Author Archives: Ivan Leonce

Ivan Leonce’s Teach-In Speech: “That’s not consultation; that’s notice”

Filed under Activism, Campus, Capitalism & Class, Global Politics, Race and Racism   ·   October 14th, 2014   ·   1 comment
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Thank you so much for having me speak, and there’s so much to speak to but so little time, so I’m just going to dive right into it and share my thoughts on two things today. The first is on what the university will have you believe is a “democratic” consultation process. A process, in […]

Housing the Privileged: What a 20% Residence Fee Increase Really Means

Filed under Activism, Campus, Capitalism & Class, Global Politics, Race and Racism   ·   October 12th, 2014   ·   3 comments
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It has recently been revealed that UBC is planning to increase the cost of its 8-month-term student housing fees by a whopping 20%. This is just one of a number of fee increases proposed by the university slated to take effect in 2015. In a presentation to the AMS, the university explained that this increase […]