“Chances are that you’ve moved out for the first time and are already drowning in scary adult responsibilities. However, no matter who you are, where you live or how much rent you pay, you should never be complicit in letting these violations slide.”
The 2016/17 Annual Report was recently published. It included responses from a 2014 Workplace Experiences Survey, which shows that only 62 per cent of UBC faculty in 2014 would recommend UBC as a good place to work.
A trope of the family-friendly Hollywood movie is that of the dead-eyed, “whatever”-sighing teenager. This teen is apathetic, bored, and nihilistic. They roll their eyes at family fun and take pleasure at resisting their parents’ values.
This year the faculty of applied sciences is hoping to share the perspective of first year female engineers at UBC through their YouTube channel, Engineering Stories. They are looking for two female or non-binary engineering students to participate.
“All these things [Passaglia] is doing behind this campaign to jumpstart it and getting people aware is the most important thing because the more lives you can save, the better,” said Katsantonis. “It’s helped me become more aware.”
The President’s Excellence Chairs will be in biodiversity studies, brain health, forest bio-products, global development policy, media studies and precision oncology. The whole program will last for seven years and cost roughly over $22 million.
On the event’s Facebook page, AMS Events wrote “we hope you've taken your 3(LAU) guesses for who will be djing at the Pit tomorrow night!” — which could be a reference to the American DJ and EDM producer 3(LAU).
University is a time of great self-learning and a way to learn about things that may directly influence the way you see and experience the world. Most importantly, university is a chance to explore ourselves and what it means to be “me.”
“We’re trying to break down the wall between the ivory tower and the broader political community and to recognize that there is a role for thinking about politics as a practice — not just as theory,” said Cameron.
The UBC Sickle Cell team delivered oral and dental hygiene, nutrition and educational modules about sickle cell disease to schools around the Kathmandu valley and in the Dang District of Nepal. They learned valuable lessons about healthcare access.
The shop is located at UBC Central, right beside the bus loop and the Nest. Enjoy an exotic Blueberry Balsamic flavoured ice cream or their most popular flavour, London Fog. The days of being ice cream deprived on campus are over.
“There’s a depth of research at Canadian universities, but often the challenge is ‘how does that research then get presented in a way that is accessible to the public?,’” he said. “And that’s what journalists are very good at.”
The gym is a space where I can fight off that stress and feel good about myself. Even if I didn’t do anything else that day, if I went to the gym and grew a tiny bit stronger, I succeeded. Every time I hit a new personal best, I succeed.
After almost two months of a provincial government in limbo, Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon has called on John Horgan and the BC New Democrats (BC NDP) to form government, ending the 16-year reign of the BC Liberals.
As UBC launched its Centennial year in 2015, the AMS’s longtime archivist, Sheldon Goldfarb, has written a book that celebrates the essence and evolution of student experience and self-governance throughout the century.