Jimmy Zhao of SenseTime and Lina Chen of Sina Weibo were scheduled to speak on November 16 and 17 at the 2019 UBC China Forum, a business conference aimed at promoting dialogue between Canadian students and Chinese businesses.
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The current policy, as outlined by the UBC Senate states that student evaluations serve to help make decisions of salary, promotion, tenure and institutional recognition.
While the union has voted in favour of striking, it has not issued its three-day strike notice. No job action has been taken and SkyTrain services are continuing as normal.
UBC has contacted its exchange students, recommending that they leave the city. As of today, 20 exchange students have left Hong Kong. The 11 remaining are “safe and accounted for.”
In a live press conference from Unifor’s headquarters, Unifor Western Regional Director Gavin McGarrigle announced a full strike as the next phase of job action.
The strike vote comes after the BC Rapid Transit Company rejected the latest proposal by Canadian Union of Public Employees 7000, the SkyTrain workers’ union, for new collective bargaining dates.
15 teams pitched their startups in 90 seconds. Out of the 15, 9 won $500 based on the votes by the audience.
XR UBC’s week of action is focused on one demand: that the UBC Board of Governors commit to fully divesting its endowment fund from fossil fuels in their December 5 general meeting.
A judge from the BC Human Rights Tribunal has issued a verdict denying UBC’s application to dismiss a case involving employment discrimination on the basis of sex because the employee was pregnant.
As the AMS owns and operates several of its own businesses, the Advisory Board was created to advise the Council on long-term planning in the business side of the organization.
The initiative will aim to increase the hiring of professors and teaching faculty, as well as address the financial needs of graduate students, many of whom straddle the poverty line.
The controversy follows friction between Adshade and fraternities after she alleged in a tweet that six female students had been hospitalized after being drugged at fraternities.
Public transportation accounts for more than half of all trips to and from UBC. With busses running less frequently, student commuters are struggling to plan their trips to campus.
Unifor rejected the offer, asking for higher wages. But CMBC claims their proposal is more competitive than that of most public sector employees.
The current mathematics building and the mathematics annex were built in 1925 as semi-permanent structures.