The Graduate Student Society (GSS) has modified UBC’s active witnessing training to create a new active bystander program, designed to cater more towards specific graduate student situations and use a peer-to-peer model.
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The National Association of Asian-American Professionals has named UBC president Santa Ono as one of the recipients of their 2016 NAAAP 100 award. The award is given to leaders whom the organization feel represent both their vision and values.
The modifications to the Old SUB will add the Student Life Centre, comprised of drop-in services catered toward student health and wellness, as well as dedicated spaces for specialized club and enhanced student life in general.
On June 27, the Gallery 2.0 was opened where The Perch once stood. This changed occurred in response to sentiment that The Perch served too small a percentage of the student population, and financial concerns.
The Graduate Student Society tried to temporarily expel a writer for publishing an internal GSS report criticizing UBC’s response to sexual assault, and writing articles criticizing the handling of the report, while acting as an elected Councilor.
A 2012 Seismic Risk Assessment Report dubbed 28 buildings on campus “very high risk” and 12 “high risk” — assessments that included a note of “loss of life probable” should such a seismic event occur, something the new plan hopes to partially remedy.
A suspect from a UBC sexual assault case in May went into medical distress while in the custody of BC Sheriff Services early yesterday. The suspect and his co-accused were supposed to appear in court later that day.
"The Board expects that Dr. Ono, as President, will provide oversight and direction for the operation of the University and will do so with a spirit of cooperation and in a manner consistent with the University’s vision and values."
Gurdeep Parhar, the executive associate dean in the faculty of Medicine, recently gave a Tedx talk about fixing racism. In an interview with The Ubyssey, he elaborated on the continued relevance of stereotypes — particularly at UBC.
UBC’s Okanagan campus is putting a plan in action to expand academic and residential facilities to cover the next 20 years of growth — preparing for the potential doubling of its population. UBCO currently has a population of around 8,500.
By September 2017, two more first-year residences will open — Orchard Commons and the second phase of Totem Park. These two new residences will compensate for shortage of available space at current first-year residences.
Steven Galloway has been fired by the University of British Columbia after facing "serious allegations of misconduct."Galloway, an acclaimed author, was a tenured associate professor and the chair of UBC’s creative writing program.
Fifth-year student Iain Majoribanks — who is studying human geography at UBC —analyzed data on Airbnb rental properties in Vancouver to help initiate a conversation about the company’s effect on affordable housing in the region.
A new UBC-based non-profit journalism initiative, the Global Reporting Centre, focuses on underreported issues in the international community that fail to get the degree of coverage that they deserve.
The AMS is currently in the process of building a new service — to be called “Vice” — designed specifically for addressing the needs of students with drug, alcohol, and technological addiction issues.