Like all of the students whose studies it governs, the UBC Vancouver Senate found itself busy during the last exam period. At their meeting on Dec 16, Senate approved a new admissions policy, J-50, which allows the Senate Admissions Committee to adjust the admissions averages of incoming high school students based on where they originate from.
In practice, all this policy does in the near term is add 2% to the entrance average of anyone coming from Alberta. However, the policy is written broadly that it would allow the Senate Admissions Committee to introduce these types of adjustments for any jurisdiction outside of BC/Yukon at any point in the future. Which, in reality, is only formalizing certain admissions practices that have been happening out of necessity for a long time.