This year, VPAUA Julia Burnham made large strides in sexual violence prevention work and on the long walk towards increasing open educational resources (OERs) on campus. But she said she was faced with the issue of relying on university bodies and processes under the Senate and the Board of Governors (BoG) to accomplish her goals.
The Ubyssey examined Evans’s progress since his midterm review up to that moment on his executive goals announced at the start of his term as well as his campaign goals.
The second-year arts student came into her first year at the AMS on a platform of “sustainability, affordability and transparency,” and her goals included introducing a new ticketing platform and implementing an online money transfer system.
Faculty and staff accessing UBC systems must adhere to new cybersecurity measures in response to COVID-19, the university announced earlier this month.
“Nothing can replace in-person services, but the updates we’ve implemented to the SASC’s services provide more options for survivors to choose from depending on their needs and the barriers they are facing right now.”
Councillors discussed budgeting for the 2020/21 school year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, called a vote of censure on current VP Administration and President-Elect Cole Evans and approved the suspension of U-Pass for the time being.
Evans responded that he was “swamped” with other work and was unable to produce the report on time.
International student workers in these positions will now be able to work more than 20 hours per week.
This support, totalling to $9 billion, includes the creation of the Canada Emergency Student Benefit that aims towards students and new graduates not eligible for the existing Canada Emergency Response Benefit.
Despite earlier delays and current challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the project to overhaul UBC’s core software systems is set to continue with the Board of Governors approving a total release of $131.2 million in funding during the April meeting cycle.
At around 9:50 a.m. on Sunday, April 19, the suspect entered the store and tried to steal vodka and rum, said Farhan Muhib, an employee at the liquor store.
This is the project of Arts Student Senator Charlotte Gilby, who spent the last year gathering consultation from students and working with faculty to make this a reality. She said that the goal is that diplomas for students graduating this year will have their majors on them.
An April 17 broadcast email sent to students, staff and faculty stated that the Term 2 change will affect UBC Vancouver, Okanagan and Robson Square campuses.
On April 16, the Undergraduates of Canadian Research-Intensive Universities — which represents student unions at research-focused universities across Canada, including the AMS — published a report based on 3,157 survey responses about how the COVID-19 pandemic was impacting student finances.
After two days of teleconference committee meetings last week, the UBC Board of Governors met online again today for the full April meeting. UBC’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic was top-of-mind throughout.