An Introduction to Settler Colonialism at UBC: Part Two
This three-part series on settler colonialism is co-authored between two people: one who identifies as a michif (Métis) man from Saskatoon, the other who identifies as a racialized, non-Indigenous female settler. As co-authors, we are speaking from our own perspectives as an Indigenous person (Justin) and as a settler (Kay). This series is informed through […]
Meet the Editors: Cicely Blain
My name is Cicely Belle Blain and I’m a third year Modern European Studies and Russian student from London, UK. I’m a Global Lounge Community Animator, Vice President of the British Club of UBC, founder of the Celebrating Women at UBC initiative and an editor at your trusty alternative student press. I’m into British history, […]
Rad Bike of the Week 2: Britta
“My bike doesn’t really have a name, but it says LRT on it and I don’t really know what that stands for, so in my brain it stands for Little Red Thing.” Britta Antonsen – 5th year biology Britta lives on campus, so the Little Red Thing usually only ventures into the city once or […]
Seeking: YOUR House Hunt Horror Stories
Hi folks! For a new series on Vancouver’s ongoing affordable housing crisis and how it is impacting UBC students, we’re looking for your house hunt horror stories. Spent three months looking for a place and wound up living on a rickety living room floor with an ad-hoc partition? Jumping between houses slated for demolition just […]
The Maple Leaf and the Olive Tree
This article is the first in a 3-part series that investigates Israel’s massacres in Gaza from a UBC perspective. This article is a general overview of Canada’s relationship with Israel. The next segment will look at challenges to Palestinian solidarity activism on campus. It will be followed by a piece on Hillel UBC. Introduction As students […]
A Few Questions About the $1,000,000 “Safety Improvements”
Trigger Warning: discussions of sexual assault and rape culture. “Don’t be a creep” posters are still peppered across the Point Grey campus, serving as tattered reminders of the series of sexual assaults that occurred at UBC last year. In August, the university published the final recommendations from the Safety Working Group that was established to address and […]
Meet the Editors: Maneo Mohale
“…It is not difference which immobilizes us but silence. And there are so many silences to be broken.” – Audre Lorde [1] My name is Maneo Refiloe Mohale, and I was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. I relocated to the country commonly known as Canada to complete my Bachelor of Arts degree, and […]
Reflections on “Student Leadership”
DISCLAIMER: This reflection is not on the individuals who work tirelessly to foster community-building, safe and inclusive spaces and respectful language. On the contrary, I greatly value, respect and appreciate the staff that I have worked with during my time at UBC; they have been inspirational, captivating and some have been profoundly life-altering. My concerns […]
New information about UBC’s mining institute
Repost from Stop the Institute. More information about the Institute is available there. There is a lack of public information about the Canadian International Institute for Extractive Industries and Development (CIIEID, or simply “the Institute”), a new mining institute headquartered at UBC and led by UBC, Simon Fraser University (SFU), and the École Polytechnique de […]
