Turpel-Lafond said she is an active member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation — something the Muskeg Lake Nation has confirmed — but an article published by CBC on October 12 said that her claims to Cree ancestry do not appear to match historical records or anecdotes from Norway House Cree Nation community members, where Turpel-Lafond said her father was from.
As our generation reaches adulthood, films about young people are finally becoming accurate enough to spark productive discussions about modern life, rather than serving as hilarious examples of just how little Hollywood understands the internet.
The ISI Fund is an initiative across both the UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan campuses that directly supports the implementation of the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP), which was launched in September 2020.
Although it seems like the municipal government does not hold as much decision-making power as the provincial and federal levels, municipal government responsibilities include regulating law enforcement, community services and land-use planning.
Last night, AMS councillors approved the sale of three art pieces owned by the AMS and student concerns about the art piece sales and heard from AMS equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) leaders about the student society’s equity goals.
Vancouver city council candidates compared their platforms in front of UBC students last night.
The Acne Education Project aims to raise awareness about the mental health impacts of acne and local educate youth.
A UBC research team has developed copper-coated technology to kill bacteria — perfect for use in hospitals, campuses or even on your phone case.
UBC is asking students, faculty, and staff to participate as it lays the groundwork for a number of significant and physical expansions to the Vancouver campus in the next 30 years.
Gloria Sun, manager of nutrition and wellbeing at UBC and the in-house dietitian for first-year residences, said the broader goal of removing nutritional information was to help students “improve their relationship with food in the body and in the mind.”
Over the weekend, UBC men’s hockey headed to Winnipeg to face off against the University of Manitoba Bisons. The T-Birds had immense offensive prowess, scoring 14 goals in the weekend series, and improving to 3–0–1 on the season.
UBC women’s hockey left the University of Manitoba Bisons with no room to breathe this weekend, scoring a 6–1 victory that was immediately followed up by a 6–2 win.
The last shot taken by any Vancouver Grizzlies player happened before I was even born, in a world without the iPhone — or even the iPod.
In an era of information overload, sometimes you need to make your mind go blank even if it’s just for the seven minutes it takes to walk from class to class. Here’s a list of perfectly-timed songs with which to prevent a conscious thought from ever breaking through.
Starting on October 28, the Department of Geography at UBC is initiating Green Days, in which the department is encouraged to work from home to reduce transit emissions for the day.