The Ubyssey

The Ubyssey has been a member of Linktree for 6 years and joined in October 2019. The social media accounts linked to from The Ubyssey are: • Instagram • Spotify • YouTube • Email Besides social media accounts, ubyssey has populated their site with: • Join The Ubyssey • The Vilest Rag • Read more • Contact us • The Ubyssey's Guide to Best Views on -campus • Behind-the-scenes: Mr. Burns, a post-electric play • The Ubyssey reads mean comments • This month in photos: October • This month in photos: November • The polar bear swim 2025 • 'UBC's Got Mediocrity' is a morale-building showcase of diverse student talent • Meet the volunteers behind AMS Peer Support • UBC student Gottakeep Flexxon doesn't need an aura-farming contest to prove he's the coolest guy on campus • Point of Inquiry: What makes a good student politician? • Opening the “black box” of river-flow AI models • Undergraduate physicists gather at UBC for CCUW*iP 2026 • This month in photos: January • AMS Council passes reforecasted budget, hears proposal for fee increase referenda • Everything about UBC's SLOP is awesome • Is COP worth it? • ubyssey.ca • Seattle's Super Bowl win was eleven years in the making • Here are your candidates for the 2026 AMS Elections • Hot gas from the early universe challenges what we know about galaxy clusters • Powers that Be: Reproducing imperialism by merely opposing it • Shooting woes plague Bisons as UBC holds off late Manitoba comeback • Let’s talk about (simulated) sex, baby • How the patriarchy messed up my crossword score • B.C. budget to maintain current levels of post-secondary spending while cutting jobs • David Metzer asks what makes music queer in new course • Notes from a performative female • Heated Rivalry lookalike contest heats up campus • Dr. Ji-yoon An investigates cinema’s monstrous others and what they can tell us about ourselves • Canada’s top goal-scorer, Grace Elliott, is driven to win • AHVA Gallery puts undergrads in the spotlight • At Numbers Cabaret, performance is resistance • Weekes steals quarterfinal win for the T-Birds, beating the Pandas in a thriller • The United States’ intervention in Venezuela and its implications for Canada • Sassy Sage: Drink all the time, study occasionally • UBC Opera’s Candide is a satire for every era • How UBC researchers are using MRI techniques to improve neonatal care • AMS backs referendum calling for UBC to cut ties to Israeli institutions • ‘Birds clutch again, secure second-straight last-minute win to advance to Canada West finals • Dhadda’s career game keeps T-Birds alive in overtime playoff classic • At Theatre Under the Wire, local troupes act on the clock • After mid-match stumble, UBC regains control to secure Game 1 in quarterfinals • 'It’s really heartbreaking': Men’s Hockey’s season comes to a disappointing end • Student vigil marks fourth anniversary of Ukraine war • AMS budget slides into a deficit as businesses suffer • Semi-biohazardous spaces earn big on Airbnb • Much ado about the UBC Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference • Powers that Be: The NDP has no vision for this province • Depth scoring comes through in 4–0 shutout of Spartans • Comeback attempt falls short as Maier’s save dooms the ‘Birds in Game 1 • Learning from Game 1, ‘Birds sweep Cascades to advance • Tension inside AMS on uncertain future of VP student life office • Sulong and Kababayan host Swagapino contest for food security • Subpar fourth quarter sinks ‘Birds in Canada West final • AMS Elections 2026 • Mona Berlitz is making an impact — even from the sidelines • The Vilest Rag: Caleb Peterson knows ball • The Vilest Rag: Ayla Cilliers on The Ubyssey's new look • The Vilest Rag: Your guide to AMS elections season • Sign up • AMS pushes $12 fee increase referendums to ‘stabilize,’ ‘grow’ services • Point of Inquiry: The AMS saved us three dollars in 2022. We’re still paying the price • Fee referendum ‘no’ committee suspended for campaign violations • Student referendum calls on AMS to push university to cut ties with ‘apartheid’ supporting universities • The real best picture is the one you watch with friends • Rhodes’ goal seals fourth Canada West title in last five years • The Oscars still matter • The Fugitives fill St. James Community Square with nostalgia and fireflies • Brazilian Student Association hosts Carnaval at the Pit • Textiles on trial at the Slow Fashion Lab Exhibition • Faltering in crunch time, T-Birds swept out of nationals by Spartans • After early stumble, T-Birds storm back through service pressure to defeat Carabins • At MOA’s Coastal Dance Festival, Indigenous dance is lived practice • Slow Fashion Show recycles on the runway • Cultures come together in SUBA Trio’s concert at the Chan • After opening set collapse, ‘Birds defeat Huskies in fifth set to win consolation final • MEXSA and the Hatch celebrate International Women’s Day with Purple Thread • Hackathon coders are the heart of the machine • MUSA mounts musical protest against removal from Chan Centre • Point of Inquiry: Lawyers at AMS council are never a good sign • The look-alike contest and the students behind it • Brave New Play Rites brings the audience to the table read • From CiTR to Chalamet, Nardwuar will always be a random kid from Vancouver • Carabins shock first-ranked T-Birds with upset shootout win • UBC and province to invest $20 million in UBC-affiliated companies through new venture fund • AUS pushes fee increase referendum amid tightening budget • Rebounding after quarterfinal loss, ‘Birds blank Gee-Gees to keep season alive • Vanwest Anarchist Bookfair platforms people over politics • Second period offensive outburst elevates ‘Birds to fifth at nationals • Researchers reassess Wild Salmon Policy amid rising threats to salmon populations • Jasper Lorien resigns from Board of Governors • AI chatbot addiction research identifies types of overreliance and calls for more awareness • Board of Governors approve budget as protestors call for divestment • MOA’s new exhibition explores life and afterlife in the ancient Andes • Peak? More like shit's bleak • Student composers and musicians perform work at School of Music concert • Analogue Revolution documents feminism before the digital age • The Ubyssey’s Team of the Year: Women’s Rugby • United Players’s Network is a good retelling of a great story • The movie doesn’t need to be the book • How to build, destroy and rebuild a racecar • The Ubyssey’s Game of the Year: Men’s Basketball’s OT thriller • AMS Council hears elections report in penultimate meeting this year • As AMS businesses miss revenue targets, the AMS shifts gears • Leave me alone • Sassy Sage: On finding people to match your freak • Student leaders say campus spirit needs to improve. Can the Blue and Gold Society change things? • The Ubyssey’s Moment of the Year: Adia Pye’s championship-winning try • This year in photos, 2025-26 • Black Box Diaries is a film memoir of assault, neglect and perseverance • Student designers burn up the catwalk at the UBC Fashion Club • The Ubyssey’s Breakout Player of the Year: Trey Montour • Commerce and Engineering undergraduate societies test "rivalry" on the ice • Live Coverage: Senate votes down special meeting on Israeli post-secondary partnerships • The Ubyssey’s Rookie of the Year: Sophie Harrison • Motions on partnerships with Israeli universities struggle at Senate • Our reporting process on the Nawar misconduct story, explained • Zarifa Nawar remained an AMS executive despite internal report finding she violated fiduciary, confidentiality duties • VP AUA Zarifa Nawar resigns • Read The Ubyssey • Read our blog, Margins • Listen to The Vilest Rag • Sign up to our newsletter • Join Now • She's just a friend • Jade Yumang talks form and formlessness at Green College • Kinesiology joins UBC-wide push to standardize academic honours • Wild People Quiet asks if passing can hide the past • The fashion world through Cassidy Chen’s lens • Pataka Esports Festival celebrates South Asian culture • Is Canadian football becoming ‘more American’? How the CFL's rule changes will impact U Sports football • Editorial: As denialists descend on our campus, stand with residential school survivors • Old Parkinson’s drug gains new purpose in tuberculosis treatment • Midterm review: President Riley Huntley • Despite Cascades’ scoring runs, T-Birds remain hot ahead of regular season finale • Frustrating final quarter sees ‘Birds fall to Vikes, lose out on division title • Point of Inquiry: I thought I’d be done with the AMS in 2025. I’m glad I’m not. • The slow fashion research cluster is fighting fast fashion one patch at a time • Chopping Spree formed at UBC. Now they’re a staple of Vancouver’s music scene • Ralph the Yeti's climate activism begins with journey towards belonging at UBC • How Lucy Borowski finds success in a ‘game of mistakes’ • T-Birds show out in offensive explosion on senior night, beating UNBC by 56 • Seniors lead the way in emphatic ‘Birds win against Timberwolves • Dominant ‘Birds win against UNBC continues momentum towards playoffs • Mediatic Shakespeare explores print culture, orality and the cycle of media history • Midterm review: VP Administration Dylan Evans • Midterm review: VP Student Life Kevin Heieis • Midterm review: VP AUA Zarifa Nawar • Inaugural Black Graduate Spotlight Initiative symposium connects Black-focused research to community • Late penalty kill gets T-Birds past pesky Griffins 6–4 • Unreal City Festival warms up another winter for independent artists • Men’s Hockey takes down Spartans 9–1 in Winter Classic beatdown • Women’s Volleyball sweeps Dinos in straight sets thanks to late-game composure • Powers that Be: Limiting new international students says something about the limits of Canada’s political imagination • Women’s Hockey showcases depth during Winter Classic win against Trinity Western • VP Students Ainsley Carry exits role early • University facing criticism from Indigenous organizations after OneBC event • UBC’s highest-paid employee made $1.11 million in 2024 • Fire, smoke and spirits at the Belkin's first exhibition of 2026 • Dr. Alan Jacobs on how social mobility relates to the rise of the far-right • As Iranians resist the regime, Persian students are weighing the country’s future • Amid chaos and violence, hundreds at UBC show solidarity with residential school survivors and Indigenous peoples • Pea Man goes mask-off with aura-farming competition in the Nest • Women’s Volleyball wins in straight sets against MacEwan, remains in fight for Canada West title • ‘Birds blank second-ranked Dinos 4–0 in statement win • Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women blurs the line between author, stage and character • UBC launches new student battle pass, XP system and more • B.C. student unions lambast provincial post-secondary review as ‘performative’ • Shows of solidarity planned as residential school deniers seek to hold event on campus • Men’s Basketball overcomes early scare against UNBC to win first road game of 2026 • Some programs remove academic progress wheel amid frustration over degree tracking • Live updates: AMS Council holds first meeting of 2026 • Foul trouble dooms T-Birds in one-point loss to Heat • UBC research allows for first in-human blood type-converted kidney transplantation • Opinion: There is no fairness if we cannot cheat • The Ubyssey sports team’s end-of-term report • Gauthier’s strong finish elevates T-Birds over Heat, 79–64 • Senate review finds that academic units continue to face financial challenges • Nosh Hunt: Searching for brisket in Vancouver pushed me to the brink. One restaurant brought me back. • UBC sends delegates to a ‘disappointing’ COP30 • Peace on earth, mercy mild and a whole lot of beer • Krishna’s Flute enchants Vancouver with Indian classical music and dance • AMS pleased by results of provincial lobbying trip • Twelve Days of Completely Secular Yuletide: The Irony of Fate is a Soviet solstice classic • Twelve Days of Completely Secular Yuletide: Hot Frosty is a movie about a sexy snowman come to life, and it’s good, actually • Point of Inquiry: The AMS's SkyTrain rally was effective, weird and misleading • ‘This will be with me forever’: UBC custodial worker Nazreen Cameron receives 2025 President’s Service Award • Emily Tang brings passion and jokes to the Graduate Student Society • Twelve Days of Completely Secular Yuletide: Fan the flames of holiday frenzy with The Yule Log • Post-Plumtree, Carla Gillis keeps making her way back to music • Governors approve tuition increase for next year • Chopping Spree, Plotting and Kers shake up Shindig 2025 • Twelve Days of Completely Secular Yuletide: Björk, sleigh rides and snowbound drama make “The Bracebridge Dinner” the best Christmas episode of Gilmore Girls • UBC moves all exams to Dec. 25, 'learning is the biggest gift of all' • Twelve Days of Completely Secular Yuletide: A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa has too little time and not enough Muppet • The gift that gave UBC Athletics its identity and how we need to honour it • Oswald Flan is campus's most illustrious academic-maxxer • UBC plans to become Canada's hottest new tourist destination • In the Room is a cautionary tale well told • University has little to say after pre-exam divestment protest halts traffic, transit • This month in photos: September • AMS Council weighs scrapping reusable container program after mixed results • Stop reading, start living • Rashmi Prakash wants us to talk about menstrual health without shame • Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother melds tradition and technology at the MOA • Twelve Days of Completely Secular Yuletide: Eight Crazy Nights is the second worst thing to happen to the Jewish People in the past two centuries • T-Birds fail first major test against top-ranked Saskatchewan, falling 80–51 • Matt Tan re-elected as staff representative to the Board of Governors • UBC researchers propose no-fault compensation for high-risk neural devices • UBC Opera’s The Magic Flute returns with all the bells and whistles • Sofia Avelino sings Elis Regina and brings Bossa Nova to B.C. • T-Birds blow out Golden Bears 8–4 thanks to wicked counter-punch • Philosophizing and essay-writing with the UBC Ballpoint Society • AMS Council plans to change investment strategy, move clubs common space • When the world needed him most, he disapPEAred • Thunderbirds dominate Pandas for the third time this season • Sri Lankan Student’s Association gives love a green flag at blind dating event • T-Birds win tense final set 15–13, sweep fourth-ranked Spartans • Pissed on, pissed off: Who is the UBC pisser? • Study finds Disco is back, UBC anticipates Boogie Fever outbreak • B.C. student unions reject new provincial post-secondary review as ‘too short, too opaque’ • Student groups criticize shelving of provincial post-secondary funding review • Slow walkers detriment to UBC pedestrian traffic flow, exhibit zero sense of urgency • Perfect season ends in heartbreak for Women’s Soccer, losing 2–1 in gold medal game • UBC Theatre’s Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play is nostalgic, hilarious and timely • Exploring Tibet from within with MOA’s new exhibition • Men’s Hockey falls to MacEwan in overtime, breaking nine-game winning streak • The UBC Tea Club is back in brewing business • Bacon tells senators federal budget is 'good news under the circumstances' • T-Birds stage multi-goal comeback in semifinal game against Laval • Violinist and influencer Ray Chen talks music and media at the Chan Centre • Proctorio lawsuit against former UBC staff member ends after five year saga • Your ideal Halloween plans based on your faculty • Effects of international study permit reduction remain unclear for UBC • Men’s Volleyball falls in fifth set in clash of conference’s top teams • The Best Restaurant in the World. Ever. is a mixed meal • Voting is now open for faculty and staff positions on the Board of Governors! • AMS Council creates deputy chair position, hears updates on campus planning • Remembering the dead on Día de Muertos with the Mexican Students’ Association • T-Birds defeat Toronto 2-1 in consolation final to end the season on a high note • Costume ideas to get you a boo this Halloweekend • Julietta Singh rebuilds her knowledge of home in new documentary, The Nest • Men’s Soccer blows past Dalhousie in consolation semifinal • Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is (biting) comedy with a touch of camp • Point of Inquiry: Is stability worth a restriction on autonomy? The AMS asks students to decide for resource groups. • UBC Contemporary Players Ensemble plays music for monsters at the Hatch • AMS Council talks federal budget, hears updates on campus planning • For fourth time in 40 years, AMS AGM meets quorum • Jewish students tried to celebrate Sukkot on MacInnes Field. UBC called the police • Laval takes care of business against Acadia, cruises to 41–7 win • Bains’ late goal elevates Women’s Soccer past Saskatchewan in quarterfinals • In rainy game, Victoria takes advantage of conditions to advance to finals over Guelph • Taking care: Moments of peace during finals week • May 30, 2023 Print Issue • Our Campus: Anita Wigl'it • June 27, 2023 Print Issue • RIP blog, long live humour! • July 25, 2023 Print Issue