Dear colleagues,

The grassroots organization called “Support Our Science” (https://www.supportourscience.ca/nationwide-walkout) is organizing a Nation-Wide Walkout on May 1st for graduate students, post-docs, and all who support them.

The purpose of this Walkout campaign is to demonstrate how integral graduate students and postdocs are to institutions, how many are affected by funding decisions, and demand a federal increase in funding for graduate students and postdocs through awards and grants (yes, we are demanding increased to grant funding too!).

The walkout time will be synchronized across institutions all over the country, with the UBC Walkout from 10 am to 12 pm, assembling at Lee Square (by the bookstore), with a march to the plaza by Walter C. Koerner’s Library, followed by speeches from graduate students, post-docs, and faculty. There will be media coverage. Support is strong within many departments and institutes at UBC, and continues to grow!

Best wishes,

UBC Support Our Science Team