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Our connection to natural environments 🌱

Explore nature, climate justice, and more in our latest issue

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The Ubyssey & Tova Gaster
November 03, 2023

It’s a new month and a new issue of the Ubyssey, so basically, it’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life. And I hope you’re feeling good — as much as possible, given midterm season and the general state of the world.

This issue’s theme is ‘staying grounded’ - it includes six extra pages of science stories about our natural environments and how we live within them.

From advocacy to incorporate climate justice into environmental sciences curricula to ecological restoration at nearby Camosun Bog, this issue of the Ubyssey is the closest you can get to touching grass without actually getting your hands dirty. Read the whole thing here, or find individual articles at ubyssey.ca/science. 

— Tova Gaster
Science Editor

New issue out now!

NEWS

UBC Student Health Services expands to address rising demand amid flu season and COVID-19 challenges

With the return of flu season and the recent rise of COVID-19 cases causing delays in appointment booking, Student Health Services are working to improve their systems to accommodate increased demand.

By Simrit Randhawa

UBC begins 2024/25 tuition consultation

The tuition engagement process includes creating a tuition engagement website, undertaking a student tuition engagement survey and continuing consultation with the AMS and the Graduate Student Society to better understand student priorities.

By Justina He

Hillel BC organizes “Bring Them Home” rally on campus

Members of Hillel BC and their allies gathered in front of the Nest to call for the release of Israeli hostages as part of a global campaign to “Bring Them Home,” with similar rallies occurring in cities across Canada.

By Renée Rochefort

SCIENCE

Our invisible neighbours: The UBC research changing the way we look at pests

As the city’s daytime inhabitants drift off to sleep, their nocturnal neighbors wake, venturing out unseen into the nighttime air.

By Alonso Daboub

Return of the giants: How rewilding megafauna is reshaping resilient ecosystems

In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a top predator is missing. While most hikers would enjoy the absence of grizzly bears, to ecologist Anna Santo, it’s a sign that forest ecosystems aren’t functioning as they should be.

By Vicky Nguyen

FEATURES

Henry van Dyck's Ubisoft co-op Origins and Odyssey

Henry van Dyck developed his first video game in grade 10. He would later get an opportunity any aspiring gaming developer could only dream of — a job at Ubisoft.

By Mahin E Alam  

HUMOUR

The haunting of IKB

The library would be packed on any other night. This was finally my chance to get a good spot.

By Elita Menezes

Chopped

Suddenly, as if the universe had heard me, a MasterChef audition invite arrived in my inbox.

By Sonali Sharma

Wet coat bus guy

I thought he was mere folklore — a boogeyman, a myth that goes bump(?) in the night.

By Kyla Flynn

SPORTS + REC

Canadian skaters triumph at Skate Canada International

Skate Canada International took over the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre this weekend, with some of the best figure skaters in the world coming to UBC to compete. Canadian skaters took home gold in two of four categories.

By Anabella McElroy and Isa S. You

On and off the field, Edgerrin Williams-Hernandez is key to UBC football

For the fourth-year receiver, it was almost preordained when he started playing football.

By Lauren Kasowski

CULTURE

Banshees or buddies? A look at UBC Cry Club

The club’s name is a little misleading — if you come around, you’re more likely to be screaming, howling or even smashing old cymbals and water-cooler jugs.

By Julian Forst

Nosh Hunt: Grilled (cheese) to perfection or disaster?

With refined palates like mine — or pickiness, as described by my mother — it can be difficult to find a meal on campus. Grilled cheese is an old staple that will never disappoint me... except when it does.

By Gabby Ranu

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