UBC Insiders

The twitterfeed to the site. Covering all you need to know at UBC Vancouver. Managed by a cabal of pigeons, otherwise known as @nyonson and @maayanster.

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This was also tried in 2015. I wonder if a healthy sense of anti-democratic paranoia is a job requirement to be the BoG secretary. https://t.co/WAC7Ea8Se0 cc @Ubyssey

[Justin McElroy @j_mcelroy]

The UBC Board of Governors, which oversees a $2.7 billion university and a community of 15,000 people with no locally elected government, wants to make it illegal to record their meetings

https://t.co/zq3O07t5D4

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.@joelsolomon commented on the blog with his statement. Other BoG members who want to make statements are welcome to use our comment section to do so!
@raghwagopal
@MrsCelesteH
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@NGhoussoub
@klironomos_john
@KavinderToor
@Albrewin
@ubcprez
@yaleloh
@ubcc350

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Joel Solomon is the only UBC BoG member who has gone on the record to support full divestment from fossil fuels. Why his theory of change isn't working. https://t.co/rhpO7aB1Tk

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only provincially-appointed board member, I should say. Student, faculty and staff members have been advocating for this for a long time.

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Joel Solomon Vs. Board of Governors https://t.co/5iWusifMtx #ubc #cdnpse

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@jackhauen :) PhD means I only have energy for rage-fueled posts, which isn't often.

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@jackhauen weary face? we haven't complained about the ubyssey (or written anything at all) in like a year and a half!!

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Why @UBC puts parking ahead of green space: their wrongheaded conception of visitors-as-consumers. New blog post. https://t.co/UgizXLGpt3

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Unnecessarily pitting visitors vs community: MacInnes field parkade https://t.co/Oa41Dy4oUg #ubc #cdnpse

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Please believe us! academic freedom has nothing to do with pushing him out days after he's branded public enemy #1! https://t.co/y3hiXcna0R

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@vaniferro Bewilderingly, yes. Apparently spent 5 months on this 'project' instead of their actual job - employees of the society.

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Update: @maayanster was not expelled from the @ubcgss. The GSS remains a dysfunctional mess that does not advance student interests.

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@joeydhansen crackdown because of this story: https://t.co/rMItTjlqdR

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@marktmaclean quorum is half+1 of council members. motion needs 2/3 to pass.

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@marktmaclean Don't know of any examples. Sheldon didn't know of any, only 2-ish examples in AMS history.

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@marktmaclean unfortunately, yes.

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Grad students: come to #GSScouncil for a show tomorrow. Motion to expel @maayanster from society on the agenda. 5:30 GSS ballroom.

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@hseidema @AMS_UBC 2nd. can't waste that gem.

[ISED @ISED_CA]

.@ArvindUBC, @UofT visiting professor, joins us as a #CdnInnovation #InnovationLeader.

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@j_mcelroy I hope Brian Sullivan gifts him a selection of UBC-themed bowties.