The third-year biology major said that her community-building experience as a residence advisor will help her advance her extensive platform of affordability, accessibility and equity.
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On March 19 afternoon, the university revised its most recent campus notification without any update, keeping the timestamp at March 17 at 4:10 p.m. PDT.
The development for the campaign at UBC began in 2014 and 2015 after the university proposed to increase rents for student housing by 20 per cent.
Since cash fares cannot be collected at the rear doors and not all rear doors have Compass Card readers, TransLink has also decided to halt fare collection on buses.
The government will commit up to $27 billion in direct support to individuals and businesses and $55 billion through tax deferrals for a combined total of $82 billion — more than 3 per cent of Canada’s GDP, according to a government press release.
The university made the announcement in emails sent to students and on UBC Student Housing and Community Service’s website.
The Education Ministry said the suspension is in line with advice from health officials, and it is also advising private schools to end in-person instruction.
In an email sent to clubs and constituencies on March 16, VP Administration Cole Evans confirmed that student clubs will have from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. on March 17 to retrieve personal belongings from club offices.
UBC President Santa Ono made the announcement on his Instagram earlier today. A broadcast email was also sent out to students, signed by Ono, UBC Vancouver Provost and Vice-President Academic Andrew Szeri and UBCO Provost and Vice-President Academic Ananya Mukherjee Reed.
In a broadcast email, the university announced it would begin a three-week pilot of “Remote Work Arrangements” for staff, faculty, graduate students, post doctoral fellows and student employees.
The thrift shop project was spearheaded by Project Imagine, a student-run collective centred around sustainable community-based projects.
“With the spread of COVID-19 globally and the risk that poses to travelling students and faculty, UBC made the decision last week to cancel all upcoming outbound international programs for students.”
After all candidates dropped out during the AMS general elections, there are now four students vying for one position as the AMS Academic and University Affairs.
UBC just announced that all in-person classes will transition online starting Monday, March 16 and lasting for the remainder of the term to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Ahsan Sahibzada, the chief electoral officer, said they are moving forward with the campaign, but they won’t be having any in-person events for the election.