UBC Staff for Palestine delivers petition demanding UBC cancel hosting Invictus Games. At 9:30 a.m. on February 3, two UBC employees — members of UBC Staff for Palestine — delivered printed copies of a petition to the offices of President Benoit Antoine-Bacon, Associate VP Equity and Inclusion Arig al Shaibah and Aquatic Centre’s Operation Manager Christine Saunders.

3 days ago · UBC will no longer allow students in year-round housing to sublet their rooms during the Winter Session, starting September 1. Previously, students who went on co-op or exchange terms could sublet their rooms to other full-time UBC students.

21 hours ago · A 2014 study published in The Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist highlighted the paradox of social media by noting that, while it can create greater opportunities for social connectedness, it can also be a “source of alienation and ostracism.” While these platforms might seem useful to help us stay connected to our friends at different universities or back home, they can ...

The Ubyssey has been the definitive source of news on campus since 1918. Published by an independent non-profit society, written and edited by students and funded by a combination of student fees and advertising, we cover what matters most to the UBC community.

Mar 4, 2024 · - Strengthening relationships with Ubyssey writers and alumni network to bolster student journalism here at UBC - Encourage high school students' interest in journalism through the expansion of the Ubyssey scholarship program and high school outreach programming - Seek additional sources for Ubyssey funding and enhance financial transparency. I'm a third-year student in political science and ...

Oct 17, 2023 · Community pushback. In 1921, the paper ran its first humour page called “Muck-a-Muck,” which then continued for 20 years. According to the 70th anniversary issue of The Ubyssey, a year after the page’s first appearance, The Ubyssey was banned from local high schools for its “questionable ‘quality of humor.’” Eventually, the paper retired the page because of a change in the ...

5 days ago · The AMS has secured an additional funding of $250,000 for undergraduate research to be be distributed across the faculties of Arts, Science and Land and Food Systems (LFS).. In an interview with The Ubyssey, VP Academic and University Affairs (AUA) Zarifa Nawar said the funding is from the UBC VP Research and Innovation Office (VPRI) and is built off the multidisciplinary undergraduate ...

Land acknowledgment. The Ubyssey acknowledges we operate on the traditional, ancestral and stolen territories of the Coast Salish peoples including the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations.. As journalists, we have the power to uplift voices — and this means we also have the power to silence them.

We’ve been around a long time. 104 years, in fact. In that century, The Ubyssey has been an institution that has endured a pandemic, a world war, multiple almost world wars, a financial crisis and most recently, another pandemic. We’re a student newspaper, and try to live both of those words to the fullest, as best said by our 2020/21 coordinating editor.

We’re UBC’s student paper — established in 1918, independent since 1995. We’ve been the definitive source of news on campus for 105 years.