Second term of the 2020/21 school year will be mostly online, President and Vice-Chancellor Santa Ono announced in a broadcast on Wednesday, September 2.
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The Trans, Two-Spirit and Gender Diversity Task Force aims to support gender diverse community members while navigating university bureaucracy and COVID-19.
This decision differs from some other Canadian universities like Simon Fraser University, University of Toronto and Western University, who have all required mask usage on campus in some form.
Since 2016, anyone 13 or older of any gender who has been sexually assaulted in the past week has been able to get specialized treatment and an optional forensic exam at UBC Hospital Urgent Care between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. daily.
Visitors to Wreck Beach on August 15 may have been exposed to COVID-19.
At the end of each triennium, the three-year cycle running the Senate, the academic governance body completes a review led by faculty and student senators from two committees.
Councillors discussed the new AMS equity planning process, student housing, the U-Pass resumption and CampusBase's privacy issues at last night's AMS Council meeting.
While the packages were initially fee-based, ranging from $966 to $1206 plus tax, UBC altered its policy on August 22.
Current students and UBC graduates alike will no longer be constrained to using an @alumni.ubc.ca email address domain.
The AMS said it wanted to pursue a recovery plan that does not bring society back to how it was before the pandemic but instead encourages individuals to make more ethical decisions.
The AMS will launch CampusBase on August 24 — but three days before the launch, The Ubyssey found that the Clubhouse replacement allows some users to view other students’ personal email addresses.
The clause, which exists in both year-round and first-year housing contracts, is meant to address issues that may arise due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After over a year of planning and consultation, university executives endorsed UBC’s Inclusion Action Plan in December 2019, but its implementation is only just beginning.
Now the Bike Kitchen faces mounting financial challenges compounded by COVID-19 and a lack of student-driven revenue.
UBC has published information about its COVID-19 protocols for returning staff and students in the upcoming fall semester.