The Ubyssey

“Where does my nation begin and end on my skin?” This is one question asked by one of the members of Beyond Borders multimedia book club, a project by the UBC Middle Eastern Studies Student Association (MESSA) to deconstruct stereotypes about the region. On January 31, Beyond Borders gathered at …

Welcome back to Weekend Rundown, your place to stay up to date with all of the different Thunderbirds teams! Men's hockey finishes second in the conference of their regular season On Saturday night, the UBC men’s hockey team took to the ice for their final regular season game of the …

UBC announced the winners of the inaugural Envisioning Equality Art Project, aimed at making UBC more gender-inclusive, on International Women's Day. Five faculty members — Melania Alvarez, Nadine Caron, Ryuko Kubota, Sheryl Staub-French and Sabrina Wong — and five staff members — Michelle Cameron, Em Mittertreiner, Shawna Narayan, Deb Pickman …

Eshana Bhangu, Romina Hajizadeh, Anisha Sandhu, Dana Turdy and Georgia Yee are your next student senators-at-large. These five students have beaten out newcomers Tate Kaufman and Kamil Kanji, and incumbent Dante Agosti-Moro. Turdy is currently the strategy and governance lead in the AMS president’s office. She ran on a platform …

Grammy-winning tabla player Sandeep Das is coming to Chan Centre on Saturday, February 18 to perform with his frequent collaborators, the HUM ensemble, as well as students from the UBC School of Music. His most recent project Delhi to Damascus is a mix of North Indian and Middle Eastern classical …

The Hatch Art Gallery wrapped up its latest exhibit, Our Space, on Wednesday. If you didn't get a chance to see it, the interactive exhibit aimed to disrupt conventional ideas of art galleries as secluded and esoteric spaces. According to gallery director Sunny Park, the exhibit welcomed students “to work, …

The UBC Thunderbirds started their Canada West season with a weekend sweep over the University of Fraser Valley (UFV) Cascades. The ‘Birds defeated the Cascades 3–1 on Friday and 3–0 on Saturday. Friday’s home opener started off slow, with a series of unforced errors from both the ‘Birds and Cascades. …

This article contains mentions of sexual assault. Olivia’s name has been changed to protect her identity. Olivia picked up her phone early on a Monday morning last November to call her friend to recount the events of the night before. She was confused, with hazy memories of her night out. …

This article contains mentions of sexual assault. “Y-O-U-N-G at UBC, we like ‘em young. Y is for ‘your sister.’ O is for ‘oh, so tight.' U is for ‘underage.’ N is for ‘no consent.’ G is for ‘go to jail.’” In 2013, students yelled this chant on a bus ride …

The AMS is joining the BC Federation of Students in calling for free prescription contraception in BC. On July 17, the BC Federation of Students (BCFS) endorsed an AccessBC campaign calling on the provincial government to fulfill its electoral promise to make this form of contraception free. The AMS is …

UBC Student Housing and Community Services (SHCS) has retired a cannabis awareness poster campaign in student housing that some students said created stigma around cannabis use. The campaign — which was launched in 2018 following the legalization of cannabis in Canada, according to Associate VP of SHCS Andrew Parr — …

Lacombe is a city of roughly 13,000 people in central Alberta. For some, it's a town that you drive past on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway. For Laura MacTaggart, Lacombe is home. Playing volleyball has always come naturally to MacTaggart, a master's of Indigenous community planning student in the School …

The AMS unearthed a 1972 time capsule and put a new one in its place celebrating the Great Trek this Friday. The event took place at the Great Trek Cairn on Main Mall and included speeches from notable former AMS executives on the importance of student activism. The event marked …

Ever wondered what your outfit should be based on your major? Well, The Ubyssey has got you covered (and clothed). You walk into class looking like you’re on your way to close a million dollar contract. That's totally normal and so is wearing business pants with a button-down and a …

Tucked in a corner of Granville Island, a literary reading and discussion event called Imaginarium took place on July 9 as part of Vancouver’s annual Indian Summer Festival. The event included critical discussions and literary readings which centred on the subtitle of the book The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables of a …

2022 Grammy Award winner Arooj Aftab performed at the Chan Centre on July 13 as part of the Indian Summer Festival. Though Aftab’s performance of her experimental jazz-influenced Sufi music created a distinct mystical atmosphere, the minimalist chain of long notes blurred together endlessly. Occupying a small part of the …

Kip Chow didn’t realize they were autistic until they were an adult. The 2021 UBC grad spent years in virtual disability spaces, interacting with people who discussed their experiences with autism. But it took Chow a while to realize that they related to these experiences too. “Very slowly I figured …

A project to build a basketball court in Wesbrook residence area has come to a halt again, after the project's resumption earlier this year. According to a report issued by the University Neighbourhoods Association (UNA), the UBC Development Permit Board deferred the project and the UNA withdrew the project application …

Third-year Sauder student Shakil Jessa’s short film Imran and Alykhan debuted on May 12 at this year’s Crazy8s Gala, a competitive opportunity for emerging filmmakers to showcase their work. Crazy8s is an eight-day filmmaking challenge — three days to shoot and five days to edit — which gives 6 filmmakers …

“And with the earth as my mother, we began to sing a song,” sang Métis Two-Spirit artist Moe Clark. Clark closed the three-show Decolonize the Chan series on March 26 with Feast Of The Invisible, an immersive performance that blended ceremonial storytelling, têwêhikan (hand drum) and musical genres from jazz …

The produce market is open every Monday this term at 10:30 a.m. Launched when Sprouts was temporarily closed when classes were online earlier this year, the by-donation aspect of the market follows Sprouts’ previous efforts to tackle food insecurity, including giving away free meals and free Sprouts box subscriptions. As …

When I say I LOVE coffee, I mean that I *love* coffee – maybe even more than Lorelai from Gilmore Girls. So obviously, what’s the first thing I do when I move to Vancouver? Try every single cafe on campus so that I can select the best place to throw …

A business launched by two UBC students has been acquired by UpMeals, a Vancouver-based food technology company. UpMeals, planning to bring its “digital kiosks” of meals to university campuses, partnered up with Grubgrab — a student-led company aiming to do the same thing. Recent UBC grads Rohan Siyal and Jovan …

With a swipe-based interface, dating apps like Tinder and Bumble mimic social media platforms and allow for a constant stream of validation. This interface essentially “gamifies” dating, according to Goldsmith — making dating apps addictive.

Second-year arts student Romina Hajizadeh is running to be a senator-at-large on a platform of improving student engagement, advocating for recorded lectures and increasing transparency within the Senate. Hajizadeh is currently the chief AMS representative for the Arts Undergraduate Society and the chair of the AMS HR Committee. As for …

UBC recently purchased Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies Histories and Tragedies — also known as The First Folio — through Christie’s auction house in New York. The Folio was published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death. It is said to be the most expensive work of literature ever auctioned; a …

For Phoenix Synkova, getting their vaccine card checked when they go into nonessential businesses is stressful and upsetting. Under BC’s vaccine card policy, in order to get into businesses deemed nonessential, Synkova has to show their vaccine card and a piece of ID. But Synkova’s ID contains their deadname — …

Content warning: This article references substance use and drug overdose. It’s been 18 months since you were at your last party. It’s the weekend before school starts and for the first time in a long time, things feel normal. Or at least as close to normal as they can get. …

Psychology lecturer Dr. Benjamin Cheung was in the middle of a midterm prep session when one of his students notified him that starting Monday, March 16, 2020, due to the spreading COVID-19 pandemic. The midterm for Cheung’s class was scheduled for Monday, March 16, 2020. “I almost felt weak in …

Bringing lived experience as a Queer woman of colour with a graduate degree to Parliament is Singh’s top priority.