UBC services to DTES affected by Games

Originally story published in The Ubyssey The UBC peninsula can feel far removed from the Downtown Eastside, Canada’s poorest postal code. The university is often lauded as an academic beacon, while the DTES… Read More →

Tibetan monks build a sand mandala at the MOA

Technophiles miss out on the message of a transient, ancient art Originally published in The Ubyssey & theubyssey.ca on Nov. 19, 2009 || Culture Listen to the audio version of this story For seven… Read More →

Students chase sustainability: Commerce committee pushes for a greener curriculum at UBC

BY FABIOLA CARLETTI CONTRIBUTOR This article was originally published in The Ubyssey When Jennifer Matchett says things need to change, she means business. Matchett is the co-director of the Commerce Undergraduate Society’s committee… Read More →

UBC Grad students entitled to three-week vacation

BY FABIOLA CARLETTI CONTRIBUTOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2009 Graduate students are now entitled to take three weeks of vacation per academic year. The decision was made by the UBC Vancouver Senate last Wednesday.… Read More →

Help for the Homeless in British Columbia

Last Friday I sat down with Monte Paulsen, the investigative editor of the web-based magazine The Tyee. For three years, Paulsen has been writing solution-oriented journalism on homelessness in BC, talking to everyone from politicians… Read More →

Group confronts social stigma with humour

Click here to see the original story in the Ubyssey BY FABIOLA CARLETTI CONTRIBUTOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 2009 Nearly 500 people attended the two Stand Up for Mental Health comedy shows on Monday… Read More →