Volume 6, Issue 9 SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Published by the University Neighbourhoods Association

UBC new Centennial: student population living on campus grows

Three candidates

compete for two UNA

Board seats Laura Cottle, Claire Robson and Ying Zhou are vying to serve two-

year terms

The 2015 election of two directors to serve for two years on the board of the University Neighbourhoods Association will take place Wednesday, September 23 at the UNA Annual General Meeting in the Old Barn Community Centre (7-9 pm).

Laura Cottle, of Hawthorn Place, Claire Robson, of Wesbrook Place, and Ying Zhou, of Chancellor Place, will compete for the two seats.

The UNA has mailed out AGM information and official election ballot packages to all members. If you are a UNA member who did not receive a package, contact the UNA.

The two winning candidates in the election will join six other members on the UNA boardthree of them also elected by residents, two appointed by UBC and one appointed by the UBC (student) Alma Mater Society.

Meanwhile, the UNA scheduled a meeting of its board of directors September 8, but only four of eight directors showed up for the meeting. This did not constitute a quorum, forcing Richard Alexander, UNA Chair, to cancel the UNA Board meeting and hold an informal meeting instead.

The cancellation of this September meeting follows on the cancellation of Board meetings in both August and July. This is the first time in its history the UNA has gone through three months without a business meeting. It should be noted, however, that the Board needs to meet only six times a year to meet minimum requirements under its bylaws.

At the end of the informal September meeting, the outspoken Mr. Laquiana UBC Professor Emeritusstood to say, I am going to end my career (as a UNA director) with a complaint. I hope new people elected (at the upcoming UNA election of directors September 23) will take it seriously. Some members dont take it seriously enough.

The six years Mr. Laquian spent on the UNA board came in two stretches: one of four years and another of two years. As well as a director, he served some of this time on the board as chair.

Return to Stage 2 water restrictions

Trees were blown down blocking roads and trails; but no major damage

Uprooted tree blocks Blanca at 14th Avenue. Photo by Richard Alexander.

Members of UBC Thunderbird Mens Football team help first-year students move into Totem Park residence over the Labour Day weekend. Please turn to Pages 6 and 7 for stories about UBC students returning to campus.

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Power of nature smashes sidewalk paving and uproots the tree showing overly dry soil brought about by summer drought. Photo by Richard Alexander.

Local area avoids worst of wind storm

The recent heavy rains have restored Metro Vancouvers reservoirs to acceptable water levels, and therefore the regionincluding UBC and the UELhas returned to the second stage of water use restrictions from the third stage, which has been in place since July 20.

Metro Vancouver staff has continuously monitored the water levels in our three reservoirs as well as our daily water consumption, and now that the reservoirs are within the seasonal average, we can return to Stage Two water restrictions, said Carol Mason, Commissioner of the Greater Vancouver Water District and Metro Vancouvers Chief Administrative Officer.

Implementing the third stage of restrictions was a difficult but necessary decision given the low snowpack combined with hot, dry weather in July and August, forecast to continue into the fall, she added. We are returning to the Stage Two restrictions until further notice, because of the combination of much-needed rain and reduced daily demand for water.

Stage Two Restrictions:Private and commercial washing of

driveways, sidewalks and parkades as well as pressure washing are allowed for health and safety purposes. Aesthetic purposes are not allowed. Sports and sand-based playing fields may only use the minimum level of water needed to keep them in usable conditions.

Lawn sprinkling is permitted once per week in the morning but prohibited during

evening hours when demand is highest for domestic uses like dishwashing, laundry and showers. Water use is also prohibited for public and commercial fountains and water features.

For residences, even-numbered addresses may water their lawn between 4-9 am on Monday, and odd-numbered addresses may water between 4-9 am on Thursday.

For non-residential property, even-numbered addresses may sprinkle lawns between 1-6 am on Wednesday, and odd-numbered addresses may water lawns between 1-6 am on Tuesday.

Municipal parks must also follow the once-weekly lawn sprinkling times.

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Meet Your Candidates

A widely published writer, Claire Robson has authored two books and edited two more. Claire completed her doctorate at UBC in 2011. Her research, which is ongoing, investigates the capacity of arts practices to build community and to forge strong social networks. Claire is a lead artist for the Arts & Seniors Project, managed by the Vancouver Park Board. For the last three years, she has also served as a consultant to the project, designing curriculum and conducting trainings. Concurrently, she completed a federally funded postdoctoral research project at Simon Fraser University. Her current project, funded by the Council to Reduce Elder Abuse, brings LGBTQ youth and seniors together in artistic collaboration.

A lifetime educator and ex high school vice-principal, Claire has taught in a wide range of settings in England, the US, and Canada, including high schools and

As a member of the UNA Board for the past two years, I have been privileged to serve your community as a Resident Director and Treasurer. My focus has been to:

Build a partnership with UBC through effective communication at both the quarterly meeting with UBC decision makers and the Community Conversation events between UNA concerned residents and UBC;

Build relationship with stakeholders such as Metro Vancouver;

Pay special attention to building

universities. She has delivered numerous presentations, workshops, and keynotes at national and international conferences. She is often called upon for comment or interview by local media, including CBC Radio and Television.

Claire has moderated and emceed conferences and meetings for many local organizations, including the UNA and UBC. A long-time community organizer, activist, and volunteer, Claire served in the US as senior deacon in a large open and affirming UCC Church and as board member and publicist for Habitat for Humanity. Shes been a volunteer advocate for children who had been found by the courts to have suffered criminal abuse and neglect. In this capacity, she monitored the well being of her young clients through regular visits and inspections of their family home, submitted reports to the court, and made recommendations for the provision of services and final placement. Here in Vancouver, Claire has co-organized nine annual nonprofit conferences and served on the steering committee for Agewell Chataqua, a Judith Marcuse project.

As original owners at Keenleyside, Claire and her partner were among the first residents on UBCs South Campus. A founding member of the Organization for U-Town Residents, Claire was a highly vocal participant in the consultation process for ongoing construction there. She has served on Keenleyside Strata Council for the last five years, and as Council Chair for the last three. An enthusiastic kayaker, hiker, and dog owner, Claire feels very lucky to live on the Endowment Lands. She looks forward to helping the UNA team preserve the vibrancy and diversity of our local community.

development in the neighbourhoods and adjacent land;

Continue bridge-building between our community and newcomers through varied programs and workshops organized by the UNA Civic Engagement Committee and UNA Multicultural Committee;

Develop programs that offer help and companionship to seniors through UNA Seniors Workshop and Seniors & Friends Program.

As UNA Treasurer and Chair of the UNA Audit and Financial Committee, I advocated for a 5-Year Financial Plan as a means of extending our vision and planning beyond the usual 12-month period. With community growth comes the need for added services and increased operational expenses. This 5-year plan, combined with the annual list of board priorities, allows us to focus on community needs.

Volunteerism is the lifeblood of each community and I am pleased to be an active member of our community. My roles have included:

Chair, UNA Civic Engagement Committee (20132014);

Vice-Chair, UNA Multicultural Committee;

Co-Coordinator, UNA Sudoku Club and UNA Book Club;

Member, UNA Seniors Workshop; Co-Chair, Parent Advisory Council

of the University Transition Program (20132015).

Claire Robson, Wesbrook Place Resident

Laura Cottle, Hawthorn Place Resident

Ying Zhou, Chancellor Place Resident

Ying Zhou

Claire Robson Laura Cottle

The UBC residential area has been my home for the past 15 years. Initially our family (three children) lived in the Stu-dent Family Housing in Acadia Park, and then, because we loved the area so much, we decided to purchase a townhouse in the Hawthorn neighbourhood, Logan Lane Strata.

Prior to moving to Vancouver in 2000, we lived in Finland (my husband is Finn-ish) and Africa. I was born, grew up and completed my BSc in Forestry in Edmon-ton, Alberta. After completing my forest-ry degree, I lived in Alberta and BC do-ing forestry-related work. More recently, I completed my B. Ed and Diploma in Special Education at UBC.

My two older children now attend UBC, my husband works at UBC, and I have worked in various positions and on contract with UBC. As such, we are strongly committed to this area. I am pas-sionate about taking an active part in and contributing to my community.

Wherever I have lived, I have got in-volved in initiating or helping with com-munity projects. When my children were in Elementary school (Queen Elizabeth), I took an active part in school politics via the PAC executive: I was Treasurer for five years and Chair for one year. I was

lead organizer for various PAC-spon-sored school events (e.g. Multicultural Potluck and Family Picnic) plus I helped with other numerous activities. I also as-sisted in classrooms and the Learning Centre, and led classes on nature-related field trips. At my childrens Secondary school (Lord Byng), I actively support the Strings music program. Outside of the childrens school environment, I have coached soccer (8+ years), and been ac-tive in a local field hockey club (team management, initiating fundraising and strategic planning).

My local community involvement is with my Strata and on several UNA Committees. I have been on my Stratas Council for the past thre years, and Pres-ident for the past two years. As Strata President, I belong to the UNA Joint Strata Chair Committee for the Hawthorn neighbourhood. This Committee ad-dresses neighbourhood-level issues such as parking and community voice in UBC land-jurisdiction (e.g. what development occurs on sport field areas). Additionally, I am part of a trio from my Strata that received a UTown@UBC community grant for a Strata and Neighbourhood Recycling Project. I have also served on the UNA Volunteer Award Committee and the Community Connection Night planning Committee.

Other community involvement in-cludes assistance at UBC Botanical gar-den (develop educational material, guide school and public tours, and help at their annual plant sale and Apple Festival), and Director on Board for the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra. This past year, I was Chair of the Committee in charge of organizing of a large concert in Chan Centre. I am interested in join-ing the UNA Board of Directors because I would like to shape the direction of this organization that supports a rapidly growing population of UBC residents. My particular interest is in Sustainability and Communication, and helping to en-sure that our community voices are heard by UBC.

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UBC as landlord and quasi-city hall

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The UNA has scheduled the next board meetingfollowing the September 23 electionfor October 13.

Under the terms of the Neighbours Agreement with UBC, the UNA board makes decisions regarding culture and recreation services, the management of lands and infrastructure including sidewalks and lighting. The UNA grants all residents the right to express their choices at the ballot box, and this allows everyone to fulfill their responsibility to participate and contribute. It is the UNA board that has the responsibility for offering oversight in the management of the neighbourhoods, and voters correctly expect board members to take the lead and act on their behalf and in their best interests.

For all in the UNA, the proper maintenance of the local neighbourhoods is essential to residential life there, and overall, board decisions and UNA programs have an effect on both property values and the quality of life on campus.

This September, make sure you participate in the UNA election, meet the candidates and make sure you vote!

Please see profiles of the three candidates on Page 2.

The controversy over the resignation of President Arvind Gupta has bred speculations on UBCs ability to manage and govern the university. Perhaps, UBCs actions as landlord to about 10,000 residents on campus and as the quasi-City Hall for the neighbourhood areas in University Town will provide some indication of UBCs management and governance style.

Under UBC as landlord, home owners have no rights except those that arise from their 99-year leases. They have no control over their tax rates as these are pegged to those in the city of Vancouver. Land use plans, development schemes, urban design and development permits are handled by UBCs planning department and approved by UBCs Board of Governors. In effect, UBC is the planner, developer, manager, judge, jury and beneficiary in all land development schemes on campus.

In 2002, UBC created the University Neighbourhoods Association (UNA) to manage municipal-like services in University Town. However, as a mere society, the UNA has been saddled with responsibility without corresponding authority. The UNAs Board of Directors has only an advisory role to UBCs Board of Governors which approves all UNA bylaws and regulations in a process that requires no less than 18 cumbersome steps. Not surprisingly, in the past 12 years, the UNA has been able to pass only one bylaw (on noise control) and this has yet to be implemented.

Although the UBC Board of Governors is supposed to serve as UTowns City Hall, the residents have no influence or control over its actions. The 21 members of the Board of Governors are appointed by UBC and the Province and are not accountable to residents. The residents have no representative on the Board. Proceeds from development of UBC

lands have significantly contributed to UBCs endowment funds that amounted to more than $1.2 billion in 2014 but UBC is unresponsive to resident concerns.

As a provider of urban services UBC has been non-transparent and authoritarian. Its consultations with residents are largely public relations exercises. The UNA is supposed to manage parking in the five neighbourhoods but has neither the authority nor the power to enforce regulations. Under a Neighbours Agreement signed and revised by UBC and UNA in 2008, UBC collects a services levy from every resident and deposits the proceeds in a Neighbours Fund. The UNA prepares a budget (more than $4.2 million per year) to access those funds. Fund allocations are negotiated between UBC and UNA but not always equitably. For example, all residents, from the youngest newly born to the oldest octogenarians have to pay UBC $63 per year for access to UBCs athletic facilities whether they use these or not.

Although University Town has a larger population than many municipalities in British Columbia, it suffers from an acute democratic deficit. As they live in Electoral Area A, UTown residents can vote for an MP, an MLA, a member of the School Board and a representative to the Metro Vancouver Board. However, they have no say in the decisions of the Board of Governors that function as their local council.

UBC loudly proclaims its commitment to academic freedom and democratic governance. However, this is belied by its actions as landlord and its failure to provide a democratic governance system for University Town. As we wait for a credible explanation for the sudden resignation of President Gupta, perhaps, the top-down, non-consultative and authoritarian approach of UBC as landlord and quasi-City Hall can provide a clue to what is really happening at UBC.

UNA adds Iona Green playground issue to list of

priorities

Re-location of the Iona Green playground in the Chancellor Place neighbourhood now ranks as high an operational issue as electoral reform, Wesbrook Community Centre (budgeting and programming) and childcare in East Campus and Wesbrook Place.

The re-location issue surfaced publicly at the April 14, 2015 UNA Board meeting; in a presentation, Chancellor Place resident John Bourne proposed that the play equipment located on Iona Green be re-located to address the noise concerns expressed by residents of nearby buildings. Mr. Bourne referred to the Corus, the building in which he lives, as perhaps the most impacted, and he proposed that noise generated by children playing should be shared more equally in the Chancellor Place community.

The UNA has received emails from residents both for and against this proposal, and subsequently reviewed the Bourne proposal to re-locate the play equipment to the lawn immediately north of the Iona Building on Iona Drive. However, the proposal was deemed both operationally and financially unacceptable, and at its meeting in May 2015, UNA directors supported staffs recommendation not to pursue this option and asked staff to report back with alternative sites.

After identifying an alternative site adjacent to the St. Andrews playground in Chancellor Place, the UNA suggested re-locating the play equipment to this usable neighbourhood open space (UNOS). However, UBC Campus and Community Planning announced it would not support the proposal to accommodate the play equipment relocation from Iona Green to St. Andrews playground.

On the other hand, the UNA says Campus and Community Planning has indicated it would not be opposed to

removing the existing play equipment entirely; nor would it be opposed to keeping the play equipment at the existing location at Iona Green, thereby maintaining the status quo.

In a UNA report made public in early September, Chair Richard Alexander says the option to maintain the status quo or remove the equipment entirely will be brought for public consultation to the October 7, 2015 Community Conversations event jointly hosted by UBC and UNA. However, as the play equipment cannot be re-located to another UNOS site and reused, Mr. Alexander says, staff recommends that the play equipment remain in Iona Green, and a public consultation focused entirely on this issue.

The results of this public consultation will be brought forward to the UNA Operations and Sustainability Standing Committee for consideration, Mr. Alexander said.

A recommendation to the UNA Board of Directors will follow at that time.

Playground public consultation in fall

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Editors Note: The opinions expressed here are those of the writer alone and are

not to be inferred to represent UNA or UBC policy.

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Dont pour cooking oil and grease down drain

Wegland Sit UNA Sustainability Manager

SUSTAINABILITY

Oil in the drain causes problems in residential and municipal pipes: it clogs up the system and leads to messy (and expensive!) backflow. Metro Vancouver and municipalities spend more than $2 million per year removing grease from their collection systems, including grease from city pipes.

Since we live in multi-family residential buildings, which are often fitted with complex internal piping system connected to different units, it is even more important for us to keep our piping system in healthy shape. To minimize the chance of backflow and related issues within buildings and help to reduce long term maintenance and pipe repair expenses, residents should stop pouring cooking oil and grease down drains.

Here are a few easy steps for you to follow:

Wipe up the oil or grease with newsprint or a paper towel and use Food Scraps Recycling Bin to recycle it.

If you cannot absorb the oil or grease in a few paper kitchen towels, consider collecting your cooking oil in a small container and letting it solidify in the fridge overnight; then dispose of it as regular garbage.

Large volumes of oil coming from deep fryers can be messy and create odours in recycling or garbage bins. Put your oil in a container and take it to a recycling depot that collects cooking oil.

Stop using the garburator: it costs more to dispose of food scraps through the sewage system than through the compost system. Use Food Scraps Recycling Bin instead: it is designed to handle food scraps. It is a more sustainable and cost effective solution. On top of that, it reduces the chance of clogging up the plumbing system.

More information available at www.myuna.ca under Residential Services//Recycling and Composting.

Hawthorn Place residents need more notice of

major events

Neighbours in the Hawthorn Place have complained to the UNA about the number of outdoor events they say have negatively impacted their neighbourhood. The UNA reports one major complaint received from residents has been the perceived lack of adequate communication and consultation with them on outdoor events and road closures.

Calvin Cheung, Director, Operations and Risk Management, indicates that UNA staff has met with UBC Campus and Community Planning (C+CP) to discuss how the UNA can be better integrated into the communication process on events that impact the neighbourhoods.

In a report to directors, Mr. Cheung writes, It has been acknowledged the UNA does not have the resources to provide its residents with the advance warning and event details that are expected by the UBC Outdoor Events Committee (OEC). In recognition of that, event organizers will have to comply with additional requirements in order to receive event approval from the OEC to assist the UNA in getting advance information out to the community.

These requirements will be managed through C+CPs Event and Film Liaison, and are as follows:

1. The event organizer will be requested to use UBC Parking for traffic

management. If UBC Parking is not able to provide the traffic management, a third party traffic management company can be used with UBC parking augmenting the traffic management in key neighbourhood areas, when possible.

2. At the discretion and request of the UNA, an event organizer will be required to prepare supplementary communication for distribution to UNA residents by unaddressed ad mail with content to be approved by UNA prior to distribution.

3. At the discretion and request of the UNA, an event organizer will be required to provide advanced warning of the event as necessary using either UBCs Changeable Message Sign (as and where appropriate on UBC property and arranged through UBC Parking) or lawn signage indicating details of impact in the affected neighbourhoods.

4. C+CP to prepare an information template for event organizers, including general event information and a base map showing event details (for races, this would include route maps). The template will be uploaded to the C+CP website. The link will be provided to UNA for inclusion in their weekly UNA email letter to the residents.

Mr. Cheung said, As all parties involved are working collaboratively towards addressing the issues on-hand, staff will continue working with

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UBC professor lives in student residence

UBC Professor Michael Griffin

Students move in with the help of UBC Thunderbirds Football team and UBC staff; over 10,000 students are housed on campus currently.

The population of UBC students living in halls of residence on campus has grown enormously since Fort Camp, the first UBC residence, opened in 1945.

Fort Camp housed 125 male studentsmost, if not all of them, veterans returning from the war in Europe to take UBC up on its offer of one month free education for every month served in the armed forces.

Today, the population of studentsmale and femaleliving on campus exceeds 10,000 (its 10,446 to be precise).

UBC new Centennial: student population living on campus

grows

The Professor-in-Residence program is modeled on Oxford college system

The only professor to live in a student hall of residence at UBC, Michael Griffin feels he is part of one big family.

Professor Griffin, 32, teaches Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy at the University, and under a unique pilot project operated by the University, he lives in the Totem Park hall of student residences at 2525 West Mall. Its a bit rowdy on Friday nights, but other than that, its not bad, he said.

In an interview at Totem Park, which houses more than 2,000 first-year students, Professor Griffin explained how the UBC Professor-in-Residence program is working to bring academics

UBC Campus. Photo credit UBC Public Affairs.

and first-year students closer together. He said the idea is to put a human face on the professorial body at UBC and to have students feel that UBC professors are accessible to them.

The UBC initiative stems in part from the centuries-old system of colleges instituted at Oxford University where administrators, professors and students live under the same roof.

Professor Griffin did post-graduate work at Oxford and was able to see how the college system works there to make students feel at home. He is hoping this can be duplicated at UBC.

Students move in with the help of UBC Thunderbirds Football

team and UBC staff; over 10,000 students are housed on campus

currently

Five new student housing projects in the pipeline for 2020 will add some much needed capacity, bringing the inventory up to 12,471 beds over the next five years.

Despite recent growth, demand is still far greater than supply. Our summer wait list, at its peak, set a record with 6,300 students, said Andrew Parr, Managing Director of UBC Student Housing and Hospitality Services. The Vancouver rental market isnt growing fast enough, and that means students are looking to the university to provide more. We also know students who live in on-campus residences have an enhanced academic and social experience as compared to those students who commute.

On September 30, 1915, there were 379 students. One hundred years later, there are more than 60,000, and the university is now the largest student housing operator in the country.

One new student residence (called Ponderosa Phase 2) opened its doors to 303 students on the past Labour Day weekend, while 252 more students are

projected to find new homes on campus in January of 2016.

Mr. Parr anticipates that another student housing project (Orchard Commons) will be finished by the summer of 2016 and will provide rooms for 1,049 first-year students.

According to UBC historical records, work began on the first permanent womens residences in 1950 and was completed a year later. Each of the four buildings housed 52 women.

As the total number of UBC students tripled after the Second World War, family housing was also made available on campus in huts at Acadia Camp, Wesbrook Camp and Wesbrook Crescent. Families had to provide their own electric stoves and refrigerators.

The four original Totem Park residences were built between 1963 and 1965. The Nootka-Dene building was surrounded by a wall with a crushed glass top intended to keep young men from liaising with the young women who lived there.

Fort Camp student residences, 1948. Photo credit UBC Archive.

CENTENNIAL1915

Over the recent long Labour Day weekend, 4,000-5,000 students moved in to UBC residence rooms. The UBC Thunderbirds Mens Football team provided a sporting touch to the big housing move by helping fellow students haul furniture and belongings into what will be their homes for the next eight months. A contingent of 800 volunteersUBC staff members and other studentshelped them move in also.

Move-in day is the perfect opportunity for UBC students and members of the Thunderbirds Mens Football team to connect, said T-Birds coach Blake Nill.

I want our student body to meet the young men who take to the field every Saturday to represent our school. I want them to take pride in the team, their team, and what they stand for.

The UBC football team was at both Totem Park and Place Vanier residences. As the population of student living on campus grows, even the T-Birds Football team may need help to move students in the years ahead.

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UBC welcomes first class of its second century

CENTENNIAL 2015

Once a fledgling institution with 379 students attending classes in temporary facilities, UBC isa century latera world-class University

with over 60,000 students

This month, UBC kicks off its 100th anniversary celebrations, and as it does, it welcomes 8,337 students as the first class of its second centennial.

Its a tremendous pleasure to welcome new students to the university at such an important time in UBCs history, said interim President Martha Piper. I hope that this years events will give them a sense of the long tradition they are joining, and the possibilities that lie ahead of them as they acquire the skills and learning to shape their communities and the world.

UBC will hold special centennial events throughout the year, showcasing some of UBCs greatest accomplishments and contributions to society over the past 100 years, as well as how UBC is shaping the world of the future.

In 1915, UBC opened its doors to 379 students who attended classes in temporary facilities nicknamed the Fairview shacks. The cheap, wooden structures were formerly occupied by UBCs predecessor, McGill University College of B.C., and were located on the site of Vancouver General Hospital. Construction had begun on new university facilities at Point Grey, but development came to a halt during the First World War.

In its infancy, the university only offered undergraduate programs in Arts, Applied Science and

Agriculture and a handful of the 379 students were well on their way to completing degrees, having taken courses through McGill.

In 1916, UBC graduated its first class, and its first alumnus was a woman by the name of Jessie J. Anderson. At the time, 60 per cent of UBC students were men and 40 per cent were women. Most were from B.C., but 18 international students came from the United Kingdom.

One hundred years later, the universitys study body has swelled to 60,652 and is far more diverse. Today more than 13,300 students come from outside Canada, representing more than 139 countries. For the first time, students from Aruba and the Solomon Islands gained admission. This year UBC welcomes 313 new Aboriginal students. The university now educates more than 50,000 undergraduate students and 10,570 graduate students, and about 55 per cent are women.

The Okanagan campus, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, expects 1,777 first-year students, a 15 per cent increase from last year, for an overall campus enrolment of 8,362. The Vancouver campus expects 6,560 first-year students, bringing campus enrolment to 52,290.

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The Beyond Words Serieswhich has played to sold-out audiences at UBC for three yearsbegan as a performance to conclude John K. Samsons residency in UBCs Creative Writing Department. Samson, the famous singer-songwriter for the Indie Band, The Weakerthans, shared his songs and the ideas behind them with a close-knit audience ready to be inspired. The first shows success led to a series of performances with different themes, all combining the written word with live performance. From Shane Koyczans earnest presentation of his anti-bullying poem, To this day, to environmental activist Severn Cullis-Suzuki and throat singer Tanya Tagaqs collaborative examination into land and heritage, Beyond Words has always strived to foster conversations about important issues on campus.

We are always thinking about how to connect with UBC, says Wendy Atkinson, Programming Manager at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Referring to Blackbird, Fly, the latest concert in the series, Ms. Atkinson says, This piece talks about immigrant experiences, and we know that its an important issue on campus.

Blackbird, Fly, a performance

Beyond Words series at The Chan: Blackbird, Fly

Spoken word artist and activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and composer and musician Daniel Bernard Roumain (with violin). Photo credit Bethanie Hines.

interweaving hip-hop, movement, narrative and Haitian folklore while exploring themes of immigration and inclusion, will take placeSeptember 25 at 7:30 pminside the Telus Studio Theatre, a popular venue at the Chan Centre for smaller performances and receptions. Seats are arranged on three levels with an arc shape in a cozy and intimate environment, perfect for conversation and connection.

A Vancouver premiere, Blackbird, Fly features spoken word artist and activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and composer and musician Daniel Bernard Roumain. With roots in Haiti, they hope to share their introspection on their past and

their reflection about current issues of tolerance and acceptance.

Roumain is a talented and creative composer and musician who has worked with many prominent artists such as Philip Glass, Bill T. Jones and Lady Gaga. His artistry with violin and his creativity at incorporating diverse music styles into his music give him the label about as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets. (New York Times). Roumain has composed works for the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Library of Congress and the Stuttgart Symphony.

Joseph began acting on Broadway at the age of ten. He is an avid playwright, actor, spoken word artist and the 2007 recipient

of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship. He is also an activist and integrates his message of hope for younger generations into his literary works. He has also been on Smithsonian magazines cover and named by the magazine as one of Americas Top Young Innovators in the Arts and Science in that same year. Josephs 2013 work red, black & GREEN was nominated for a Bessie award.

The spoken word artist and the violinist offer what Ms. Atkinson called a true collaboration. They perform side-by-side on the stage and are known to form an intense connection to audiences that echo the connection the two artists share. While music and words combine into one entity, the two performers also seem to share one existence.

Audiences will be moved by the music, the poetry and the way in which the performance tackles key issues of our time, says Ms. Atkinson. People coming to this event will find themselves captivated and inspired! Blackbird Fly will give audiences a dynamic way to look at issues around immigration.

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The UNA expects to expand the number of garden plots it makes available to residents in the community, subject to a vote by its board of directors.

The board had scheduled to debate community garden growth at its September 8 meeting. However, the meeting was cancelled due to lack of

UNA to increase number of community gardens

quarum, leaving the directors to vote by e-mail in the weeks ahead or at their upcoming October meeting.

The directors are expected to agree to:1. Engage landscape architect, Michael

Patterson, who designed Nobel Park and Community Garden, to provide a quote to design the following community garden

sites: Nobel Garden expansion, Iona Green behind Corus and Iona Drive behind Epiphany Chapel.

2. Obtain quotes on the cost to construct each of the garden plots on the recommended sites.

3. Bring forward the proposed sites for community gardens expansions in

Chancellor Place to the Community Conversations event on October 7 for public consultation.

4. Host an Open House for the expansion of the Nobel Park Community Gardens.

The UNA opened its first community garden in land sub-licensed from UBC in 2008. Subsequent community gardens opened in 2010. Both sites were funded through the UNA operating budget.

The Nobel Park community gardens opened in 2012 as part of the development of Nobel Park in Wesbrook Place. There are a total of 181 garden plots under the supervision of the volunteer UNA Community Gardens Committee. There is an extensive waitlist for the garden plots, and the approximate wait-time for a plot to become available is over a year.

In June, the UNA Community Garden Committee addressed a letter to the UNA Board, stating their concerns over the availability of gardening plots. The committee also expressed the desire to expand the number of community gardens.

At the June 2015 meeting of the Operations and Sustainability Standing Committee, staff presented several potential sites in Wesbrook Place, Hawthorn Place and Chancellor Place.

Jan Fialkowksi, UNA Executive Director, said, On a per capita basis, the UNA (with a population of about 10,000) has more community gardens than the city of Vancouver (with a population of 650,000).

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Biodiversity in your backyard

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is celebrating UBCs Centenary by opening up our cabinets to reveal 100 Treasures from our collection on our 5th birthday

October 17, 2015. Many of these treasures come from right here in our own backyard. Here are a few:

1: Hover fly

These little guys are deceptive. At first glance, they look like a bee or wasp. Thats exactly what they want you to think. Their colouring mimics these more dangerous creatures to ward off predators. The bee or wasp you see might actually be a hover fly in disguise!

2: Sockeye salmon

Local bears, eagles and humans alike find this fish delicious. There are other

reasons for these fish to be admired they are hardy creatures. Sockeyes begin their lives in rivers and when theyve grown enough, migrate to the ocean. When they are ready to reproduce, they leave the ocean and swim upstream (no easy feat!) back to where they were born.

3: Tiger lily

When youre walking in the woods in the summertime and you come to an opening, look for these pretty orange flowers. The petals curl backwards and have deep red or purple spots near the center.

4: Rufous hummingbird

You might not see the wings of this bird because they are moving so fast (about 50 beats a second!) but youll probably spot her in your garden because of her colours. Look for this feisty bird in your backyard in the summer. They spend the spring in California, summer here in the Pacific Northwest all the way up to

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Alaska, and fall in the Rocky Mountains. Quite a trip to make each year!

5: Sunflower star

Look in the low intertidal zone in amongst the seaweed, and you might just spot this giant seastar. It looks a bit like a sunflower and has an arm span that can be as big as 1m (or 3.3 feet). These seastars have between 16 and 32 arms and they can shed any of them to escape predators. The arm will grow back in a few weeks. Pretty neat trick!

6: Chain coral

You wont actually see it because it is extinct, but this type of coral used to live here. Chain coral is made of small tubes that jelly-like animals called polyps lived in. The animal built more and more tubes that were linked together hence the name chain coral. These tubes formed large reef structures on the seabed. They thrived 425 million years ago in the Silurian period.

Starting October 17, you can vote for your favourite treasure. The top treasures will be made into an exhibition that will open on May 28, 2016. beatymuseum.ubc.ca/100-treasures

In the Collection:

The Beaty is turning 5! Drop-in for a free day of birthday fun on October 17, 2015 from 10:00 am 3:30 pm. beatymuseum.ubc.ca/birthday-bash

Join UBC Botanical Garden Treasured Bulb Sale on Sunday, September 20, and take in a special lecture with Dr. Meg Lowman Queen of the Canopies on October 2. This lecture is part of the Peter Wharton Memorial lecture series and will also launch the Gardens new Vancouver Tree app. Learn about both events at botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/events.

100 Treasures

Questions? Please contact Gabrielle Armstrong, Senior Manager, Consultation at gabrielle.armstrong@ubc.ca or 604-822-9984.

UBC is beginning the process to develop a new Climate Action Plan for the Vancouver campus. Our climate action target for 2020 is to reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2007 levels by 67%.

Over the next 4 months, we will be seeking input from the campus community on what actions UBC could take to achieve this ambitious target. We want to hear what your ideas are for reducing campus GHG emissions, particularly on:

Energy supply options

Energy use in buildings (e.g. building design, maintenance and operations)

UBC-owned vehicles

Individual behaviours

UBC is on track to achieve the 2015 reduction target set out in the 2010 UBC Climate Action Plan. Join the conversation and help us set the stage for climate action success in 2020.

public consultationclimate action plan 2020

submit your ideas!When: September 14 27 Where: planning.ubc.ca

This notice contains important information which may affect you. Please ask someone to translate it for you.

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