“Recovering from intense academic work and stress is rather difficult, if not impossible, while obligated to work on that exact intense academic work and under that exact stress. Because that obligation continues, reading break is not a time where students can truly take care of themselves,” writes Marie Erikson.
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"The university dilemma has arisen because, as a society, we’ve molded university into a place where study is a means to an end. In the case of Bowdoin, it is even worse - a business model. That was never, and should never, have been the project of the university," writes Sunny Das.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is further reducing the total study permits, changing the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program and limiting work permit eligibility.
You open your phone to an avalanche of texts from your friends about some breaking news. Your fingertips brush against the cold, smooth glass of your phone screen. You move over to Instagram to see what all the buzz is about. The only problem? You can’t see the news.
I know it’s hard not to compare yourself to others, especially when they’re your friends. But here is something important to keep in mind: appearances can be deceiving.
The provincial government has launched a new online portal that requires landlords to be more transparent when issuing notices of evictions to renters.
Bain’s move to Canada was largely influenced by the downfalls of American academia. She was looking for an institution that was willing to expand — somewhere hiring scholars who actively engage with urgent social and political issues, a place that allows them to teach these topics without censorship.
Blue Chip opened its new location on June 24 after a year-long relocation and renovation process.
In a new study, Dr. John-Jose Nunez and his team trained artificial intelligence (AI) to predict whether cancer patients would go on to see a psychiatrist or counsellor, based solely on their initial oncology consultation documents.
Exchange residence’s front desk permanently closed on June 12 and students living in Exchange will have to access front desk services at tə šxʷhəleləm̓s tə k̓ʷaƛ̓kʷəʔaʔɬ commonsblock in qʷta:yθǝn lelǝm̓.
Amid the stressful flurry of academic life, UBCO’s Building Academic Retention Through K9s (B.A.R.K.) program offers a potential solution: support dogs.
It's not you, it's me.
Jazz was never meant to be monothematic — the nature of the genre is experimental and giving. In their freshman album, Raagaverse is taking advantage of this malleability by infusing classical Hindustani vocality with the improv and complexity of jazz to pave their own silky and microtonal rhythm.
Ko-Beach surveyed professors across the Lower Mainland to learn more about their “lives.”
"Today, as B.C. moves forward with legislation to implement the Haida Title Lands Agreement, I hope all Canadians see this development for what it truly is: a positive step to finally live up to the values shared by Indigenous Peoples and Canadians pertaining to justice and respect for human rights," writes Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot.