The recommendations — and all of UBC’s communications on the virus outbreak — are written in consultation with a working group comprising university executives, staff and other stakeholders.
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In a broadcast email sent to students, staff and faculty on March 13, the university announced that all large university events including sporting events and events at the Chan Centre would be cancelled.
AMS Events just announced that Block Party 2020 has been cancelled due to concerns about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Last night, councilors discussed the COVID-19 pandemic, elections results, the upcoming special election and a new recreation facility to be built on campus.
At the March 11 AMS council meeting, councillors voted in favour of adding the referendum to the ballot in the upcoming special election.
UBC alumnus, donor and former Thunderbirds football player David Sidoo is planning to plead guilty for his involvement in a college admissions scandal that first came to light last March.
Expected to cost $250,000, the new system is designed to maintain tolerable temperatures despite the potential rise of an average of 2.5 degrees Celsius by the year 2050 — all while maintaining the current requirements of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification for the Nest.
The university sent out a mass email confirming that operations would continue as normal for the time being because the Public Health Agency of Canada classifies the risk to Canada as “low” and has been posting regular updates to its website.
Her charges include “communicating with external hostile powers, providing financial support to external parties, and luring and exploiting minors to work against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”
MEXSA’s Stand for Women in Mexico event was organized to bring together the Mexican community in Vancouver for a rally in solidarity with women in Mexico, who held a strike on Monday, March 9 to highlight increasing rates of gender-based violence in the country.
On March 7, AMS Elections announced the nomination period for a new special election to elect the VPAUA in a Facebook post.
It was a victory for the Indigenous Seat on Council and a loss for the AMS bylaw referenda on Friday, as the former passed and the second failed to meet quorum.
He defeated opponent Aidan Wilson in a race fought over room bookings, environmental sustainability and support for clubs.
Illaria Cobb, Chris Hakim, Nicholas Harterre, Sara Sebba, Molly Willson and Ryan Wong of the Students for Students slate have won all six seats of the Student Legal Fund Society (SLFS) board of directors.
As an incumbent running in an unopposed race, Liang emphasized automation and digitization to modernize the AMS’s “outdated” financial systems, particularly the reimbursement system for clubs.