AMS Council met last night to approve the Undergraduates of Canadian Research-Intensive Universities (UCRU) bylaws in principle and discuss election engagement.
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The position has been vacant since former speaker Kareem Ibrahim left in December, and the recruitment process has been tumultuous so far.
On January 25, a UBC Confessions post alleged that NSCC execs used participants’ fees to purchase Patagonia quarter-zip sweaters for the exec team. The post had almost 400 reactions as of publishing.
AMS VP Administration Sylvester Mensah Jr. said the this change is to generate student traffic to the CampusBase platform.
UBC added a week to winter break to alleviate faculty and student stress — but this reduced exam period, which may increase the frequency of exam clashes.
But even though graduate school has garnered interest in the past year, UBC does not anticipate an increase in admissions.
According to TransLink, 97 per cent of riders don’t use the affected stops — but the bus stop balancing program has raised concerns about accessibility.
As most UBC buildings remain closed, students living on campus are trying to make do with the limited study space available to them.
For a year, students and faculty have largely been expected to carry on as if a pandemic wasn’t happening.
The announcement comes after Senate approved changes to the minimum funding policy earlier in March. The previous policy took effect in September 2018 and put minimum funding at $18,000 per year.
Henry will receive a Doctor of Science degree from UBC Vancouver while Thunberg will receive a Doctor of Laws from UBC Okanagan.
The AMS is enacting new rules after Dr. Bonnie Henry announced a three-week “circuit breaker” yesterday, with new provincial restrictions running until April 19.
A UBC student was taking out the trash at around 8:10 p.m. on Saturday when she was attacked.
The proposed amendment would have expanded Policy J-102 to ensure that students studying in different time zones were able to take exams at an appropriate time for them.
The Interfraternity Council president said that the students in the video are all from the same household and were on their own property.