“Physical activity is probably one of the best things we can do for our health at the moment … we may need to be creative, but we can find ways to be physically active,” said UBC Professor Guy Faulkner, the chair of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
According to Harold Eyster, this is possible due to the presence of an extra fourth cone among hummingbirds which allows them to see ultraviolet light.
At the event, I found myself in an environment where I didn’t feel as though I was being ‘othered.’ I didn’t have to politely explain why I speak English so well or brush off prolonged awkward stares. It was one of the first experiences that helped me believe that I and had a role to play on this campus.
After being suspended for the summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U-Pass will be resuming in September, with increased options for students residing outside of the lower mainland to opt out.
An email on August 31 outlined the change, which simply removes the latter portion of the statement: “without offering you alternate accommodation.”
It cites Linkletter’s conduct on Twitter, specifically Linkletter sharing public links to Proctorio’s videos on August 23 and 24, which Proctorio calls “confidential and proprietary.”
After months of closure, IKB will reopen with limited capacity for students needing study space.
Second term of the 2020/21 school year will be mostly online, President and Vice-Chancellor Santa Ono announced in a broadcast on Wednesday, September 2.
It’s not like they can prove that their email/text/etc. didn’t go to your spam folder.
The Trans, Two-Spirit and Gender Diversity Task Force aims to support gender diverse community members while navigating university bureaucracy and COVID-19.
This decision differs from some other Canadian universities like Simon Fraser University, University of Toronto and Western University, who have all required mask usage on campus in some form.
Since 2016, anyone 13 or older of any gender who has been sexually assaulted in the past week has been able to get specialized treatment and an optional forensic exam at UBC Hospital Urgent Care between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily.
Visitors to Wreck Beach on August 15 may have been exposed to COVID-19.
At the end of each triennium, the three-year cycle running the Senate, the academic governance body completes a review led by faculty and student senators from two committees.
When a group of Theatre and Film students asked their department what steps would be taken after they posted a black square on Instagram, they were met with silence. This prompted them to take the lead on solving problems of racial inequality in their own department.