"We understand that tuition is critical to the university’s function — it represents a majority of the revenues in our discretionary operating budget. But we disagree with this proposal on several grounds."
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“Whether someone identifies as female, nonbinary, genderfluid, transgender or by another term is a very personal part of their life and should be treated with respect and tact, rather than assumption and confrontation.“
When Korenberg was first appointed to the Board in February 2016, the university’s highest governance body was still reeling from the aftermath of former President Arvind Gupta’s resignation and intense criticisms about a lack of transparency in its practices.
The AMS hosted a naloxone training party on Friday night to help the UBC community stay safe in the wake of a continuing overdose crisis.
Stolen equipment includes a Blu-ray player and a Dolby digital sound processor, amongst other items. It’s unclear who could have stolen the gear, or when.
“I would emphasize the potential for wood to be the material of this century,” said Meyboom. “The question is what can [wood] do?”
But unlike the majority of Canadian student unions, the AMS is not a member of any formal student alliance. And the reasons for it are as historical as they are political.
Now, Vancouver City Council has directed staff to create a report reviewing the barriers to municipal election engagement, which has traditionally seen low participation from students.
People asking for donations to the Children’s Joy Foundation on campus is nothing new. But UBC community members have been alleging that it’s a scam since at least November 2016.
Allende's advice on writing touched both on technical elements such as the importance of research and discipline, and on the unquantifiable things that make writing an art.
During an emotional ceremony at the Engineering Student Centre on November 28, students and faculty gathered to honour the lives of the 14 women engineering students killed in the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.
“Youth Rising is a collective of young people ... that leans toward the common goal of ensuring what is promised to us [about climate justice] by the government is upheld,” said national spokesperson Avery Shannon.
MEEC broadly aims to create a Middle Eastern and North African region (MENA) studies program in the faculty of arts, expand study abroad opportunities in the region and modernize the Arabic language courses available.
Remember to keep warm, bring your swimsuit and towels and release your end-of-semester stress into the endless abyss. The icy ocean at everyone’s favourite clothing-optional beach awaits you.
Give those foolish pedestrians a bit of a challenge for once! If your hour is up, you might as well just prop that baby right along Main Mall for everyone to walk around.