Professor Steve Morgan from the UBC School of Population and Public Health believes that if the government were to provide a list of prescription drugs for free to Canadians, it could save private citizens and companies approximately $3 billion.
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The program will consist of 100 rental spaces for staff and 10 for new and incoming faculty members, located within the new faculty and staff rental housing projects that will be completed next spring.
Gordon’s reappointment follows his previous term of three years, during a time at UBC characterized by tumultuous events such as the resignation of former UBC president Arvind Gupta and the breach of a faculty member’s academic freedom.
According to PSSA President Javier Barreto-Gomez, this position was created to ensure that the political science faculty remains an open and inclusive learning environment within the current “increasingly hostile” political climate.
The food outlets will not arrive all at once since only five are operated by UBC Food Services and the remaining seven are by independent contractors. However, the majority of them will open between the end of Summer 2017 and early 2018.
Gail Murphy, UBC’s current Associate Vice-President Research pro tem and professor of computer science, is now the university's new VP Research and Innovation. As the Associate VP Research pro tem, she has “successfully led” several initiatives.
Alex Ohlin, Canadian author and English professor, has been named the new chair of UBC’s creative writing program. On January 1, 2018, she will take over from interim co-chair and creative writing professor Linda Svendsen.
During the May meeting of the UBC Vancouver Senate, a new School of Biomedical Engineering was proposed. When it came time to vote, the motion passed. But every one of the student senators voted against it.
Dr. Susan E. Parker, the current Deputy University Librarian at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, is the new UBC University Librarian. This appointment came after a three month search.
This switchover will occur over a 15 month migration period, where some courses will use the Canvas platform while others will remain on Connect. By September 2018, all courses will be located on Canvas.
In early April, the EUS found out that it was missing $30,000 in Engineering Design Team Council fees — the result of three consecutive years of short fees since the 2014/2015 term. The fund has since been found.
Since the AMS’s Lighter Footprint Strategy was written in 2008, sustainability has become a shifting definition, and as a result, the AMS is redefining its targets. More students are becoming interested and aware of sustainability issues.
The brewery committee will be looking into funding plans, possible commercial operation models, the academic aspect of the brewery, as well as the development of long-term agreements with the university.
While the exact financial statements have yet to be released, VP Finance Alim Lakhiyalov said that thanks to a solid performance last year, the AMS will be able to move forward in the fall with a tentative $356,000 surplus.
“The 480 duplicates other more efficient routes between Richmond and UBC, and has seen declining ridership in recent years,” wrote Jill Drews, a Translink media relations advisor, in an email to The Ubyssey.