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While specific recommendations are still being refined, Co said the four main areas of focus of this year’s advocacy will be student employment, financial aid, mental health and Indigenous education.
Provost and VP Academic pro tem Gage Averill announced Helsley’s appointment on October 26 on the provost’s website.
The AMS’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday evening was the third in 40 years to reach quorum, with over 900 members attending and successfully passing all its motions.
A report outlining plans to deal with the $1.25 million AMS budget deficit was presented to the AMS Council in a private session on September 28 — but due to “sensitive” information in the report it was not publicly published, AMS President Eshana Bhangu said.
The AGM is held to inform students of important updates from the AMS. Unlike AMS Council or committee meetings, the AGM gives students the ability to provide direct input on things they care about.
The AMS unearthed a 1972 time capsule and put a new one in its place celebrating the Great Trek this Friday. The event took place at the Great Trek Cairn on Main Mall and included speeches from notable former AMS executives on the importance of student activism.
This one-time funding reduces the financial gap between last year's and this year’s budget allocation to food security, which cut UBC funding to the AMS Food Bank in half.
Last night, a short AMS Council meeting touched on the AMS's Annual General Meeting (AGM) updates and student advocacy plans.
This Friday, October 28 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Great Trek, and the AMS is planning to host an event to celebrate.
UBC will form an accessibility committee to comply with new BC legislation — although disabled students and faculty want to see more than simply a committee from the university.
The AMS released Indigenous finance guidelines, based on those released by UBC earlier this year, following concerns raised by Indigenous contractors about late payments and other issues.
Student-run cafe Sprouts re-opened earlier this month, running the same programs as last year despite funding difficulties and its space being shrunk by a construction zone.
Each year, UBC launches a month-long tuition engagement process, which involves publicizing a breakdown of its budget and proposed tuition increases, in addition to seeking student feedback through an online survey that closes this year on October 31.
Hundreds of UBC students gathered Friday afternoon at a walkout led by Sprouts Cafe to protest rising food insecurity, reduced funding and a perceived lack of support from the university.