UBC Insiders On Air, episode 8 – Moira Warburton and John Robinson

Moira Warburton and John Robinson

On this week’s show, Moira Warburton of the Ubyssey joins us for the weekly roundup. We talk about a change to the society act, tuition policy, election, and the Ubyssey’s recent features spread, “Whose Campus”

We then talk to UBC’s sustainability guru John Robinson over skype from Toronto. John has just left UBC after 23 years, where he was a professor in the Geography department and the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability. More recently, he also held the position of UBC’s Vice-Provost Sustainability. We talk about what sustainability even means anymore, the campus as a living lab concept, green building, and John’s new role as he joins the brain drain to U of T.

Some more episode links:

• Story about Bill 41, which could expand student society fee refunds.

• The Ubyssey’s five-part “Whose Campus” series

• AMS Statement on international tuition increases and academic freedom

• Slacknotes, where you can find grade distributions for UBC courses

• UBC’s sustainability website.

• The Centre for Integrative Research on Sustainability (CIRS) building.

• Maayan’s and John’s exchange on UBC Insiders about the Campus as a Living Lab concept