Kamil Kanji is running to become the next AMS VP finance with a platform focused on increasing efficiency and promoting transparency.
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AMS Associate VP Finance Funds Lawrence Liu is running to become the next VP finance on a platform to raise mental health coverage, open a new food outlet in the Nest and expand financial support for students.
The Arts Student Centre (ASC) is running to be the next AMS VP finance on a platform based on communication, financial transparency and increased support for student involvement in clubs.
At Friday’s VP finance debate, candidates agreed on pursuing financial accountability and student engagement, with division on how they would implement their plans.
President Eshana Bhangu gave an update on a March divestment motion and an increase in mental health coverage.
Andrew Parr, the associate vice president of Student Housing and Community Services (SCHS), explained the closure was due to the high cost to operate Fooood, which he believes was not the most effective use of resources.
Students and members of the Iranian community gathered at the Martha Piper Plaza to mourn the passing of Mahsa Amini and share in the sadness of Iranians around the world.
In his presentation, Dr. Paul Kershaw critiqued how the unaffordability crisis is framed in current discourse about housing.
The UBC Vancouver Senate met for its first meeting with an in-person component since the start of the pandemic to discuss an agreement for the UBC’s Faculty of Education and to say goodbye to President Santa Ono.
Research assistants and student academic workers at UBC are trying to unionize following years of complaints around pay inequity, bullying and harassment from supervisors and unrealistic work expectations.
Candidates for AMS VP finance questioned each other on platform points and qualifications at the first of two by-election debates Tuesday night.
In January 2022, the AMS announced it would expand mental health coverage in the AMS/GSS Health & Dental from $1,000 to $1,500, backdated to September 2021. But, on August 31, the student society quietly let the extra $500 in coverage expire.
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In July, former VP Finance Rita Jin resigned after AMS Council did not approve her course schedule for the summer and fall. President Eshana Bhangu has served in the role since, first as a temporary replacement and then officially as the interim VP finance.
Students who spoke to The Ubyssey said the increase helped them access support for mental health and reduced the financial burden when seeing a therapist.