With the Okoli Method, I’ve been able to see real progress. I’m more open in class and I’m on top of homework. I just pray that this method will give me the psychological strength to deal with the Karens of the world — one of the many reasons I left Alberta.
Barbara Howard (1920–2017), a record-breaking sprinter, educator, community front-runner and UBC alum, was the first Black female athlete to represent Canada internationally.
Artist Jag Nagra recalls what life was like before she came out to her family.
UBC will welcome its first cohort of students from the Black Student MD Admissions Pathway this August.
Last Tuesday, reports obtained by The Ubyssey showed that you’ve been totally weird recently, man. Eyewitness accounts state that your vibe has totally shifted the last couple weeks and that you’re kind of freaking everybody out.
I will pass on the words that UBC’s VP Students Ainsley Carry said to me in my first year: “I see you.” He may not have truly grasped the impact those three words had on me.
UBC’s Board of Governors met yesterday on Zoom to say goodbye to outgoing governors, hear an update about the search for UBC’s next president and a brief presentation on UBC’s upcoming priorities from Interim President Deborah Buszard.
I don’t speak for any other person other than myself and that is always going to be the truth of being Black in a classroom.
This violence has been normalized by UBC for decades. It seems that nearly every year, recurring instances of sexual assault and harassment emerge from our university.
It’s not just a club — it’s a little family. We may only be one per cent of the student population at UBC, but that small number makes me grateful for each Black person that I encounter and creates an instant connection that is irreplaceable and has gotten me through university.
It’s January 30. You’re going to the ARC for the first time because your new year’s resolution was to actually bulk instead of just saying ‘it’s bulking season’ every time you eat. How do you show that you’re not like the other new years newbies while simultaneously outclassing the 6 a.m. rise and grind crowd?
In September 2020, TransLink indefinitely suspended the 258 Express Bus with service from West Vancouver to UBC. Three years later, first year students Assia Malapanis and Anali Delshadi are working to restore the route.
The Thunderbirds have been riding a wave of success; there could not be a better time to play a Winter Classic game in front of a packed crowd.
It wasn’t always this easy for him. Kelly’s story is a thread tied intricately to the game of rugby.
For the 2023/2024 school year, UBC Housing will increase student housing rent between 3.5 to 8 percent.