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Hello everyone! We're here at tonight's AMS Council meeting. Here's the agenda:
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Good morning and welcome to The Ubyssey's live coverage of today's Board of Governors meeting, being held at the Vancouver campus's Robert H Lee Alumni Centre. Board Chair Miranda Lam is delivering opening remarks.
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Hello everyone, and welcome to The Ubyssey's coverage of the AMS VP Student Life by-election debate. We will be providing updates as they come.
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Hello everyone! We are here at tonight's AMS Council meeting. Here's the agenda:
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Good evening, and welcome to tonight's AMS Council meeting. We'll be posting live as the meeting progresses.
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For over 100 years, The Ubyssey has been powered by students like you—now it’s your turn! Our Contributing Journalist Program offers mentorship, newsroom experience, and the chance to publish work seen by thousands at UBC! 📆 Applications are open until August 25, 5 p.m. 🔗 Apply now
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Hello and welcome to tonight's coverage of AMS Council. We will be reporting live as updates come out.
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Good evening and welcome to our coverage of tonight's AMS Council meeting. We will be providing updates as they come.
3 months ago
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Our Pride Month Issue is Here! 🌸 In Bloom: Beyond the Binary 🌸 is now available across campus. Pick up a copy today or read online:
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June 24, 2025 - In bloom: Beyond the Binary - Pride special issue
https://issuu.com/ubyssey/docs/june_24_2025_-_in_bloom_beyond_the_binary_-_prid
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Good Morning! We're here at today's Board of Governors meeting. We will be reporting live as updates come out.
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Good evening and welcome to our coverage of tonight's AMS Council meeting. Stay tuned for updates as they roll out.
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Welcome back to our coverage of the Board of Governors' committee meetings. Happening now is the Finance Committee, where we will be reporting live. Today's agenda is here:
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Good morning. We're here today at the Board of Governors' Learning and Research Committee. Here is the agenda:
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The University Act was never intended to compel “institutional neutrality.” It was the Bacon administration that helped cultivate and disseminate a “perverse interpretation” of the statute, paving the way for an absurd but perilous lawsuit, writes Pheroze Unwalla. Link:
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Opinion: UBC's Palestine Exception — how re-interpreting the University Act enabled a lawsuit
The University Act was never intended to compel “institutional neutrality.” It was the Bacon administration that helped cultivate and disseminate a “perverse interpretation” of the statute, paving the...
https://ubyssey.ca/opinion/ubc-palestine-exception-interpreting-the-university-act-enabled-lawsuit/
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UBC students are finding internet virality and becoming recognizable across campus, even managing to make a living off social media. How is it that students have been able to leverage online popularity within UBC, and do students even care about these influencers?
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The paradoxical world of UBC influencers
Second-year UBC student Allegra Kastner went viral once. For her, that was more than enough.
https://ubyssey.ca/features/the-paradoxical-world-of-ubc-influencers/
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Set and performed in a modest church activity room, Meeting follows five people in a support group for codependency, particularly around sexuality, love and identity. Read our recent culture article here:
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Not Your Average Meeting: Inside a Circle of Secrets and Survival
Set and performed in a modest church activity room, Meeting follows five people in a support group for codependency, particularly around sexuality, love and identity.
https://ubyssey.ca/culture/not-your-average-imeetingi-inside-a-circle-of-secrets-and-survival/
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Language barriers are preventing people with limited English abilities from accessing health care services in BC. Who's helping disadvantaged communities confront these obstacles? Read more here
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A healthy understanding
For Young Joe, the most rewarding part of being a medical interpreter is the look of relief that takes over patients and doctors’ faces as soon as she enters the room. Without her, conversation is imp...
https://ubyssey.ca/features/a-healthy-understanding/
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Our Asian Heritage Month Supplement is out on stands across campus and online! Read more here:
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May 21, 2025 — Asian Heritage Month supplement
https://issuu.com/ubyssey/docs/may_21_2025_asian_heritage_month_supplement
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Dr. Mila Zuo wasn’t always going to study film — but after taking a pornography course at UC Berkeley, she was hooked. Read more here:
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‘I want to see the weird in you’: Mila Zuo’s refreshingly honest take on cinema
Dr. Mila Zuo wasn’t always going to study film — but after taking a pornography course at UC Berkeley, she was hooked.
https://ubyssey.ca/features/mila-zuo-our-campus/
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Do you have experience with long waitlists to see a speech-language pathologist in BC? We'd like to hear from families who’ve experienced challenges accessing SLP services for children — whether it’s due to high demand, location or other obstacles. Email
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Opinion: How Enrolment Services failed me
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Opinion: How Enrolment Services failed me
UBC is a huge, global university; however, the second I needed assistance with transcripts and diplomas, the systems were non-existent and staff were apathetic, at best. And my experience hardly feels...
https://ubyssey.ca/opinion/opinion-how-enrolment-services-failed-me/
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@emassing.bsky.social
is writing an article about barriers Asian families face within BC’s health care system. If you're a UBC student with experience interpreting for family members at medical appointments who is interested in doing an interview for the article, email
[email protected]
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The Ubyssey is looking for UBC students interested in hosting podcasts. We're accepting applications until May 18. More info available here:
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The Ubyssey is hiring podcast hosts
The Ubyssey is planning to launch several podcasts during the 2025/26 academic year, so we're looking for hosts interested in writing and recording their own shows.
https://ubyssey.ca/features/the-ubyssey-hiring-podcast-hosts-2025/
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Coming to the Student Recreation Centre this summer is an gearbox full of adaptive recreation equipment, such as hand crank cycles, for individuals with physical limitations to rent and enjoy. Read more from reporter Daniela Carbonell below.
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UBC's MATTERS lab collaborates to bring adaptive activity gearbox to campus
Dr. William C Miller, a UBC occupational therapy professor, recently connected with Tanelle Bolt of the RAD Society to bring adaptive recreation equipment to campus to help individuals with mobility l...
https://ubyssey.ca/sports/ubc-matters-lab-adaptive-gearbox/
5 months ago
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Hey everyone! We're here at tonight's AMS Council meeting! Stay tuned for updates as they role out.
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Communist ideologies are gaining momentum on Canadian university campuses — what does that shift look like at UBC? Contributor Kylie Xi & Features Editor Fiona Sjaus talked to UBC students and experts to find out.
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‘A genuine rejection of the system’: Why communist ideology is rising at UBC
Communist ideologies are gaining momentum on Canadian university campuses — what does that shift look like at UBC?
https://ubyssey.ca/features/a-genuine-rejection-of-the-system-why-communist-ideology-is-rising-at-ubc/
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“My deep passion … [is] health psychology, where we're trying to explore the impact of … our stress levels, on the underlying physiological mechanisms that predict disease,” said Dr. Eli Puterman. Our contributor Shobana Shanmugasamy has our latest Our Campus.
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Eli Puterman explores avenues to reduce stress — mentally and physically
“I realized my deep passion was the connection of the field of health psychology, where we're trying to explore the impact of our behaviours, our stress levels, on the underlying physiological mechani...
https://ubyssey.ca/features/eli-puterman/
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You saw the signs in first year. Plain white paper, large, bolded Arial, taped up in improbable places. They said “GOOSEHUNT April 5.” You took a picture of the one posted 10 feet up on the Aquatic Centre and sent it to your friend. What the hell is this? Find out here:
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You know what Goosehunt is
You saw the signs in first year. Plain white paper, large, bolded Arial, taped up in improbable places.
https://ubyssey.ca/culture/you-know-what-goosehunt-is/
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Powers at be: Climate action was huge in the late 2010s. What happened?
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Powers at be: Climate action was huge in the late 2010s. What happened?
Climate action isn’t as politically popular as it used to be — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Climate activists have shaped our perceptions before with movements like Fridays for Future, and they...
https://ubyssey.ca/opinion/powers-at-be-climate-action-was-huge-in-the-late-2010s-what-happened/
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Powers at be: Climate action was huge in the late 2010s. What happened?
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Powers at be: Climate action was huge in the late 2010s. What happened?
Climate action isn’t as politically popular as it used to be — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Climate activists have shaped our perceptions before with movements like Fridays for Future, and they...
https://ubyssey.ca/opinion/powers-at-be-climate-action-was-huge-in-the-late-2010s-what-happened/
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Thunderbirds hockey games are so enjoyable because of the many people working behind the scenes to make them possible. Reporter Adi Lewis sat down with Jenna Holm, who has, arguably, the coolest role — an ice resurfacer, also known as a Zamboni driver. More at:
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Meet Jenna Holm, UBC's ice resurfacer
After the COVID-19 pandemic shut down recreational programs, Jenna Holm, a 2018 UBC alum, found herself working in the arena and eventually behind the driver's seat of a Zamboni.
https://ubyssey.ca/sports/jenna-holm-profile/
6 months ago
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Looking for a job to showcase your writing, editing and leadership skills? The Ubyssey is hiring a second news editor for the 2025/26 term — send in your application and join a team of journalists dedicated to covering important student issues. Read more here:
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<em>The Ubyssey</em> is hiring a 2025/26 news editor
The Ubyssey is hiring a second news editor for a term ending April 2026. The news editor is responsible for pitching, editing and writing articles on issues that affect students and the UBC campus wi...
https://ubyssey.ca/news/the-ubyssey-is-hiring-a-202526-news-editor/
6 months ago
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Hello everyone! We're here moderating the Vancouver Quadra debate. Here are the candidates in the riding: Conservative Party: Ken Charko Liberal Party: Wade Grant NDP: Alim Fakirani Green Party: Tom Digby People's Party: John Odan Ede
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Curious how UBC spends its money — and where it gets it? Read our short budget breakdown!
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Hi everyone, we're here at tonight's meeting of AMS Council. Here's the agenda:
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Since she was young, textile arts and community have played an important role in designer Serena Kealy’s life. First-time contributor Hana Kovar met with Kealy to learn about her process, inspirations, where her career has been & where it’s going.
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Crafting joy: Serena Kealy’s textiles speak of girlhood, resistance and belonging
Since she was young, textile arts and community have played an important role in Serena Kealy’s life.
https://ubyssey.ca/features/serena-kealy/
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It’s been five years since UBC declared a climate emergency. Curious on the progress the university has made so far? Read more here!
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UBC's Climate Action Plan 2030 progress to date
On December 10, 2019, UBC declared a climate emergency and formally recognized the importance of UBC taking a leadership role in combating the crisis. Just over five years later — and with five to go ...
https://ubyssey.ca/news/ubcs-climate-action-plan-2030-progress-to-date/
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5 plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against UBC alleging land acknowledgments done by UBC, EDI hiring requirements and academic units' statements on Israel and Palestine violate UBC’s duty to “be non-sectarian and non-political” under the University Act. Read here:
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Four UBC faculty members and graduate student initiate litigation to compel university to ‘refrain from political activity’
Four UBC professors and a recent PhD graduate student have filed a lawsuit against the university alleging official land acknowledgments done by UBC, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) hiring requi...
https://ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-faculty-members-graduate-student-initiate-litigation-refrain-political-activity/
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“For eating, it’s not just filling your tummy. You need to fill your brain,” said Executive Sous Chef of Retail, Restaurants and Catering Andy Chan, whose career at UBC spans two decades. Our reporter Armaana Thapar met with Chan to learn more.
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Executive Sous Chef of Retail, Restaurants and Catering Andy Chan fuels bodies and mind
UBC Food Services have been going back to the basics, an approach that prioritizes wholesome, sustainable, local and diverse food. Executive Sous Chef of Retail, Restaurants and Catering Andy Chan tri...
https://ubyssey.ca/features/andy-chan/
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“Getting a world record in any of the distances has been a dream of mine since I was a teenager,” said UBC alum Evan Dunfee. “To finally get one, it's incredible. It's such a great feeling.” This is also the third record Dunfee has broken in 2025. Read more below:
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Evan Dunfee sets race walking world record
On March 22, UBC alum Evan Dunfee broke the 35 km race walk world record by 7 seconds.
https://ubyssey.ca/sports/evan-dunfee-sets-race-walking-world-record/
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Last Friday, about two-dozen protesters called from outside the locked and guarded Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre for UBC to divest from companies they say are complicit in genocide and human rights abuses in Gaza and the West Bank. Read more here:
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Divestment protest held outside March Board of Governors meeting
As UBC’s Board of Governors (BoG) met in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre to approve the university’s 2025/26 budget last Friday, a group of about two-dozen protesters called on the BoG from outside th...
https://ubyssey.ca/news/divestment-protest-held-outside-march-board-of-governors-meeting/
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Every year, The Ubyssey breaks down the 60+ page document that is UBC's annual admissions and enrolment report. Here’s a summary of some of the information filed for UBC’s 2024/25 academic year.
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UBC’s 2024/25 enrolment report shows fewer applicants, higher admission rates
Each year, UBC compiles and releases a report on student admission, enrolment and retention rates. The Ubyssey, in accordance, annually breaks down that 60+ page document for our readers. Here’s a sum...
https://ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-202425-enrolment-report/
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POLI 100 professor Dr. Yves Tiberghien leverages compassion & innovative instruction to encourage curiosity and creativity. Contributor Anushka Bellani met with Tiberghien to learn more about the lived experiences that inform his teaching.
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Dr. Yves Tiberghien dewesternizes political theory and encourages students to uncover their genius
The drive to embody the opposite mentality of the prep schools Dr. Yves Tiberghien experienced as a student in France motivated him to leverage compassion and innovative instruction techniques in his ...
https://ubyssey.ca/features/yves-tiberghien/
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Back on the road, we zipped past Victorian-era cottages, taking in the scenery, writes contributor Nazanin Sadoughian and features editor Fiona Sjaus. Read our latest Places to Go on Bath, England.
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The road to Bath knows no present
We were experiencing Bath looking from the outside in.
https://ubyssey.ca/features/bath-england/
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Many organizations posted in solidarity with the AMS-endorsed, two-day strike for Palestine this past week. Despite Campus Security at times restricting The Ubyssey's press freedom, we reported on the events that occurred across the two days. Read more here:
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Two-day strike for Palestine sees bus loop blocked, Koerner Library occupied
As students filtered into UBC on March 24 and 25 they were met with the booming chants — and at times songs — of pro-Palestine protesters.
https://ubyssey.ca/news/two-day-strike-for-palestine-sees-bus-loop-blocked-koerner-library-occupied/
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Good morning everyone! We're here at the Board of Governors meeting. Here's the agenda:
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Hello everyone! We're here at tonight's AMS Council meeting.
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This year, 17.4 per cent of eligible students voted in the 2025 AMS Elections, marking a drop in turnout compared to 2023 and 2024, according to a voting report sent to The Ubyssey by AMS Elections. Read more here:
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AMS election sees high abstention rates, varied voter turnout
This year, 17.4 per cent of eligible students voted in the 2025 AMS Elections ballot, marking a drop in turnout compared to 2023 and 2024, according to a voting report sent to The Ubyssey by AMS Elect...
https://ubyssey.ca/news/ams-election-sees-high-abstention-rates-varied-voter-turnout/
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UBC's men's rowing has won seven national championships since 2016. But they aren't complacent. “The pressure we put into our own environment is absolutely key to make sure that we don’t slip into a false sense of place of where we stand," said head coach Mike Pearce.
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Mike Pearce and UBC men's rowing's formula for success
With over 100 years of history, UBC's rowing teams are a key symbol of the varsity programs' excellence. Its men's team has demonstrated this, winning seven national championships in the last nine yea...
https://ubyssey.ca/sports/ubc-rowing-formula-for-success/
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Everywhere we go, we surround ourselves with music. But are our playlists actually inspiring — as they should be — or just white noise? Let your inner monologue find its voice more often, writes Media Columnist Colin Angell.
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Hyperlinked: No, the bus does not sound like your playlist
Everywhere we go, we surround ourselves with music. But are our playlists actually inspiring — as they should be — or just white noise? Let your inner monologue find its voice more often, writes Media...
https://ubyssey.ca/opinion/hyperlinked-no-the-bus-does-not-sound-like-your-playlist/
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