UBC’s Harm Reduction Coalition held its first event on October 25 ahead of Halloween weekend.
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The City of Vancouver has released a new tool to speed up permitting times for laneway houses, with the hope of addressing housing supply gaps.
On October 16th, UBC’s Board of Governors (BoG) met to discuss the final draft of Campus Vision 2050, with plans ranging from affordable housing, efficient transportation, climate mitigation and new learning spaces.
With the return of flu season and the recent rise of COVID-19 cases causing delays in appointment booking, Student Health Services are working to improve their systems to accommodate increased demand.
On October 25, members of the UBC community rallied in support of Palestine.
Last night, over 100 students gathered to show their support for the Jewish and Palestinian communities, and called on AMS Council to act on the increasing antisemitism and Islamophobia.
More than 1000 UBC faculty, staff and students have signed an open letter, condemning UBC’s October 11 statement on the ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine and calling for a commitment to academic freedom.
A man has pled guilty to dangerous driving causing death in a crash that killed two UBC students in 2021.
The tuition engagement process includes creating a tuition engagement website, undertaking a student tuition engagement survey and continuing consultation with the AMS and the Graduate Student Society to better understand student priorities.
By November 1, every student will need to set up multi-factor authentication (MFA) to login to certain applications requiring their CWL when off-campus.
The AMS held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) over Zoom yesterday.
On October 18, Senate met for the last time under Interim President Deborah Buszard to receive a presentation on the annual report from the office for the Ombudsperson for students and to approve new students awards and funding.
Until November 3, proceeds from students who add $1 to their food bill at participating outlets in the Nest will go directly to supporting the AMS Food Bank.
Although UBC Vancouver advertises almost all of its undergraduate programs as four-year degrees, more and more students are taking at least five years to graduate, according to data from UBC’s Planning and Institutional Research Office (PAIR).
Sprouts Cafe, an affordable food and student-run organization, re-opened on September 25 amidst issues with building renovations.