The Insiders
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May
17
UBC BoG committee approves transit tunnel for U-Boulevard.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 17, 2007 | 1 Comment
If you’re a new reader and would like some background, refer to a few earlier posts: The AMS and U-boulevard and What’s UBC Properties Trust? (clickies) Yesterday, the Board of Governors’ Property and Planning committee carried a motion to approve the construction of the tunnel that is to lead to the underground bus loop – […]
May
11
Executive interview series part II: Brendon Goodmurphy
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 11, 2007 | 2 Comments
The series resumes, at last, with a conversation with our AMS VP Academic.Brendon and I sat down today to discuss U-boulevard, the new Acadmic quality committee, “consultation,” daycare, and the AMS-university relationship. have a listen HERE Some randomly summarized items are: AMS Planning & Developement committtee is coming up with a concrete consultation plan to […]
Apr
14
Governance Part II: UBC Properties Trust
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 14, 2007 | 4 Comments
Once again, this is inspired by Tristan Markle’s excellent letter to the Ubyssey. He identifies UBC Properties Trust as a key driving force in the U.Blvd decision. He’s quite right. But the UBCPT question is one that’s far more broad than UBlvd; in fact, I’d argue it’s a fundamental threat to the University’s governance. So, […]
