The Liberal government’s immigration policy is about economics. That’s no surprise if you understand the genealogy of Canadian politics. But Latin America’s humanist politics offer an interesting comparison. Read more.
From the way its executives talk about film, it doesn’t seem like it. In her debut column, Fiona Pulchny looks at the company’s confusing stance on theatres and what they’re doing to the cinema experience.
Your candidates need to be CLEAN, meaning they have Chutzpah, Leadership, Experience, they need to Align with your beliefs and they need to be kNowledgable — yes, I know the last one is a stretch.
A terminated school teacher, disgraced professor and a sitting MLA are coming to campus to “debate” the realities of residential schools and to rage-bait UBC into content for their movement.
In 2025, the Huntley administration replaced toxicity with focus. In 2026, as students confront the affordability crisis and the AMS faces its deficit, service costs and businesses’ performance, this is the new bar in student politics.
The Liberal government’s immigration policy is about economics. That’s no surprise if you understand the genealogy of Canadian politics. But Latin America’s humanist politics offer an interesting comparison.
Cheating has morphed from a perceived opportunity to industry-like, with little room to figure out the very meaning of being a student.
The rally earned media attention and raised the profile of the AMS’s campaign. But it was also odd — and saying 1,000 people turned out doesn’t line up with what the photos show.
At the upcoming AGM, the AMS is going to ask members to support bylaw amendments that give long-term stability to resource groups like the Social Justice Centre and Pride Collective — at the cost of some autonomy, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.
Don’t think so? Read up on what unions across Canada have been supporting.
Over the summer, we took a lot of time to reflect on and pinpoint the exact challenges and issues facing The Ubyssey. The result of this work was the creation of our new strategic plan — "The Ubyssey, Reloaded."
The SkyTrain to UBC has been delayed for 17 years. Students need to get involved if we want the government to act.
The vague VP student life position didn’t get less vague. Neither did our understanding of Scooter Dom’s short-lived candidacy, ending with an allegation a member of his team misled him into entering in the first place, writes Schroeder.
The AMS wants an AGM that meets quorum on October 22. Students should attend, but their student union should actually allow them to engage — unlike their practices from past years.
The AMS has a communication problem. Nobody understands how it works, and whenever people want it to act, the AMS explains itself referencing its governance processes, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.
In conversations about trans issues, science is sometimes used as irrefutable proof to argue more socially conservative stances. Science, while often a fantastic tool, does have shortcomings, not the least of which being how it interacts with systemic prejudice to entrench that very sentiment, writes columnist Maya Tommasi.
This administration has shown a genuine desire to engage those outside the AMS in its goal-setting and decision-making. While simply engaging with students and student organizers is far from sufficient to create an equitable AMS, this collaborative energy is a start, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.
Generative AI isn't just a tool, and its arrival raises deeper questions about who the university serves and what higher education seeks to do, writes Saskia Tholen.
Despite our union’s near ubiquity in our lives, nearly five out of six eligible voters did not participate in this year’s AMS elections. But the AMS is a gift from previous generations — and despite its flaws, it remains well-positioned to be a force for social and institutional change, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.
The University Act was never intended to compel “institutional neutrality.” It was the Bacon administration that helped cultivate and disseminate a “perverse interpretation” of the statute, paving the way for an absurd but perilous lawsuit, writes Pheroze Unwalla.
“We need to broaden our understanding of resilience. It is not something you earn by suffering in silence. It is something that grows in connection,” writes Anita Aboni.
