The AMS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Interfraternity Council (IFC) last Wednesday, four years after the student society removed the frats’ status as an AMS club.
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UBC using floor lounges as temporary housing for first-year students.
Members of component 1 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 2278 at UBC voted on a new collective bargaining agreement.
At the first meeting of the new triennium on Wednesday night, the UBC Senate approved course and degree changes and discussed the creation of a committee to assess UBC’s international partnerships.
The AMS has recently published their demands for the 2024 Federal Budget in cooperation with the Undergraduates of Canadian Research-Intensive Universities, and finding what works for international students is its top priority.
On September 14, the Liu Institute Network for Africa (LINA) hosted a discussion panel to help graduate students from African countries enter the Canadian job market.
On September 17, Migrant Students United (MSU) at UBC rallied alongside Sulong UBC, MSU at SFU, Migrante BC, Committee for Domestics' Workers and Caregivers’ Rights and Gabriela BC for “Status for All” in front of the Canada Border Services Agency building.
“Hey-ho, hey-ho, fossil fuels have got to go!” chanted thousands of protestors last Friday in Vancouver, as the city joined others across the world to strike against climate inaction.
In the first council meeting of the 2023/24 academic year, councillors and students engaged in another long debate surrounding the nuances of a PC1/PC2 working group.
UBC Okanagan has been ordered to pay Stephanie Hale, a former student, $50,000 for discriminating against her based on sex and disability following its handling of her allegation of sexual assault by another student in 2013.
With classes now in session, the AMS’s first week events have begun as well, but some significant changes have been made to events occurring.
The opening of Blue Chip's new location in the Nest has been delayed, originally intended for the start of this academic year.
This year, UBC graduate students will receive $2.175 million in funding for graduate scholarships from the provincial government.
On September 4, UBC’s transit network changed from TransLink's summer schedule to its fall schedule.
At the last council meeting, AMS President Esmé Decker presented changes to the 2023/24 AMS/GSS Health & Dental Plan, involving reductions in certain coverage areas.