UBC has removed the academic progress wheel from the Workday Student platform for some programs that use academic progress reports, such as the Faculty of Arts, saying the feature did “not accurately reflect the percentage of completion” for some students’ academic progress.
UBC recently sent 14 students, staff and faculty — some attending in-person and others virtually — to COP30, held in Belém, Brazil from Nov. 10 to 22.
Student groups have decried the province’s shelving of a long-promised post-secondary funding model, which they say will lead to budget reductions and layoffs.
Aaron Cunningham is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He has been the associate director of student support and advising in enrollment services for the past five years, and has 20 years of experience working at post-secondary institutions.
Mike Nichols is running to be a staff representative on UBC’s Board of Governors. He is currently the client services manager in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, where he has worked for the past four years, and he is pursuing an MBA at the Sauder School of Business.
What if you could not only take a university course on zombies, online dating, or Disney fandom — but create it yourself? At UBC, upper-year undergraduates can do exactly that through the Student Directed Seminars (SDS) program.
The AMS is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. The AGM provides a direct way for all students at UBC Vancouver to engage with their student government — and even influence how it operates in the following months or even years to come.
AMS Council convened last Wednesday to present last year’s financial statements, announce $2 million in new funding for undergraduate research opportunities, and discuss the recent Textbook Broke and SkyTrain advocacy initiatives.
On August 9, Mount Pleasant’s annual Pleasant Day Festival transformed Main Street from 16th Avenue to King Edward Avenue into a lively, pedestrian-only hub of music, food and community spirit.
A celebration of Indigenous creativity, culture and community, the Indigenous-led festival will take place on September 20 and 21, 2025, on the unceded ancestral territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people at UBC.
The AMS Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) has temporarily suspended operations in its education department for the summer, as part of a broader effort to restructure and revamp its programming for the next academic year.
Addressing the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals in sport has received limited funding and attention, often being cast off and separated from norms. While UBC is certainly not exempt from this issue, because of dedicated people and groups across campus, progress is being made.
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.
Preparing for Tết is a big deal: homes are cleaned and decorated, special foods like sticky rice cakes (bánh chưng and bánh tét) are made, and everyone dresses in their finest clothes. There’s a belief that the first days of the new year set the tone for the rest of it, so people strive to keep spirits high, avoid bad luck and express hope for health, prosperity and happiness.