At UBC, the term “contract faculty” refers to sessional lecturers, who are hired for less than twelve months at a time, or lecturers, who can have reappointment terms from one to five years.
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What better medium for catharsis than art? Students, faculty and staff at UBC strove to overcome the pandemic’s dullness with artistic pursuits ranging from dance to crocheting.
At the start of the pandemic, I found solace in attending classes in my pajamas and trying my hand at baking. The sudden stillness that had enveloped me was comforting and — dare I say — blissful.
UBC Esports Association’s Discord server doubled its users during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UBC climate experts comment on the Lower Mainland's "exceptional drought."
Vancouver city council candidates compared their platforms in front of UBC students last night.
The Acne Education Project aims to raise awareness about the mental health impacts of acne and local educate youth.
A UBC research team has developed copper-coated technology to kill bacteria — perfect for use in hospitals, campuses or even on your phone case.
UBC is asking students, faculty, and staff to participate as it lays the groundwork for a number of significant and physical expansions to the Vancouver campus in the next 30 years.
Gloria Sun, manager of nutrition and wellbeing at UBC and the in-house dietitian for first-year residences, said the broader goal of removing nutritional information was to help students “improve their relationship with food in the body and in the mind.”
After a year of online programming, summer 2021 saw the return of in-person events in student residences.
Over the weekend, UBC men’s hockey headed to Winnipeg to face off against the University of Manitoba Bisons. The T-Birds had immense offensive prowess, scoring 14 goals in the weekend series, and improving to 3–0–1 on the season.
UBC women’s hockey left the University of Manitoba Bisons with no room to breathe this weekend, scoring a 6–1 victory that was immediately followed up by a 6–2 win.
The last shot taken by any Vancouver Grizzlies player happened before I was even born, in a world without the iPhone — or even the iPod.
In an era of information overload, sometimes you need to make your mind go blank even if it’s just for the seven minutes it takes to walk from class to class. Here’s a list of perfectly-timed songs with which to prevent a conscious thought from ever breaking through.