Globally, infrastructure and construction account for 39 per cent of total carbon emissions, presenting one of the largest challenges and opportunities in mitigating the climate crisis. With over 415 institutional, residential and mixed-use buildings housing over 12,000 people on campus, UBC’s infrastructure is currently a significant contributor to the climate crisis.
Alberta is not the villain in the climate crisis story. Albertan workers are just as much victims as anyone else.
“I’m interested in the ways sport can be enabling for people, like forms of activism related to sport, and the ways that sport can be problematic and constraining for people.”
The BRDF is a bioenergy facility that processes renewable biomass sourced from urban wood waste to generate thermal energy for heating campus buildings.
At UBC, inklings of environmental activism can be traced back to the 1960s, with students worried about the effects of pollution.
I wanted to write you a story.
It took decades and a massive student revolution to get it built.
I don’t regret that cosmological decision. Cause here I am people stellar and brain injured. Bet that’s a disability youse ain’t never considered.
I wonder why my friends hesitate to say ‘no,’ or why they think respectful men are not attractive or exciting enough. I wonder why my friends have to constantly reiterate who they are to people they barely know, just to feel a little bit safer in their non-binary bodies.
Two pairs of teammates — one rookie and one veteran — reflected on what it means to be a UBC student, what it means to be a Thunderbird and how those perceptions change throughout an athlete’s journey.
Although many students enter university wanting to pursue conventional majors including sciences like biology or physics, many discover their passions in elective classes.
Across the university, racialized faculty dedicate a huge amount of time, energy and passion to helping students of colour or bridging divides within the academy.
The Knoll Protest changed activist culture on campus — a culture that has only grown with the explosion of the internet.
What do you do when an authority figure makes insensitive or problematic remarks in the classroom setting?
The body of work produced by current decolonial artists grapples with ancient legacies while breaking new ground.