Viyan Handley

3 weeks ago | ubyssey.ca | Viyan Handley |Isabella Ma |Saumya Kamra |Spencer Izen

As students filtered into UBC on March 24 and 25 they were met with the booming chants — and at times songs — of pro-Palestine protesters. On March 14, the student-proposed referendum asking the AMS to endorse a two-day strike to demand UBC divest from companies students say are complicit in Palestinian human rights violations passed with 7,917 students (76 per cent of 11,365 voters) in favour of the action. On March 18, Israel broke a two-month ceasefire that began on January 19.

Dec 16, 2024 | ubyssey.ca | Viyan Handley

On December 11, Senate met for the last time of the 2024 year to approve a new Category 1 research centre, discuss budgetary concerns and hear about a 50 per cent reduction in Work Learn funding for UBC Library. Here’s what you might’ve missed. New Category 1 research centre On UBC’s Senate Research and Scholarship Committee recommendation, Senate approved the establishment of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging (ELCHA) as a Category 1 research centre.

Dec 4, 2024 | ubyssey.ca | Viyan Handley |Spencer Izen |Saumya Kamra

Organized by Palestine Strike Action UBC, protesters in solidarity with Palestine staged a demonstration on November 27 to demand the cancellation of a course run by UBC’s Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (AMNE). The course in question, AMNE 395/595 — which is the course code for all archeological field schools — is a class UBC offers through Go Global to train students in the principles and methods of field archaeology as practiced in the Mediterranean and Near East.

Nov 27, 2024 | ubyssey.ca | Viyan Handley |Saumya Kamra

AMS VP Administration Amy Liao ran on a platform promising to better the experiences of clubs and AMS subsidiaries, improve the Nest and work toward the AMS Sustainability Action Plan's 2026 goals. Halfway through her term, Liao has delivered on many — but not all — of her goals. Supporting subsidiariesLiao told The Ubyssey in a statement one of her top priorities has been to foster student engagement.

Nov 25, 2024 | ubyssey.ca | Aisha Chaudhry |Viyan Handley

On first-year move-in day in August 2023, Alex, who was working as a residence advisor (RA), stepped outside to take a breath. This break began a chain of events that would eventually lead Alex to leave his job. As an individual with depersonalization-derealization disorder (DPDR), Alex found himself starting to stumble over words and becoming unfocused. Alex often relies on taking short breaks during long periods of focus in order to keep his disassociation in check.