Several motions were successfully passed at yesterday’s AMS Council meeting with little to no debate, including code changes on executive accountability and funding for renovating a lounge in the Nest.
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UBC Vancouver Senate met virtually on Zoom last night and approved motions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and new degree requirements for future arts students.
The Student Legal Fund Society (SLFS) currently has no directors, after no students ran for the positions in the most recent AMS elections.
“As there are now signs of further Omicron variants and increased case numbers, experts have indicated that BC is about to enter into a sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Students are reporting long wait times for student health appointments — which the director of UBC Student Health Service (SHS) said is due to an increased demand that emerged from the pandemic.
UBC is once again planning to build a basketball court in the Wesbrook Place neighbourhood after it abruptly withdrew the project application last November.
On Friday, April 8, the AMS held its annual end-of-year concert, Block Party, in the plaza outside the Nest. Over 6,000 students gathered in a tightly knit crowd.
According to a VPD press release posted yesterday, 35-year-old Alan “AJ” Birtwistle was last seen near International Village in downtown around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13.
UBC will not support the recent AMS motion that urged the university to divest from companies complicit in Palestinian human rights violations.
Dozens of students gathered outside of the Minister of Advanced Education’s office yesterday to protest against tuition increases.
UBC Housing did not indicate that it would change its policy around illegal drug use in student residence, despite concern from students and experts around the harmful language of this policy.
UBC and the AMS have opted to keep their mask mandates in place after the province lifted its mandate — and they plan to continue using their enforcement strategies from before the province's announcement.
Despite UBC offering drug testing resources, student groups are continuing to seek these resources from external organizations.
The Notice of Appeal contains little information about the reasoning behind the appeal, but Linkletter’s team will have to prepare an appeal record and factum within 90 days of the notice.
Students will be protesting rising tuition in post-secondary institutions on Thursday, April 14 at the Minister of Advanced Education's office in Burnaby.