Dylan Evans is the sole candidate in an uncontested VP administration race, running on a platform championing sustainability, positive AMS-clubs relations and installing printers in the Nest.
The natural resource conservation student is the current president of UBC’s Forestry Undergraduate Society (FUS) and the VP of policy for UBC’s Environmental Policy Association. As FUS president, Evans regularly sits on AMS Council as the Forestry representative.
If elected, one of his first objectives in office would be to streamline the AMS’s system for club room bookings. At the moment, Evans said the system is “pretty inefficient” and that the service experience the AMS provides to clubs as a whole “can be kind of disjointed.”
Current VP Administration Amy Liao has been dealing with room-demand increases as the number of AMS clubs has continued to rise.
Evans wants to focus on making life easy for clubs by prioritizing quick and clear communication with them from inside the AMS. He cites his own experience as a club VP, struggling with AMS responsiveness when trying to organize events, as a reason he is motivated to advocate for clubs.
Evans also said his background in conservation and sustainability has led to his interest in potentially expanding the AMS’s Sustainable Action Plan (ASAP) 2026, but he told The Ubyssey he understands how projects like ASAP can be financially constraining.
“Working on AMS Council, there's always the ever-present, looming threat of the fiscal stability of the AMS,” Evans said. “And so, [we need to] … find ways to better the AMS in terms of its sustainability objectives in a way that doesn't put financial burden on students’ funds.”
Evans praised Liao’s work on student engagement, and said he plans to continue the AMS’s public facing communications with students through the AMS’s social media accounts and events like the Clubs Fair.
“I think she's been really good for having a stable, productive office,” Evans said.
Liao is the only VP elected last year who will have completed their term.
Evans said he will want to feature clubs on the AMS’s social media accounts more often though, with the hope that broadening the reach of individual clubs will help more people “find their community” in such a large university.
Ultimately, Evans attributes much of his motivation to run for office to his experience as FUS president, stating his experience has given him a strong sense of responsibility to his constituents and acknowledges that representing them is a privilege.
“It’s been really amazing to try and better the lives of students,” and to “see people and the smiles on their faces,” Evans said.
As VP administration Evans hopes for the opportunity to represent even more students and benefit clubs.
This article is part of our 2025 AMS Elections coverage. Follow us at @UbysseyNews on X (formerly Twitter) and follow our election coverage starting March 3.
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