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The collapse of some ceiling tiles in the Biological Sciences Building last week prompted safety concerns and created logistical challenges for both students and professors.
Separate from the university’s mandatory testing, the study was led by the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research Professor Sabrina Wong.
Malhotra’s story is one of many — the floods across BC last weekend from the atmospheric river resulted in thousands evacuating their homes.
Culture
The third and final panel of the day focused on how society can achieve a fair and responsible transition in a changing climate.
“The only way for us to build a positive future is to come from a place of knowledge and understanding,” said Jordy Matheson.
The takeaway here is that although it is normal for there to be periods where the global temperature is warmer than usual, the “warmer than usual” temperatures now are a lot warmer than they were 100 years ago.
Dark Academia was inspired by The Secret History – a novel about a murder that happened within a group of elite students at a prestigious college in New England.
Sports
After a close series opening game, the UBC women’s hockey team dominated the University of Alberta Pandas on Saturday and completed the weekend sweep, improving to 6-2 on the season.
This weekend the T-Birds return to nationals, and despite missing the 2020 season due to the pandemic, the team will try to repeat as champions for the first time since 2003.
This marks the end of season for the T-Birds' football team as the Huskies advance to the Hardy Cup Final this weekend to play against the Manitoba Bisons.
UBC has put $170,000 to UBC Recreation to support greater access to recreational activities over the next two years.
Opinion
Volunteering has so many benefits, but for me personally, it increases my self-esteem and adds purpose to my life.
I came to UBC expecting a safe environment and supportive space for Indigenous students. Seeing a white supremacist welcomed on stolen land was jarring.
My mother always taught me that whakapapa (ancestry) is everything. If you have the whakapapa, it doesn’t matter how much you know about your people, because you can be taught.
So, what should you do if you have no idea what to major in? I’d say you should listen to my advice.
Features
Eating disorders are inherently isolating and during the pandemic, eating disorders in Canada climbed. Students who are looking for recovery support face a confusing institutional system.
Haley Branch, a fifth-year PhD student, had an unusual road to academia. Now she is advocating for other disabled students' rights to be in academia
George Chaffee has always been skilled in the three things the Kwikwetlem nation really cares about: archaeology, the environment and fishing.
Such a devastating loss hangs heavy over the UBC community.
Science
Content warning: This article contains mention of intimate partner violence.
As the climate crisis impacts weather patterns, data suggests it won’t just get hotter — it will get wetter too.
Is UBC a climate-ready campus? We sat down with public health experts to learn more about what it takes to take the heat.
While mass fire activity can prove deadly, it can also highlight the resiliency of our local ecosystems.
