PrEP, or HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, refers to any drug that reduces one’s risk of contracting HIV. For many students, this is an invaluable sexual health resource — for both safer sex and peace of mind.
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According to an 11:30 a.m. media release, University RCMP received a report of a man following a group of walkers and another of a man “performing an indecent act” on Tuesday, February 14.
AMS Council voted against a push to combine two referendum items on this year’s AMS Elections ballot to include both a general student fee increase to the AMS/GSS Health & Dental Plan to maintain current levels of coverage and a fee increase to include gender-affirming care in the plan.
Earlier this week, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border, leading to over 20,000 deaths and over 10,000 injuries in both countries as of Thursday. Here are some support resources students, faculty and staff can access during this time.
Supporters lined the back of the Michael Kingsmill Forum protesting a perceived lack of support from AMS President Eshana Bhangu on including expanded gender-affirming care in a AMS/GSS Health & Dental referendum.
The UBC Vancouver Senate met for the first time in 2023 Wednesday night to vote on amended requirements for unclassified students and hear a presentation on the university’s 2021/22 research achievements.
UBC said it takes responsibility for its “actions and inactions” regarding its response to questions around former law professor Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond’s claims of Indigenous identity in an email to Indigenous faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver.
AMS councillors appointed Anisha Sandhu as interim AMS VP academic and university affairs (AUA) at a special session of AMS Council on Monday night.
Turpel-Lafond’s departure comes three months after a CBC article said her claims to Cree ancestry do not appear to match historical records or anecdotes from Norway House Cree Nation community members, where Turpel-Lafond said her father is from.
As of December 31, 2021, UBC has $14.28 million invested in Tencent Holdings Ltd and $5.04 million invested in Alibaba, two companies whose technology has been used by the Chinese government to target Uyghurs.
Point, who previously served as the Lieutenant Governor of BC, was the first Indigenous person to be chancellor at UBC when he was appointed in July 2020.
The letter alleges that after a midterm average of 55 per cent, course instruction sped up significantly to "catch up to other classes." Additionally, the letter asserts that in-person and online questions were met with hostility from instructors Dr. Jolene Reid, Dr. Nigare Raheem and TAs.
Former UBC staff member Ian Linkletter presented his appeal of a judge’s decision to dismiss almost all of his anti-SLAPP application against Proctorio to the BC Court of Appeals on Friday, December 2.
UBC announced the cancellations of all in-person, on-campus classes in an advisory posted at 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Student exam invigilators at UBC’s Centre for Accessibility have successfully unionized after a three-week campaign.