The Insiders
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May
24
Judge, Jury and Tow Truck Driver
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 24, 2010 | 4 Comments
Coming to the Board of Governors in early June is a new set of Parking Rules for UBC. According to the document, the reasons they are looking to enact new rules are: (a) revise UBC’s traffic and parking regime so that it interlocks with the new legislative framework; (b) update and streamline the existing traffic […]
May
4
UBC, Metro Van to ‘divorce’
Posted by: Samantha Jung | May 4, 2010 | 4 Comments
An “amicable divorce.” This is what UBC VP External, Legal and Community Relations Stephen Owen is calling the most recent development in the university’s battle with Metro Vancouver over land use on campus. Decisions on property development will no longer be made by Metro Vancouver, but will now rest in the hands of the provincial government—something that UBC is more than pleased about….
Mar
15
AvEd Strikes Down UVic’s Athletics Fee Increase but not UBC’s
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 15, 2010 | 9 Comments
As has already been discussed in a number of places already, UBC has recently created a Student Editorial Team to go along with The Administration Blog, where Pierre “zeeVP” Ouillet and Brian “BowtieBrian” Sullivan can communicate directly with the UBC community. The fact that the various different media have managed to each take something different […]
Dec
22
Province Announces Review of Society Act
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | December 22, 2009 | Comments Off on Province Announces Review of Society Act
For the first major time since 1977, the Province will be conducting a review of the Society Act. The Society Act is the legislation which the AMS exists under. There are similar acts in BC law which deal with other forms of incorporated bodies, such as businesses and cooperatives. Societies are incorporated not-for-profit bodies. From […]
Oct
29
City Steps Back from UBC Annexation Plan
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | October 29, 2009 | 3 Comments
The following is a guest post by John Tompkins, editor and publisher of the Wesbrook Journal, former editor of the Hampton Journal, and resident of UBC. If you would like to submit a guest post, contact us. Lack of local interest is cited; new thrust is to provide UBC more services The City of Vancouver […]
Sep
9
Summer News Recap
Posted by: Alex Lougheed | September 9, 2009 | Comments Off on Summer News Recap
Happy First Week all. Here’s what happened while you were out. On Campus The Student Board of Governors representatives turned over. Tim Blair bids farewell, as Michael Duncan takes his place. Bijan Ahmadian and Alexandra Caldwell (UBC-O) were re-elected for their respective second terms. The University approved a plan to in-fill Totem residence. This was met with surprise […]
May
12
Gordo In Da House
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 12, 2009 | 2 Comments
Ah, election day. The day I walk into the SUB for my morning coffee and notice over a dozen cameramen and reporters just milling about in the concourse. Were there more bonfires last night? Another murder in the park? Doesn’t seem likely. Who’s that grey-haired man with snazzy glasses walking in with an entourage? Why […]
May
6
Welcome to the University club
Posted by: Neal Yonson | May 6, 2008 | 10 Comments
News and analysis by Tariq Ahmed, UBC law graduate and former Senator. Depending on how deeply buried in the library you’ve been for the last few weeks, you may have heard about Premier Campbell’s trip around the province waving his magic wand and turning everything short of a high school into a “university”. If you […]
Apr
6
B.C. PSE budgets are actually being cut
Posted by: Neal Yonson | April 6, 2008 | 5 Comments
Last week, the Vancouver Sun broke a story about the Campbell government’s decision to deviate from the expected funding levels for post-secondary institutions by redistributing some money, boosting health care and trade training in some colleges and cutting university funding. I wrote a post saying how reasonable this was with respect to strategic development of […]
Mar
25
Budget "cuts" are a pretty good idea.
Posted by: Neal Yonson | March 25, 2008 | 12 Comments
As Tim mentioned below, the BC government had decided to reshuffle this year’s post secondary education money, as reported in the Vancouver Sun. The result is that universities lose out on a percentage or two of funding and smaller colleges and professional schools get a boost. UBC specifically is losing 8.7 million dollars from its […]
