At the Board of Governors Finance Committee meeting on November 20, UBCO Provost and VP Academic and Research Ananya Mukherjee-Reed announced a proposal to pause student enrolment growth next year at the Okanagan campus.
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According to a 2019/20 financial statement, the AMS is currently $58.8 million in debt, most of which is due to a loan taken out to pay for the Nest, and is running a $4.2 million overall deficit this year along with a $227,473 estimated operational deficit.
The AMS has still not released its internal privacy assessment of the new clubs management system.
While the AMS VP administration said it did not know how many people from the film crew were present, he noted that their usage of the Nest was likely a one-time occurrence.
The BC Prosecution Service announced that Constable Jarrod Sidhu was charged with one count of assault with a weapon and Constable Jagpreet Ghuman was charged with one count of assault.
The petition is calling on the South Korean government to impose stricter punishments after Yeelin Tseng was hit by a drunk driver.
A Reddit user posted the document, titled “Yellow Privilege,” which was contained in an email sent to students living in UBC Exchange Residence on November 26.
This Acadia Park community effort was started by Dr. Jennifer Katz, an assistant professor of inclusive education at UBC.
The Ethics and Accountability committee was both finalized and assigned its first task at AMS Council on Wednesday, November 25.
UBC international students will be able to cross the border more easily, after the federal government included the university on a recently-released list of designated learning institutions, approved to reopen to international students currently not in Canada.
The University RCMP is seeking help in locating Daniel Gilson, last seen leaving UBC Hospital on Friday, December 4 at 4:07 p.m.
The UBC Board of Governors met via Zoom on December 3 for its final regular meeting of the year, discussing Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond’s report on anti-Indigenous racism in health care and COVID-19’s impact on research, along with approving a few committee motions.
The Vancouver Senate has extended winter break by seven days and will allow students to request a formal withdrawal of term one courses with W standing on or before December 4, 2020.
With five months left, here’s what your AMS executives have — and haven’t — done so far. Click on the executive’s names to read the full review.
While most of her goals are in progress, Liang has prioritized two over all others: COVID-19 financial security and the digitization of the club reimbursement process.