Before she was a drag queen, Anita Wigl’it had a job that was, at times, “boring.” But then, she ushered the Australian classic Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and a seemingly normal shift and show would forever changed her life. The then-twenty-year-old saw something in that theatre that she had never seen before — drag queens on stage.
Throughout ninth grade, I spent all my spare time in Ms. Ramone’s classroom.
Not only does Buchanan Block E not exist, it cannot exist.
Mycology is the study of fungi, the enigmatic branch on the tree of life that produces those mysterious mushrooms that pop up around campus in the spring and fall.
At a rather unusual time for a UBC farm visit on May 25, a group of about 20 people, mostly students, gathered at the gates at 9:30 p.m. for a walk called “Goth Butterflies — Shedding Moonlight on Nocturnal Insects.”
A new report from the BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs puts the University Endowment Lands (UEL) one step closer to municipalization.
The selection criterion for the International Major Entrance Scholarship was determined by Senate when it was created in and is tied to the admissions decision.
Before doing both his bachelor’s and master’s in opera performance at UBC, Luka Kawabata studied engineering at Queen’s University.
Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Rashid Sumaila are sailing toward sustainable change.
After decades of student pressure, dozens of universities across the continent have pledged to take portions of their investment funds out of fossil fuels. As of 2019, UBC is one of them.
The Admiralty Trail runs along the cliff edge with access to Acadia Beach and Spanish Banks Dog Beach. It is mostly flat with gentle curves, offering a leisurely stroll with views of Burrard Inlet and the North Shore’s mountains on one side and the forest of ferns and various trees on the other.
Though we both live in Canada, I think of my parents with a pang, sending me a box at the peak of lockdown filled with masks, Lysol spray and cans of food (Spam of course being chief among them).
Every week, our playlist creation intern puts together a list of their favourite campus sounds. Here are this week’s selections.
As art professors, artists, arts, auteurs, visionarys, Wunderkinds, pencil guys, YouTube speed painters, America’s Got Talent contestants and adult entertainment watchers, we are the only people qualified to tell you what art really is. Which is… uh… the internal becoming external, and… uhhh… the ocean becoming land and, like, the vibe check becoming a slay era, you know?
Since 1948, 40 students, alumni and coaches have represented UBC and their country across 22 different Games.