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Request Denied, Again
This ruling effectively exempts from accountability under FIPPA, public bodies like universities, which conduct some of the public’s business through wholly owned and publicly funded subsidiary operations.
Bye-Bye MacInnes Field?
C+CP has been working towards a new aquatic centre on MacInnes Field, outside of the “Area Under Review” process. The site they’re pushing for severely restricts the options that can be discussed by the working group and the public. It hinders efforts to come up with innovative solutions for all stakeholders. Hiding behind a consultant’s report makes it far more difficult for the broader community to comment on the options and the issues. Basically, everything they’re saying they don’t want the process to represent.
Gage South Petition: UBC Starts to Respond
Anyone even remotely familiar with UBC decision-making knows that a decision isn’t made at the time the decision is made. It’s made well before the decision becomes official, and usually before public consultation occurs. Based on everything that was happening behind-the-scenes, we believed that the *actual* decision point for Gage South was coming up fast.
The Campaign for an Academic Gage South
We believe the “Academic” designation for Gage South is sensible and puts the academic mission of the university first. It’s a university – core land should be recognized as such and we would rather not see UBC’s land grant squandered in unfortunate ways.
Gage South Planning Goes Underground
Gage South Planning Goes Underground
Courts Uphold Transfer of University Golf Course to Musqueam
In 2008, the Province of BC transferred the University Golf Course, two plots of land in Pacific Spirit Park and a plot of land in Richmond that the River Rock Casino sits on, to the Musqueam. They also gave them $20M. All this so that the Musqueam would drop three lawsuits against the province. Upset [...]
5 Big Reasons for Changes to the U-Pass Program
While the U-Pass contract lays out some of the program changes, it doesn’t begin to explain why those changes were written in to the contract. We’ve identified 5 Big Reasons why the new program has changed in the ways it has.
Headlines for Hacks, June 2011
A collection of random tidbits: Extra, Extra! Read all about the Ubyssey!; Magical Mystery Sauder Money; The Taxman Cometh to the AMS; CIS AGM
Hospice to go ahead at current site, despite UNA opposition
A Board of Governors agenda item released today indicates that, despite vocal opposition from some residents at the nearby Promontory high-rise, plans to build a 15-bed hospice on the UBC campus will go ahead at its current location across from Thunderbird Stadium.
UBC and SFU: Cracking Open Two Sets of Books
Should private companies which are wholly-owned by BC universities be subject to the same FOI requirements as their parent universities? A case involving UBC will be trying to get the answer to that question soon.
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