The AMS wants to provide a credit line of a similar rate to banks at two to three per cent of the club’s revenue. Therefore a club that has an annual revenue of $10,000 would have a credit card limit of around $300 per month.
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“This event is linked to the fact that we are having a BDS campaign but it is first and foremost meant to really give an insight for people as to what it means to be under siege in Gaza,“ said Emma Russo at the event.
The pole, now standing tall and proud at Main Mall and Agronomy, was designed and hand carved by James Hart, a Haida artist from Haida Gwaii. The project was commissioned by the Audain Foundation and UBC.
The 2017 federal budget, released on March 22, contains a large section on what will be done to address housing issues in Canada. The Ubyssey is delving into how this section of the budget and others will affect housing in Vancouver.
A new meal plan has been approved to take effect in September 2017. While its development was initiated six months ago, the plan does factor in inputs from the Residence Hall Association (RHA) and a recently circulated petition.
Coffee cup sleeves are a strategy that the AMS has used before. Last September, they ran another campaign focused on pushing changes to the draft sexual assault policy of the time and used coffee cup sleeves to draw attention to it.
Kate Ross, UBC’s VP Enrolment Services, believes that by validating co-curricular activities, UBC is allowing students to integrate their education within and outside the classroom and identify gaps that they can fill as they progress.
On Saturday, April 1, UBC will be holding an installation ceremony of the reconciliation pole, a 55-foot tall Haida totem pole. The reconciliation pole is part of UBC’s ongoing initiative to educate and inform about Indigenous residential schools.
“The final ruling was that the AMS was in the correct jurisdiction in ruling that the question was answerable in a yes-or-no fashion and acted in line with our bylaws and code of procedures,” said AMS President Ava Nasiri.
Joey Doyle and David Stall are running in the upcoming BC provincial elections under Your Political Party (YPP) — a party that is founded on the three pillars of open government, sustainability and collaboration.
This “takeover” was part of a larger three-day event — four days for Indigenous delegates — called the “Daughters of the Vote,” created by Equal Voice Canada, which advocates for increased female representation and involvement in Canadian politics.
“The word ‘white’ was coined by the English settlers that arrived here and that’s who they call ‘the white man,’” said Larry Grant, Elder-in-Residence at the First Nations House of Learning. “But what is ‘white’?”
As of July 1, 2017, the division of Extended Learning (UBC ExL) will replace the 26-year-old division of Continuing Studies. This follows a Senate vote, beginning its transition to becoming a primarily administrative unit.
The referendum was originally supposed to be held earlier — either during AMS elections or the last week of March — but was postponed after a court order was secured by Logan Presch, a UBC student, and his legal representation.
The 2017 federal budget, released Wednesday morning, is the second budget of the Trudeau administration, and begins to see the realization of quite a few Liberal promises. We delve into the changes that will affect students and education the most.