Whether it was UBC missteps, lapses in student support or geopolitical tensions, this article is a snapshot of some of the most impactful stories over the last year at UBC.
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As the new director of Campus Security, Harry Hackl hopes to solidify public safety and enhance cooperation between the organization and the RCMP.
The day after Block Party, half a dozen seagulls flew above cans, spilled food, pieces of wood, a broken plastic chair and a folding table littering the plaza outside the Nest as students not affiliated with the AMS cleaned up the mess.
On March 29, Vancouver City Council approved a plan to extend the SkyTrain Millenium Line to UBC.
Candidates for faculty deans will now have to participate in a confidential forum with students, faculty and staff before the selection process is over, due to policy amendments passed by the Senates and the Board of Governors.
Two UBC students glued and chained themselves to the doors of the RBC branch in the Nest to demand the bank respect Indigineous land rights and divest from fossil fuels and the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
The UBC Board of Governors unanimously approved a $3.29 billion budget for the 2022/23 fiscal year at its March 31 meeting.
Following the AMS’s deconstitution of fraternities in 2019, a preliminary assessment in early 2020 found UBC Sororities to be in violation of AMS policy. A full review was put aside due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but began again this year following The Ubyssey’s coverage of the delay.
UBC’s VP Finance and Operations Peter Smailes will be leaving UBC at the end of May.
After feeling that complaints of wage stagnation and cancelled shifts had not been heard, eight of the ten workers voted to join CUPE Local 116, the union that also represents residence advisors and many maintenance workers at UBC.
Of the four referenda on the ballot this year, only the fee increase for the Bike Kitchen failed to pass. While it achieved a slim majority, it did not receive the necessary votes to make quorum.
Dr. Mario Gallo has resigned from the University Neighborhood Association (UNA) Board of Directors. Fall election candidate Fei Liu will be replacing Gallo on the Board.
UBC will be lifting the COVID-19 vaccine requirement in student residences on April 8, following changes to the public health orders.
The Board of Governors voted to increase tuition by two per cent for returning domestic and international students and four per cent for new international students at its meeting yesterday.