News, analysis and commentary by UBC Journalism students
It’s a chilly Friday night in downtown Vancouver and people are scrambling for extra chairs in the crowded upstairs room at local non-profit ArtStarts in Schools. Jessica Roberts-Farina,[…]
A senior Canadian journalist of colour says the only way to improve racial and ethnic representation in Canadian media is to put more pressure on editors. “It’s not[…]
The University of British Columbia used to be the only university or college to have a nap room in the province until it was shut down decades ago.[…]
An imminent federal ban on the import of shark fins is reigniting a longstanding controversy that has been particularly contentious among conservation advocates, politicians, and shark-fin soup vendors[…]
Rohullah Khairkha came to Canada hoping to start a new life. But since walking across the border from the U.S into B.C. two months ago, the Afghan asylum[…]
Video gamers immerse themselves in virtual worlds battling for power and competing for dominance, but even created universes are not without real-world racism. This month, an international Esports[…]
It took two months of writing applications and sending emails while he was still in China before Jason Li found an apartment to rent in Vancouver, in preparation for[…]
Mikayla Ogrodniczuk never wants to lose another teammate to suicide. The 21-year-old hopes that a new mental-health initiative called the UBC Athletes Hub will help her deliver on[…]
For the first time ever, fraternities at the University of British Columbia will have to complete mandatory sexual-consent training for their members by Nov. 31 of every year, according[…]
British Columbia’s largest university is exploring whether to offer on-campus housing specifically reserved for Indigenous students. “We’ve also seen different universities have Aboriginal-specific housing, so while there’s not[…]
Iranian students in Canada suffer impact of U.S. sanctionsNovember 21, 2018
Journalists of colour insist media diversity will only improve when editors careNovember 21, 2018Sex-consent workshop policies at fraternities have gapsNovember 21, 2018
Financial pressure forces local theatre workers to jump ship to Hollywood NorthOctober 25, 2018