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‘They're treating people poorly’: AMS Food and Beverage employees seek unionization over poor pay, lack of accountability

Citing a need for qualified HR mediation and better pay, members of the AMS Food and Beverage Department have filed to unionize every employee in the department.

Viyan Handley, Illustrations by Ayla Cilliers News February 6

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February 7

Council announces resignation of VP external and VP finance, discuss proposed referendum items

On Wednesday night, AMS Council met to announce the resignation of the VP Finance Gavin Fung-Quon and VP External Ayesha Irfan, adjust the AMS election timeline and discuss referendum items for the upcoming AMS elections.

Himanaya Bajaj

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Governors hear update on UBC’s strategic plan refresh

‘They're treating people poorly’: AMS Food and Beverage employees seek unionization over poor pay, lack of accountability

AMS VP external, VP finance resign ahead of general election

Culture

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Yesterday at 6:51 PM

Do you smell it too?

Every Value Village has the same smell. If you know it, you know it. If you don’t, it can be best described as dust, cigarette smoke, peculiar perfumes and other mysterious odours all mixed together. I also happen to know what it smells like if you take that smell and set it on fire.

Ava Dunkel, Illustrations by Abbie Lee

A character sits at a dining table in the middle of the stage, which is decorated to look like the inside of a house, as they look at another person in a long black robe who is standing to their side. Five people wearing bright yellow jackets with a reflective strip sit around the edges of the stage.

UBC Theatre’s The Arsonists is more relevant than ever

Alhkw’alhtnak (territory marker) for the ancestral village of Nusq’lst, a wooden panel with blue, red, white and black painted images.

Nuxalk Strong: Obtaining sovereignty through physical treasures

Upper body shot of Morna Edmundson, a smiling white woman with a silver bob and glasses. She's wearing a cobalt blazer and has her hands clasped in front of her.

Dr. Morna Edmundson CM appointed to the Order of Canada for extraordinary contributions to the Canadian choral scene

Features

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February 5

Places to Go: A month in the mountains of Mindanao

We arrived in Davao City separately, but both found ourselves trudging through local airports, bargaining with armies of taxi drivers in an attempt to agree on a fair rate and arriving in the dead of night at our hotel.

Valarmathi Vishnu and Nela Radecki

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‘A foundational leader’: Hereditary chief and UBC Allard Law alumnus Bill Wilson dies at 80

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Tradition: Catching the flight

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Tradition: Abbi and our dopey Christmas tree

Opinion

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February 3

PSA: UBC cancels in-person classes for second day due to snow

While campus will remain open, all in-person learning activities have been cancelled for tomorrow, February 4.

Spencer Izen

The Walter C. Koerner Library — a green, glass rectangular building — on a snowy day in November 2022.

PSA: All in-person learning activities cancelled February 3

The Ubyssey’s guide to the 2025 AMS VP AUA by-election candidates

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Opinion: We should ditch final exams in favour of papers and projects

Humour

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February 5

UBC student takes down Fortune 500, one co-op at a time

“My mom used to tell me to take down the enemy, you have to join them."

Sidney Shaw

The Ubyssey's 2025 ins and outs

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A very new year ha-roscope

The impulse add/drop: A four-part saga

Science

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January 30

Super-black wood: How UBC researchers created Nxylon

Imagine sitting in the movie theatre, enveloped in complete darkness. The walls absorb every speck of light, immersing you fully in the cinematic experience. This sensory journey may soon be made possible by Nxylon (pronounced niks-a-lawn), a new material created by researchers from the Faculty of Forestry that absorbs over 99 per cent of visible light.

Stuti Sheth