All participants in the Invictus Games have the right to feel safe on the UBC campus. The vandalism and graffiti aimed at Israeli participants in the Games on the night of Friday, February 14, 2025 is part of a pattern of harassment and intimidation on the UBC campus....
The Jewish Academic Alliance of BC is proud to be one of the partners engaged by UBC’s Office for Equity and Inclusion in the development of the anti-discrimination resources on antisemitism and Islamophobia. We view these materials as part of an ongoing positive and...
JAABC supports academic freedom and a diversity of viewpoints. The same principle that supports faculty teaching freely, also supports students learning and expressing themselves freely. Especially given the power imbalance between professors and students, students...
On June 3, 2024 the UBC Senate convened for a special meeting called to discuss a proposal to cut or suspend ties with Israeli academic institutions. The full agenda for this meeting can be viewed here: June 3, 2024 UBC-V Senate Meeting. After a thorough discussion,...
The following letter (image only) about the encampments at MacInnes Field on the University of British Columbia Vancouver Campus was sent to UBC President Benoit-Antoine Bacon on May 6, 2024. The letter expresses concerns about the occupation of public university...