The federal government has announced an intake cap on international study permit applications starting in September 2024. It remains unclear whether this will lead to a significant decrease in international student admissions at UBC.
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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.
“If student life at UBC were to be viewed as a stone arch...Instagram acts as the keystone that has allowed the current campus culture to bear weight,” writes Tatum Narode
Over the weekend, men's basketball took on the UBCO Heat in Kelowna and walked away with two wins: 97–77 on Friday and 92–88 on Saturday.
Most students probably have never met or heard of Pickford. As the AMS’s administrative assistant, she mostly works in the background, offering support to the student executives and doing other behind-the-scenes administrative work.
Jia Tolentino knows exactly why everyone is so obsessed with Succession.
A month into 2023 and it feels like it has been a year already! To celebrate the upcoming year of laugh and love, and mourn the past year of whatever the opposite of laughs and love is, Ubyssey blog put together a list of our ins and outs for the year.
On January 14, people gathered in the Frederic Wood Theatre for a reading of The Gaza Monologues organized by UBC Theatre and Film Students.
In early November, UBC terminated the Student Assistance Program (SAP), redirecting students to the Here2Talk mental health counselling service instead.
The Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre, or the Global Lounge, has been temporarily closed since September 2023. It is set to re-open this term, with changes to programming.
In 2023, Arneil was inducted to the Order of Canada for her contributions to political theory and the field of political science.
At the season midpoint, the men's basketball team sits fifth in the Canada West standings, but has the potential to go far in playoffs.
AMS Councillors appointed Kai Rogers as the new Speaker of Council at last night’s AMS Council meeting.
Every year, Ubyssey contributors pool their money together and set off to Pender Island for a weekend full of laughs, friends and making memories.
At the season midpoint, the men's hockey team boast a record of 20–4–0 and a conference-best .833 winning percentage, and nothing seems to be slowing them down.