source AI application which may be able to predict the presence, severity and complications of COVID-19 infections.
Students are particularly prone to housing insecurity, with many looking for new housing as winter semester comes to a close. The pandemic is only intensifying the instability.
Canada’s employment minister said there are no penalties for students who apply “in good faith,” even if they end up not qualifying. Notably, international students are excluded from the benefit.
The first phase of resuming on-campus research will enable limited access to facilities following strict physical distancing expectations. This phase will allow for no more than one-third of normal research occupancy on both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.
As university administration plans for fall, self-isolating UBC students around the world are left wondering what their education will look like come September.
As TransLink has cut bus capacity to a fraction of what it was a few months ago and many businesses on and off-campus have temporarily closed amid COVID-19, uncertainty remains around the future of transit at UBC.
Since the parks have been closed to humans, the photos collected by WildCo are showing encouraging signs that cougars and black bears are using trails normally filled with human activity.
President Santa Ono made the announcement in a May 11 broadcast email as the province recently revealed its plan to phase out of social distancing measures.
Social distancing, self-isolation, travel bans, the closures of schools and childcare services — all of these measures have forced families into adopting a new norm during COVID-19.
According to Liang, the $200,000 comes from the society’s general surplus — which was $216,084 for 2019/20 — and leftover money from the AMS Financial Assistance Fund that was not distributed this year.
