Hosted by five students in Issues in International Conflict Management class, an Indigenous advocacy roundtable yesterday discussed the representation of Indigenous students in the AMS as well as the ongoing challenges of reconciliation across campus and Canada.
Ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Racism (March 21), UBC Equity Ambassadors and the African Awareness Initiative co-facilitated a “Realities of Racism” event yesterday to discuss the misrepresentation of race in the media.
Last Wednesday, UBC President Santa Ono tweeted a statement assuring prospective students that their applications to UBC will not be affected by their engagement in peaceful demonstrations.
Through a combination of impressive acting, thoughtful set design and eerie sound effects, UBC Theatre creates an engaging and disturbing production of one of America’s most well known plays.
Following her removal in April 2017, former engineering co-op director Jenny Reilly has filed a civil claim against UBC and Dr. Elizabeth Croft, alleging that they breached her right to privacy during the termination process.
Following the update of the Housing Action Plan (HAP) last month, some UBC faculty have raised concerns about the availability of affordable housing for faculty members, and the university’s failure to validate or recognize their grievances about faculty housing.
Regardless, the annual AMS elections came and went and you missed a chance to have your say in who your future executives are.
Like most people I’m super comfortable and able to be shirtless in extremely public situations like beaches, pools and Walmarts.
Only 24.5 per cent of students felt the overall co-op program experience was good or very good, and 40 per cent described these experiences as poor or very poor. In a time of transition and turnover, whether or not sufficient changes can be made remains to be seen.
With the help of Dr. Todd Handy’s lab in UBC’s psychology department, they found that you might not only become indifferent to being left out of a group when taking acetaminophen, but you might also carry that much more ‘meh’ attitude toward pretty much everything around you.
“I kind of became the resident rocket scientist, who puts a little extra ‘cosmic’ in the Cosmic Café,” he said. These trivia events are not just about science, but also about current events in Canada and around the world.
UBC is home to many animals — squirrels, raccoons, birds, snakes and even a coyote — but horses are not exactly one of them.
Following his first place finish in the 2015 Iron Man race, he has tackled the challenge every year since.
When asked if the ride-sharing program was coming to Vancouver any time soon, Heath said, “we’re working with the provincial government, but hopefully by the end of this year.”
The T-Birds ended a two-year title streak for their Canada West rivals the Trinity Western Spartans.