Turpel-Lafond said she is an active member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation — something the Muskeg Lake Nation has confirmed — but an article published by CBC on October 12 said that her claims to Cree ancestry do not appear to match historical records or anecdotes from Norway House Cree Nation community members, where Turpel-Lafond said her father was from.
The ISI Fund is an initiative across both the UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan campuses that directly supports the implementation of the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP), which was launched in September 2020.
Last night, AMS councillors approved the sale of three art pieces owned by the AMS and student concerns about the art piece sales and heard from AMS equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) leaders about the student society’s equity goals.
Vancouver city council candidates compared their platforms in front of UBC students last night.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.