UBC is asking students, faculty, and staff to participate as it lays the groundwork for a number of significant and physical expansions to the Vancouver campus in the next 30 years.
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Gloria Sun, manager of nutrition and wellbeing at UBC and the in-house dietitian for first-year residences, said the broader goal of removing nutritional information was to help students “improve their relationship with food in the body and in the mind.”
Starting on October 28, the Department of Geography at UBC is initiating Green Days, in which the department is encouraged to work from home to reduce transit emissions for the day.
There are numerous events being held in the Nest throughout the month, with the aim of spreading information and sharing knowledge about indigenous cultures, practices, traditions and identities.
All candidates agreed the current housing situation has reached a crisis point, reflecting recent polling that showed Vancouver citizens citing housing as the most pressing issue this election. However, candidates disagreed, often vehemently, on how best to go about solving the problem.
In a statement sent to The Ubyssey, Mathew Ramsey, director of university affairs at UBC Media Relations, said the $500,000 is set to be a one-time occurrence, drawn from the President's Priority Fund, and be split among the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.
On October 4, the Persian Club worked alongside community members to organize a march from the Nest to the Engineering Cairn following government crackdowns on protesters in Iran in response to the death of Mahsa Amini.
On September 24 over Homecoming weekend, UBC held a simulcast symposium across its Okanagan and Vancouver campuses to kick off their fundraising and alumni engagement campaign.
UBC piloted a Wellness Mentors Program aimed at supporting BIPOC students, however it is no longer running. UBC says it is still committed to supporting BIPOC’s mental health through various other programs.
Students at the School of Social Work are calling UBC’s commitment to reconciliation and decolonization into question after not receiving a response to an open letter critical of the university’s communications and handling of the mourning of Queen Elizabeth II.
Electoral Area A is an unincorporated region of Metro Vancouver which encompasses UBC and the University Endowment Lands.
UBC's Board of Governors appointed Dr. Deborah Buszard as UBC's interim president. Buszard will take over from six-year President Santa Ono on October 14.
On Friday, September 30, community members gathered at UBC the second annual Intergenerational March to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and show support for residential school and intergenerational survivors.
Liu — who currently serves as the associate vice-president funds in the AMS VP Finance Office — beat out AMS Strategy and Governance Lead Kamil Kanji and the Arts Student Centre (represented by Mathew Ho).
During another short AMS Council meeting last night, councillors were updated on plans for the future of the UBC Vancouver campus and asked to help engage students.