St. John’s College, a graduate residential college oriented towards global students, is looking to expand its facilities and capacity with a new redevelopment proposal.
Candidates running to represent the Vancouver Quadra in the upcoming federal election met last Friday in the Michael Kingsmill Forum to debate their stances on housing affordability, the Canadian healthcare system and the future role of federal public service.
This year's VP academic & university affairs (AUA) midterm review looks a little different. Unlike previous years where The Ubyssey has interviewed the VP AUA to discuss their progress, this year we were unable to interview the VP AUA due to turn over.
David Eby and the NDP should learn from past premiers and focus on governing for the long-term, writes Corwin Davidson.
“Just as housing prices anger Canadians across the country, immigration has become more contentious through its inherent link to the housing crisis,” writes Nichols.
Eby’s UBC roots put him in an ideal position to bring campus issues to the forefront of provincial politics — so what did having a local MLA running the province do for UBC?
Was the fact that I now had some seniority in university overwhelming, daunting, and unforeseeable? One hundred percent, writes Ava Cervas.
The Ubyssey summed up each party's platform to help UBC community members make an informed vote.
On August 20, UBC announced its partnership with the provincial government to create more than 1,500 student beds on the Vancouver campus.
The provincial government has launched a new online portal that requires landlords to be more transparent when issuing notices of evictions to renters.
For the 2024/25 academic year, UBC student housing rates will be increasing between five and six per cent depending on the residence area and room type.
As of November 2023, new provincial legislation requires local governments to amend their zoning bylaws to allow more small-scale multi-unit housing, such as laneway houses and townhomes, to increase housing supply.
In BC, we tax owners of vacant homes to incentivize rental, we protect tenants against unreasonable rent increases, but we do not regulate the rental price of units once a tenant has been evicted or has ended their tenancy. That’s a big problem, writes Laine Jackart.
The City of Vancouver has released a new tool to speed up permitting times for laneway houses, with the hope of addressing housing supply gaps.
The north building of the Brock Commons Phase 2 expansion will open this July.
