Andrew Ha  @aandrewha

The open session of the first Board of Governors (BoG) meeting of the 2020/21 ran for four hours over Zoom, with governors discussing COVID-19 planning and hearing from student unions about what they want from the Board this school year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated student-facing issues including housing, food insecurity and financial instability.

Before the announcement, BC’s 42nd provincial election was scheduled to happen on or before October 2021.

AMS Council met for its first virtual meeting of the semester last night. Here’s what you missed.

The card will cost $6, the norm for Compass Cards.

This announcement follows the university’s decision in recent months not to mandate masks on campus and comes on the heels of the AMS announcing Nest visitors will be required to wear masks.

Visitors to the Nest will be required to wear masks starting September 14, the AMS announced today in an email.

The AMS VP external is responsible for lobbying governments, but it hasn’t reported its lobbying activity correctly.

It cites Linkletter’s conduct on Twitter, specifically Linkletter sharing public links to Proctorio’s videos on August 23 and 24, which Proctorio calls “confidential and proprietary.”

After months of closure, IKB will reopen with limited capacity for students needing study space.

Visitors to Wreck Beach on August 15 may have been exposed to COVID-19.

Councillors discussed the new AMS equity planning process, student housing, the U-Pass resumption and CampusBase's privacy issues at last night's AMS Council meeting.

The AMS will launch CampusBase on August 24 — but three days before the launch, The Ubyssey found that the Clubhouse replacement allows some users to view other students’ personal email addresses.

The trend of increased public gatherings have concerned provincial authorities, as young people may be spreading the virus without being aware of it.

AMS Council met virtually for its first August meeting last night, discussing UBC funding allocation, the replacement to Clubhouse and advocacy updates.