Emails obtained by The Ubyssey between high-ranking UBC and AMS officials detail what appears to be a fraught relationship between former AMS VP Academic Daniel Lam and the university it was his job to lobby.
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After the Qoola frozen yogurt outlet in the Nest didn’t pay rent for over two years, the AMS evicted them in August 2017 and is now suing them what could be over $100,000.
The former UBC student found not criminally responsible for stabbing and choking another student will return to Saudi Arabia after his release from custody.
In 2014, students voted overwhelmingly in favour of a referendum that said the AMS, “guided by the principle that education is a right, [should] advocate for reduced tuition for both national and international students.” They haven’t been doing that.
The main causes behind their denial were for not strictly adhering to AMS naming conventions in their club application form and/or not providing unique services.
Recent reddit threads have had students questioning the ethics of Tip Labs, an unaccredited personal coaching service formerly associated with the The Tipping Point movement.
Throughout the past year, UBC has been working to develop a new strategic plan that will lay out the university’s goals and priorities over the next few years. The new plan will succeed Place and Promise, the strategic plan introduced by Stephen Toope in 2009.
Hosted by March On Vancouver, the event saw people rallying at Jack Poole Plaza before taking to the streets of downtown.
Farrah Khan, a nationally recognized advocate and educator regarding sexual assault, spoke on sexual violence, pleasure, and sexting as part of her keynote talk for January’s sexual assault awareness month at UBC.
A recent MacLean’s article reported that “only a smattering” of UBC students earn double degrees. This number turned out to be only five to six per cent for undergraduate arts students, according to Stefania Burk, associate dean of academic in the faculty of arts.
Costs go up. So does tuition. That's the rationale the UBC Board of Governors has been working with as they increase domestic tuition by two per cent every year. But are student-shouldered revenue streams the board's only option?
A non-fatal single vehicle collision occurred at Chancellor Boulevard and Acadia road around 10 p.m. tonight.
The Life Building — previously the Old SUB — is back in business as of January 3. But it is only partly operational, as this reopening was just the first of many in a series of major move-in dates that will follow throughout the semester.
Researchers at the Sauder School of Business are leading an international collaborative research network focused on improving the environmental performance of the maritime shipping industry.
January is Sexual Assault Awareness Month at UBC — what does that mean? The month is part of a communications effort by the university to push rhetoric and knowledge of this issues to the forefront of the attention on campus.