Published by the University Neighbourhoods Association Volume 8, Issue 6
June 19, 2017
Brilliant Student Scores Ivy League Master of Science Degree at 19
UNA Chair: UBC–UNA Partnership Successful Despite $ Woes UNA Chair Richard Alexander is invited to present UBC governors with current UNA operating budget; message for 2017 is upbeat despite declining UNA revenues John Tompkins, Editor
Rachel Lin, Wesbrook Place resident, graduates at 19 from Columbia University in New York with Masters degree in Science in Neuroscience and Education. Please see story on Page 6.
B.C. Election 2017 at UBC: Voter Turnout Appears Up Official figures from Elections BC will be announced in due course David Eby MLA Vancouver-Point Grey The 2017 election is over, and I’d like to thank everyone who worked hard during the election to increase voter turnout in UBC’s neighbourhoods – preliminary results collected by my campaign team indicate that voter turnout in the neighbourhoods on the peninsula is up from both the 2011 and 2013 campaigns. While it’s too soon to know for sure whether early indications of increased turnout will be confirmed by Elections BC, there were major initiatives by community members across UBC and new initiatives by Elections BC that hopefully have improved participation in our community. 2011 and 2013 were very quiet provincial elections in UBC neighbourhoods. In 2011 and 2013, there was very limited democratic participation in our local UBC neighbourhoods.
Popular Executive Exits UNA after Decade at Helm Jan Fialkowski is the only person to have served as Executive Director of the UNA John Tompkins, Editor
For example, there were no allcandidates debates for UNA residents in 2011 or 2013. The only UBC allcandidates debates were the debates on student-related issues hosted by the student union at UBC. Perhaps, as a result of the lack of local community conversations about local provincial election issues in both 2011 and 2013, UNA voter turnout was also very low. In the 2011 by-election, two polls that included Hampton Place and the buildings in the UBC farm area had just 231 votes cast from a group of 932 registered voters. That’s a voter turnout rate of 24.7%. That local turnout rate compared poorly with the 38.9% participation rate across the entire community of Vancouver Point Grey.
Jan Fialkowski has seen the University Neighbourhoods Association—which approximates a municipal council for UBC residential neighbourhoods—grow from a small operation with budget of less than $1 million a year and population of 3,000 residents to one with a $5.2 million budget this year and a population of over 10,000. This growth has taken place over a decade, and for this decade, Ms. Fialkowski has served as the only Executive Director of the UNA—working with residents, UBC, the City of Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, the Province and other stakeholders to support the growth of the University Town at UBC.
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Success of the University Neighbourhoods Association as a unique form of governance depends on its close engagement with UBC, governors of the University were told at a Finance Committee meeting June 6. Richard Alexander, Chair of the UNA Board, made the comment while presenting governors with the 2017–2018 UNA operating budget for information—in accordance with terms of the Neighbours Agreement between UBC and the UNA. “UBC and the UNA have worked to renew their partnership in delivering services and programs over the past few years. A renewed commitment to engagement is part of this, and has been achieved through a variety of ways,” Mr. Alexander said. In his presentation, Mr. Alexander gave numerous examples of how UBC and the UNA—created in 2002 with the goal to provide municipal-like governance for the residents of campus neighbourhoods— engage successfully from year to year regardless of financial issues. • A resident sits on the UBC Development Permit Board—with the resident seat holder jointly chosen by UBC and the UNA. • Quarterly meetings take place between the UNA Board and senior UBC executives. • Joint consultation initiatives are held, including UBC–UNA Community Conversation events. • Delivery of services and programs— such as community grants—is accomplished through ‘enhanced collaboration’. Mr. Alexander referred specifically to a UBC–UNA partnership program called Walk ‘n Roll in which the two partners in governance help get the many children living on campus to and from school safely on a daily basis. The UNA Board Chair also cited “my presence here today” as a notable example of UBC–UNA engagement. “It’s the third time the UNA Board has been invited to present to the UBC Board,” he said. UNA Continued on Page 2
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Richard Alexander, UNA Board Chair, presents the UNA 2017–2018 operating budget to the UBC Finance Committee. Turning to finance, Mr. Alexander first explained how the UNA is funded: residents pay a Rural Tax to the Province and a Services Levy to UBC. Combined, the two equal the tax rate for a similarly assessed property in Vancouver. The Services Levy is transferred to the UNA by way of the Neighbourhood Fund. He also explained how the UNA is currently “under pressure” due to decreasing revenue on the one hand and increasing costs on the other. Unfortunately for the UNA in recent years, the rural rate has increased while Vancouver’s rate has decreased due to the rapid rise in the values of single value homes. This squeezes the amount of Services Levy funding despite UBC adding more campus residential development. “After peaking in 2012, the neighbourhood levy funds have declined by 19% between 2012 and now,” the UNA Board Chair said. He added, “The UNA has a reserve fund to manage risk. However, given the trend in declining Services Levy revenue, alongside increased costs mainly due to the introduction of the provincial fire service charge last year, this means this reserve fund is fast depleting and will be exhausted by the end of 2018–2019.” Mr. Alexander then gave a snapshot view of how the UNA is managing these
budget pressures following the formation two years ago of a Joint UBC–UNA Financial Task Force. • Phase 1, Joint UBC–UNA Financial Task Force –In response to the new provincial fire service protection costs ($1 million/year) –$ 0.8 million cost savings through UBC and UBC Properties Trust subsidies –Revenue generation through enhanced UNA programming • Phase 2, Joint UBC–UNA Financial Task Force –Focus on declining Services Levy revenue –UNA study of current service delivery –Outcomes will inform 2018–2019 budget process • Outgoing monitoring of Services Levy fluctuations. • 5-year financial model to help project budget pressures and opportunities. Aside from the UNA funding pressures, Mr. Alexander spoke of the challenges the UNA faces in the field of governance and regulations. “Governance is an important issue for UNA residents and the UNA Board,” he said. “There are multiple jurisdictions on the Point Grey Peninsula: Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, University Endowment Lands, RCMP, City of Vancouver (schools and fire agreement), Musqueam, UBC and the
UNA. Furthermore, UBC Properties Trust is a major driving force in the area. “The UNA is a vital means for UBC’s neighbourhood residents to communicate views to UBC and vice versa. “Under the Neighbours Agreement, the UNA Board is an advisory body to the UBC Board of Governors with its role focused on bylaw approvals (a noise and enforcement bylaw is already in place).” Mr. Alexander said that for him, two UNA accomplishments stand out in the last year: (1) reduction of the speed limit on 16th Avenue to 50 km/hr from 70 km/hr; and (2) two successful meetings to combat the issue of noise on campus. Residents have complained of noise caused both by “enthusiastic fraternity students” living adjacent to them and noise from air conditioning units located atop academic buildings. Other 2016 accomplishments include: • The successful operation of the Wesbrook Community Centre • Rebranding of UNA Parks and Recreation to We Are Community • Opening of first child care facility in East Campus (Vista Point, 25 spaces) with an operating agreement with the YMCA—and looking to expand child care facilities in the Wesbrook Community Centre • Commitment to community engagement and communications through
events such as Community Conversations done in partnership with UBC, and an ongoing review of internal and external communication opportunities • Review of UNA bylaws to bring them into compliance with the updated BC Societies Act • Creation of the UBC–UNA Joint Financial Task Force and Financial Strategy to manage external funding pressures with no reduction to service levels and no increases to taxes paid by residents. Looking to the year ahead, Mr. Alexander said that priorities include: • Implementation of five-year financial plan and budget management strategy • Planning for a second child care facility (expected to open in 2018) • Updating the Neighbours Agreement with a review of how UNA accesses UBC athletic facilities • Recruitment of a new Executive Director given the pending retirement of Jan Fialkowski. At the end of the address, the governors gave Mr. Alexander a warm round of applause. Ying Zhou, UNA Elected Director and Treasurer, and UBC Appointed Directors Michael Shakespeare and Carole Jolly also attended the UBC Board of Governors Finance Committee meeting.
UNA Board directors after UNA presentation at UBC meeting: (from left to right) Michael Shakespeare, UBC Appointed Director; Carole Jolly, UBC Appointed Director; Ying Zhou, Treasurer, Elected Resident Director; Richard Alexander, Chair, Elected Resident Director.
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Letter from UBC President
In a Time of Global Uncertainty, Innovation Is More Important Than Ever
Professor Santa Ono. Photo credit Paul Joseph, UBC. Earlier this month, I had the honour of hosting His Excellency, The Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and Open Text founder and chair Tom Jenkins, coauthors of a book on Canadian innovation called Ingenious: How Canadian Innovators Made the World Smarter, Smaller, Kinder, Safer, Healthier, Wealthier, and Happier. (The book, published by Penguin Random House, is available at the UBC Bookstore, and other fine bookstores). Ingenious (which includes a profile of UBC’s Dr. Janet Werker, Director of the Infant Studies Centre) cites many innovations developed by Indigenous peoples that predate the arrival of Europeans. Indigenous peoples invented the canoe, snowshoe, igloo, dogsled, lifejacket, and the bunk bed, among other innovations. That spirit of innovation is still very much alive in Canada today. As the book tells us, from Bovril to BlackBerrys, lightbulbs to liquid helium, peanut butter to Pablum to insulin, Canadian ingenuity has had
tremendous impact. I am proud to say that UBC has played an important role in Canadian innovation. Currently we enjoy the designation by Reuters as Canada’s most innovative university and rank among the top 50 most innovative universities globally. UBC researchers are innovating in all fields – from accounting and architecture to visual arts and zoology, and everything in between. • In health care, think about AIDS or prostate cancer research, brain health or any number of biotechnology advances. • In mining, our engineers and our methods are in demand around the world. • In computer science, the “(dot)CA” domain was created by UBC’s Computing Facilities manager John Demco in 1987 – two years before the emergence of the World Wide Web. • And if you’re concerned about your ecological footprint, you can thank Bill Rees and Mathis Wackernagel of UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning professors, who developed the concept back in the early 1990s. As you can see from the above examples, innovation doesn’t take place in a vacuum. It has tangible societal benefits, and is where our research at UBC touches the provincial, national and global economies. (Read more about UBC innovations at http://stories.innovation. ubc.ca/#sm.0001ebfj4haw7dy4u5r13tk43 m5cv). British Columbia is already an innovative province. The B.C. technology sector currently supports more than 100,000 jobs, houses more than 9,900 technology companies, and our homegrown talent is in high demand in Canada and around the world. Innovation is occurring in every economic sector and every region of
the province – whether it’s agriculture, health care, mining, education, tourism, technology, transportation, forestry or film. Whether on Vancouver Island, in the interior, the Fraser Valley or Northern B.C., there are companies and individuals who are innovating. And we need to give them the support and encouragement they need. Our province has one of Canada’s most vibrant innovation ecosystems, with pioneering companies across economic sectors, research agencies, industry and business associations, and post-secondary institutions and associations. But we need to do more. Despite its great natural wealth and its industrial expertise, Canada is falling behind in terms of the productivity, competitiveness and trained workforce needed to stay abreast of the competition. In global terms, we’re in a period of economic stagnation. If we are to regain our position as a leader in world trade, we must find new products, new methods of production, new markets for our goods; in a word, we must innovate. This is especially important at a time of geo-political uncertainty. Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and other recent events outside our borders have only increased the dangers and the opportunities we face. Talent is what drives innovation, and the post-secondary education sector plays an important role as an economic growth engine. I am honored to have been appointed as Chief Advisor for B.C. Innovation Network and to work with leaders in industry and post-secondary education to transform our innovation ecosystem into an innovation network – a network that collaborates, communicates and advocates in ways that support all British Columbians.
The future holds great promise – that is, if we make the kinds of investment that will pay large dividends: investments in interdisciplinary learning and research; in cross-border collaboration; in incubators and start-ups; in the preparation of a trained and flexible workforce; in research clusters that combine complementary strengths in a variety of fields; and in partnerships between universities, governments and industry. Perhaps, the most important investment we can make to ensure the success of an innovation-based economy is in the development of human capital: the education of a creative, highly-skilled and diverse population. Then British Columbians will be truly prepared to participate as global citizens in an increasingly competitive and changing world. UBC – and its sister institutions of higher learning in British Columbia – are prepared to do our part, and to help Canada foster the next generation of innovators.
Blanding, who teaches Canadian studies and history at Langara College. The workshop began with a short documentary movie Enemy Alien which tells the story of the frustration and injustice experienced by Japanese Canadians, who fought long and hard to be accepted as Canadians. After the movie, Dr. Blanding talked about the origins of the multicultural policy in Canada and the role of ethnic groups in pressing for it. He explained how policy and ideology of
multiculturalism works in practice, while making comparisons to other countries and discussing the future of multiculturalism in Canada. During the question-and-answer session followed the presentation, residents engaged in lively discussion. The final workshop First Nations in Canada will be held at the Old Barn Community Centre, Room 1, 7–9 pm on June 21.
CANADA 150 CEC Workshop on Multiculturalism On May 24, campus residents attended the second in a series of three documentary film workshops designed to introduce Canadian history and culture to the growing number of residents on the UBC campus, many of whom are newcomers to Canada. The series is organized by the UNA Civic Engagement Committee (CEC), and
the project—called Documentary Film Workshops for Canada 150—is funded by a $1,000 grant from UTown@UBC Community Grant program, a partnership of the UNA and UBC. The subject of the second workshop at the Old Barn Community Centre was The past, present and future of Canadian multiculturalism. Guest speaker was Lee
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Jan Fialkowski When Jan Fialkowski joined the UNA in 2006, its office was located in the Cecil Green Coach House in the north precinct of UBC, away from the residential area. A century earlier, the Coach House had been the home of servants to the wealthy family who lived in the huge Cecil Green Park House beside it. In an interview with The Campus Resident, the Executive Director said how bemused she was to work there daily. “How many people work out of a coach house,” she wondered, recalling the UNA office as consisting of one modest room with staff of two people. Another unusual aspect of the first UNA office was its closeness to the cliffs that hang down from the forest surrounding UBC to the beaches far below, and this allowed magnificent views of Burrard Inlet every work day. At the same time, Ms. Fialkowski said, she felt a little cautious about what might happen in the event of an earthquake. The barriers erected by UBC made the zone safe, but she wondered more than once what would happen if the floor under her feet did begin to tremble. Indeed, a friendly neighbour from UBC Public Affairs—whose office
was in the big house next door—offered sage advice. He said, “If you feel the room shaking, get out and run.” Unlike today when the UNA office is the embodiment of a modern fast-paced work environment, early days in the Coach House office were relatively quiet, filled mainly with frequent meetings with staff from UBC Campus and Community Planning. The pace of development picked up with the opening of the Old Barn Community Centre and the relocating of the UNA office there, closer to residents. At this time, the Executive Director started to hire more people to meet the growing responsibilities of the UNA. Within two or three years, the UNA would be relocating again to a larger office—this time to the building it now occupies in Wesbrook Place. As physical changes have abounded over the course of the last decade, so have other kinds, including changes in UNA Board membership due to annual elections and the growing number of directors representing residents. Eight directors sit on the UNA Board currently: five elected
resident directors, two UBC appointed directors and one (student) Alma Mater Society appointed director. Ms. Fialkowski has worked with 35 directors and six chairs on the UNA Board whose agenda had grown appreciably from year to year. As the advisory body to the UBC Board of Governors, UNA has worked with four UBC presidents and got along with all of them. Over the years, the UNA has become operator and custodian of two community centres, providing more recreational space per capita than any other community in the Vancouver area. Ms. Fialkowski has overseen both of these big projects— The Old Barn Community Centre and Wesbrook Community Centre—that will serve the residents of the growing UTown at UBC for many years to come. On this account, she is especially encouraged by the financial performance of the Wesbrook Community Centre which opened in 2015. Revenues over budget are up 20% this year over last, she says. Jan Fialkowski, whose even-tempered and professional manner UNA staff (now 19 people) and UBC residents have come to know and respect, has clearly been well equipped to meet all the challenges of the work she started at the UNA in 2006. She was attracted as much as anything then by the pioneering nature of the University Town community rising at UBC. Being involved in this development as an agent of change, she said not long after her arrival at UBC, is like “starting from scratch…not unlike the building of Canada after the first folks came to the Prairies a hundred years ago.” Ms. Fialkowski was born in Montreal of a Polish-Ukrainian mother and a French father. A lot of her relatives are still resident in Quebec. After high school, she was a student at George Williams University—now called Concordia University—in Montreal. After graduating with a degree in fine arts, she spent 20 years in administrative capacity in Ontario before heading west to the Lower Mainland with her husband. She worked for six years as director of residence at Simon Fraser University
before joining the UNA. The opinions of Ms. Fialkowski about the University Town at UBC have not changed much over the decade she has been Executive Director of the UNA save possibly in one significant regard. She feels the funding model under which residents are taxed is “unsustainable”. By this, she means that the model is too closely linked to taxation in Vancouver. As a result of it, the UNA faces “a serious financial crunch.” The funding model at UBC works in the following way: the sum of the Services Levy residents pay annually to the University and the Rural Tax they pay to the Province must equal the property tax paid in Vancouver on homes of equally assessed value. This model worked well for a while, but unfortunately in recent years, given that assessed single home values in Vancouver have risen so dramatically, it has led to UBC receiving less in the way of Services Levy despite increase in population in University Neighbourhoods. As a result, the UNA has posted budgetary deficits for the last three years and appears on track to posting more deficits ahead. “This is a UBC problem, not a UNA problem,” Ms. Fialkowski says. She welcomes the formation of a Joint UBC–UNA Financial Task Force to look into this issue as they looked into the issue of the notorious $1 million provincial fire tax that the Province levied on UBC residents last year. Ms. Fialkowski attended her final UNA Board meeting on June 13, and in a small ceremony before the start of the meeting, Chair Richard Alexander led the Board in applauding the Executive Director for the work she has done for the UNA in the past decade. “We are indebted to you,” Mr. Alexander said. On June 30, the popular UNA administrator steps into retirement. She said whoever comes next to manage the UNA will like this job. “It’s exciting and very dynamic.” Jan Fialkowski looks ahead to other big projects in retirement.
UNA Youth Launch Mental Health Awareness Club Krysta Wallbank Communications Ambassador We Are Community and UNA Youth would like to introduce you to the Know Yourself Youth Psychology Club. What began as a weekly club for youth to learn about mental health topics is quickly becoming a unique and powerful initiative to raise awareness about the many issues affecting young minds in our community. The Know Yourself Club was launched in the fall of 2016 by We Are Community’s Youth Program Coordinator, Taylor Scott, and a group of students interested in learning more about psychology and mental health. Being so close to UBC and seeing all its mental health awareness campaigns, the students questioned why they didn’t have the same kinds of resources to understanding mental health. Especially in a university environment that places so much importance on academic excellence, the youth in our community can feel a lot of pressure to succeed, leading to negative
consequences on their mental well-being. As a former UBC student himself, Taylor Scott understands this academic pressure and agrees that high schoolage students are tremendously underrepresented in the world of mental health. More should be done to connect them with not only the support and resources they need but also to the dialogue and research behind mental wellbeing. Taylor has taken inspiration from UBC President Santa Ono who champions mental health awareness and claims that mental health support is a fundamental right. The club encompasses a model of well-being, where students should feel comfortable sharing ideas, stories and experiences in a safe and non-judgmental space. It encourages U Hill and other high school students to learn about psychology, start healthy dialogues with each other and friends and family, reduce stigmas
about mental health issues affecting youth, and raise awareness throughout the community. The club meets once per week under the guidance of Li Shao, a Registered Clinical Counsellor with many years of experience. Li teaches the students how to properly read and interpret scholarly articles and encourages them to do their own research. With this foundation, students are better equipped to think and talk about mental health and can successfully spread informed knowledge to members of the community. Just last month at BC Youth Week Celebration, the club members handed out over 100 pamphlets they had created that were all about sleep disorders and the effects of sleep deprivation. The club is still young, but the members have ambitious plans for the future. They’re planning to launch a webpage devoted to their club and youth
mental health, which will be located on We Are Community’s website (wearecommunityvan.ca). In the fall they intend to host lectures, movie nights and plenty more events, all with the goal of spreading awareness about the issues that are relevant and important to them. So how can you get involved or simply support this club? If you are a youth (13–18 years old), within or outside of the UNA community, join the club! They meet every Thursday 4–5 pm at Wesbrook Community Centre from September to June. If you are someone in the field of psychology or related areas and would like to find out how you can support this great initiative, contact Taylor Scott at tscott@ myuna.ca. And be sure to keep up-to-date with our weekly newsletter, website and the Campus Resident for more to come on the Know Yourself Youth Psychology Club!
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Proposed UNA Bylaw Would Allow Residents of Central to Become UNA Members Rental building Central on University Boulevard is the first residential building on academic land at UBC Directors of the UNA have agreed in principle that the UNA will enter into a Designated Building Agreement with UBC for a new residential building called Central on University Boulevard once the
proposed UNA Bylaws—which permit residents in Designated Buildings to become UNA members— are approved by the UNA membership at the next annual general meeting.
Residential building Central on University Boulevard. Photo credit UBC Properties Trust.
While the residents in Designated Buildings cannot become members of the UNA under the current UNA Bylaws, the draft revised Bylaws acknowledge commitments made by the UNA in the Neighbours’ Agreement 2015 and include a proposed amendment to section 2.2 to allow residents of Designated Buildings to become UNA members. Draft Bylaws, section 2.2 reads: Individuals who are resident in the Local Areas or a Designated Building, may apply to become Resident Members of the Association by application to the Association, and shall become Resident Members upon the confirmation of the Secretary, the Board, or a delegate appointed by the Board, that the person fulfills the requirements of this Bylaw. Central—opened at the end of May— is the first residential building in the developing University Boulevard precinct, which is located outside the UNA neighbourhoods, on academic land. A UBC Properties Trust representative explained that while Central is designated as University Housing, it provides accommodation not only for UBC students and employees. Others who have
jobs on the UBC campus may also live there—this includes people working at UBC Hospital, the public safety building, TRIUMF, retailers on campus, etc. The requirement is that the tenant must be employed on campus or attend school on campus. Directors agreed the UNA would enter into a Designated Building Agreement with UBC for each building on University Boulevard whose residents would be eligible for UNA membership and enjoy UNA services. Until the proposed Bylaws have been approved by the UNA members at the AGM, residents in Central will be provided with UBC Community Service Cards. If the proposed Bylaws are approved at the 2017 UNA AGM in November, residents in Central will be able to apply for UNA membership and the UNA Access Card— to access the cultural and recreational facilities on and off the UBC Vancouver campus. UNA has always anticipated representing all residents on campus that were not living in student academic housing.
Agreement Aims to Bring UBC Fraternities, UNA Closer Residents living close to Fraternity Village on Wesbrook Mall should be beneficiaries; two UBC students have been at forefront of forming new committee The University Neighbourhoods Association and InterFraternity Council (IFC) have agreed on how the quality of life for some residents at UBC might be improved. For many years, these residents— who live close to the Fraternity Village on Wesbrook Mall— have expressed concerns to the University and the UNA Board of Directors about the amount of noise and commotion coming from late night-events in the Fraternity Village. In some cases, the din has forced residents who live close to the Village to vacate their apartments in favor of off-campus hotels to find a quiet place to sleep. Now, the UNA and IFC have formed a committee—the UNA and IFC Partnership Committee—and provided
this committee with a set of guidelines “to monitor ongoing collaborations and points of interest in the relationship between the Interfraternity Council and the UNA”. Two UBC students have played a significant role in organizing the UNA and IFC Partnership Committee. They are Kathleen Simpson, an executive member of the UBC Alma Mater Society (AMS) who served on the UNA Board for a year (2016–2017), and Sally Lin, another executive AMS member who is currently serving on the UNA Board for a year. Earlier this year, Ms. Simpson suggested establishing a committee comprised of members from both organizations to recommend and develop initiatives to build a positive and mutually
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beneficial relationship between residents and fraternity students. Recently, Ms. Simpson drafted Terms of Reference for the partnership for consideration by UNA directors. Both initiatives followed a March 14, 2017 meeting of the UNA Board of Directors at which IFC President Jeriah Newman presented Noise Control Bylaws that have been adopted by the IFC. Mr. Newman said the IFC was reaching out to the UNA to strengthen relationships between the fraternities and residents. Under the Terms of Reference, the UNA and IFC Partnership Committee will consist of a UNA resident, an elected UNA director, the AMS member appointed to the UNA Board (currently Ms. Lin), a representative of the Acadia
Park Residents Association, one UNA staff member and one IFC member (as appointed by the IFC President). The Committee will report on its activities to the UNA Board twice a year. Additional reports may be submitted as deemed appropriate by the Committee. The UNA Board of Directors will allocate resources needed by the UNA and IFC Partnership Committee in carrying out its functions. A motion to form the UNA and IFC Partnership Committee and adopt its Terms of Reference was passed unanimously by UNA directors at their June 13 meeting.
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Rachel Lin: “I Was Lucky to Have These Opportunities and Lucky to Have Such Supportive Parents” Parents of Rachel Lin were fully supportive of her ambitions; however, they never pressed their daughter to accelerate her schooling, teaching her instead how to work hard and learn from failure and providing a “moral compass” for her journey
Rachel and family When Rachel Lin was 12, she could not foresee that she would have a master’s degree from an Ivy League institution before her 20th birthday. She simply enjoyed learning and struggled to find adequate challenges in typical elementary school classes. So she decided to enroll in the University Transition Program, an intensive high school program that has students completing high school in
two years instead of five. Rather than starting Grade 8, Rachel began studying Grade 11 material with a handful of other bright and talented students from across the Greater Vancouver area. Two years after, Rachel—who lives in Wesbrook Place with her parents— graduated high school at 14 and began her studies at the University of British Columbia at 15 years old.
Suddenly thrown into a world where her peers were 3+ years older than her, Rachel had to adapt. Her parents were worried that their extraverted daughter would become socially withdrawn when faced with the new pressures of university life. For the first couple of weeks, Rachel felt intimidated by her university peers. “I felt as if they all knew how old I was,” she says. “I thought they would make judgments about me if they knew my age, so this hindered my own ability to reach out to people.” However, once Rachel let that go, she opened up. Embracing her own well-deserved identity as “just another” university student, she found so many wonderful mentors, peers, and friends over her years at UBC. Rachel flourished in leadership roles with Jump Start and UBC Imagine, mentoring groups of international students and student leaders despite being a number of years younger than them. Her studies were not forgotten. Rachel earned her BSc in Behavioural Neuroscience after four years, graduating at 18 years of age. Within these four years she also studied abroad with three other schools around the world. She spent two months in Taiwan at a language study program for expatriate youth (OCAC). Afterwards, she went to Ewha Womans University for six weeks to study gender relations in South Korea and learn about Korean culture and language. Finally, Rachel boarded a school on a ship to study abroad with a program called Semester at Sea. The ship docked in ten countries: the UK, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Spain, Morocco, Senegal, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Trinidad and Tobago, before finally landing in the US. Rachel deviated from her typical science course load and
took Linguistic Anthropology, World Religions, Cross-Cultural Psychology, and Art History of Sacred Spaces. She received first-hand learning in the countries she visited, creating connections to the classroom. Travelling in foreign countries also allowed Rachel to build her confidence, problem-solving and independence. Rachel’s academic inclination to neuroscience merged with her experiences as a mentor and volunteer teacher. She decided to go to Columbia University, Teachers College to do her Master’s of Science in Neuroscience and Education, combining her two interests. There, she worked with Dr. Kimberly Noble on her thesis project, looking at the influence of socioeconomic adversity on learning and the brain. Rachel’s research and studies in education inspired her to become a high school teacher in Taiwan. She is excited to inspire the next generation of students to love science. Some naysayers may assume that Rachel’s parents pushed her to accelerate her schooling, but this could not be further from the truth. While they were fully supportive of their daughter’s ambitions, they never pressured their daughter to make certain choices with her life. They allowed her to choose her own adventure, providing a backpack of tools and moral compass for her journey. They equipped her with skills like how to learn from failure, how to respond in kindness, and how to work hard. Rachel does not credit her “success” to be from intelligence, but from what her parents have taught her. “I don’t think I’m a genius or exceptionally smart,” she insists. “I just think I was lucky to have these opportunities and lucky to have such supportive parents.”
Rachel and boyfriend at Columbia University graduation
Rachel and her friends celebrate UBC graduation
Rachel at school on a ship taking program called Semester at Sea
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U Hill Elementary Grade 1 Class Sets High Bar With Theatre Production Murray and Jen McCutcheon UNA residents and parents at U Hill Elementary School
McKenzie Kanter, Camila Giron Brown, Souzana Arku-Roosevelt On Friday June 9, Kate ForemanNg’s grade 1 class at University Hill Elementary School performed an original theatre production, Beavers – The Musical! Written and choreographed by class parent and professional actor Sara Holt, and Ms. Foreman-Ng, the 45-minute production was the focus of the class for much of the spring. Using theatrical performance, music (by Erin Mathews) and dance, the show told a lively, upbeat tale about animals, nature and conservation in Metro Vancouver’s
Pacific Spirit Park. Requiring months of preparation to memorize lines, choreograph moves for more than 20 children, and hand-make costumes, props and sets, the production was more befitting of a senior high school class than a group of seven-year olds. But that didn’t phase Ms. Holt. “I wanted to give them the experience of building the show as an ensemble, working together doing a professional production,” she remarked while celebrating with the cast and parents over a potluck dinner.
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Ms. Holt highlighted the confidence instilled in the young actors as one of the many positive attributes of the experience. “There are so many life lessons they can learn through theatre. One of the things I encouraged was to follow their own path, their own journey on stage, but that we were all in it together, no matter the role.” The musical’s plot about a squirrel home that is destroyed by a family of beavers constructing a new lodge was inspired by students’ observations of
trees cleared at UBC for the new Acadia Road development. In the play, urged on by their fellow forest dwellers, the beavers resolve to reuse their old lodge and not to cut down more trees. The sustainability theme fits in well with the strong emphasis on outdoor education at U Hill elementary. Through the efforts of Ms. Foreman-Ng and other committed teachers, and the close proximity of the school to UBC and Pacific Spirit Park, U Hill elementary has become a leader in outdoor learning. The program includes partnerships with Metro Vancouver, the Pacific Spirit Park Society and UBC professors studying topics such as outdoor education and biodiversity; as well as a year-round commitment by teachers to regularly conduct lessons out in the forest. Ms. Foreman-Ng’s class spends hours in Pacific Spirit Park each week exploring and engaging in interdisciplinary learning in the spectacular natural setting of the park. Students have learned about the lifecycle of salmon in the local creeks, studied and compared leaf structures, and sketched their observations of a beaver habitat. Through experiences such as these, they are learning about the rich diversity of nature, and becoming mindful of the impact of humans on their environment. The play was also testament to the tremendous value of the liberal arts in education. The students developed the capacity to memorize and deliver lines, exercised their creative faculties to help design the set and costumes, and honed their abilities to move expressively in dance and song. Moreover, the dedication and cooperation required to successfully execute a production are qualities that will serve these young people well throughout their lives.
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ELECTION Continued from Page 1 people eligible to vote actually voted.
David Eby, MLA Vancouver-Point Grey The 2013 general election participation rate in the UBC neighbourhoods was better, but local voter turnout still paled in comparison to the average across the whole voting area. In the 2013 election, 58.97% of eligible voters across Vancouver Point Grey voted. For the UNA, in roughly those same polls including Hampton Place and the UBC Farm area (polls 6a, 6b, and 7), 33.25% of
Early indications are that voter turnout significantly improved this election. The good news is that in 2017, my campaign team’s preliminary results (the official results aren’t in yet from Elections BC) appear to show a significant increase in voter turnout in the UNA. These results are too premature to be reliable—we’re still waiting to see what final numbers from Elections BC say. (While we know how many votes were cast on Election Day, we don’t have the number of registered voters, which is a key metric used to determine voter turnout). If UNA resident voter turnout is higher this election, there are likely several reasons for that improvement, and credit is due to several community members and organizations. First, the UNA held its first ever community debate on local issues that affect non-student UBC residents. This very well attended event at the Old Barn Community Centre encouraged many
residents to become more informed, which likely increased their motivation to vote. Second, the UNA had excellent coverage of the various platforms of the different parties and the different candidates in The Campus Resident newspaper. Several issues of importance to the community, including the new provincial fire tax, were discussed in detail, encouraging residents to engage with candidates on these issues. Third, there were also more opportunities to vote. Students who live in housing in UNA neighbourhoods may have been more likely to vote this time as a result of Elections BC opening an advance voting place directly on campus at the new UBC Nest building. Similarly, advance voting stations were opened at the new Wesbrook Community Centre this election for the first time. Perhaps most importantly, there was a constructive and a concerted push from both the UBC Alma Mater Society (student union) and the UNA administration, as well as many individual community members, to
increase voter turnout. Information events were held, and residents were informed through e-mail and advertising about the importance of participating in the election and how they could get more information about voting. While there’s no question that voter turnout even outside of UBC is still lower than most of us would hope, the trend lines for the UNA community are good and are hopefully getting better. Thank you to everyone who made this election a success for our community. Editor’s Note: In the provincial election on May 9, NDP MLA David Eby was re-elected in Vancouver-Point Grey riding that includes University of British Columbia and University Endowment Lands. MLA David Eby’s Community Office has now officially re-opened. People who need assistance can make an appointment to meet with David or his staff by calling (604)660-1297 or e-mailing david.eby.mla@leg.bc.ca
Dunbar Store Sits Empty Awaiting Medical Marijuana Ruling Store is located at 3422 Dunbar Street; proposed operator of store is company called Leaves of Zazie A company called Leaves of Zazie has applied to the City of Vancouver for permission to change the allowable use of the commercial unit at 3422 Dunbar Street from retail use to Medical Marijuana Related Use (MMRU). Currently, the store sits empty. In its application for a permit, Leaves of Zazie says it would employ eight to ten members of staff at the store with two staff on duty at all times. Leaves of Zazie foresees 500 to 1,000 clients buying marijuana for medical purposes as long as they are old enough and can produce two pieces of ID and a copy of a certificate of diagnosis. If the permit application is approved as requested at 3422 Dunbar Street, the operating hours of the 800 square-foot Leaves of Zazie store will be 10:00 am to 9:00 pm every day of the week. Under the site’s existing commercial zoning, the application is ‘conditional’, meaning it may
be permitted. However, it requires the decision of the City of Vancouver. Kyle Pringle, Project Coordinator for the City of Vancouver, said at press time that staff will be filing a report on the development permit application for 3422 Dunbar Street with the Director of Planning shortly. Although the deadline for comments from the public passed on June 5, Mr. Pringle said, comments will be considered up until the date of decision. Mr. Pringle may be contacted at: kyle. pringle@vancouver.ca, tel: 604. 873.7088. The first business licence under the retail model for MMRU was issued by the City of Vancouver to the Wealth Shop Society, 4545 W. 10th Avenue. Located in West Point Grey, near UBC, this licensed medical cannabis dispensary has posted the following description at its website after opening recently: “The Wealth Shop was granted a business license in 2016, making it Vancouver’s first legally
licensed cannabis (marijuana) shop to operate under the new municipal bylaws. The concept was conceived of by three young entrepreneurs who recognized the need to bridge the gap between culture/ community and cannabis. Their passion stemmed from a desire to take cannabis out of the zip-loc-bag dark age and usher in a new era of plant-based health.”
Editor’s Note: The business is regulated by the City of Vancouver License By-Law No. 4450, section Retail Dealer– Medical Marijuana-related. According to the City of Vancouver, 10 development permits have been issued to date and 11 full development permits are under review and pending community input.
Leaves of Zazie is hoping to get City license to operate medicinal marijuana store at 3422 Dunbar Street.
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MCC Start New Phase of Block F Development Major road work is scheduled for summer months; Musqueam Capital Corporation is helping people plan for traffic disruptions
Musqueam Capital Corporation team. Left to right, top row: Martin Bussel, Chief Financial Officer; Stephen Lee, Chief Executive Officer; Doug Avis, Vice President, Real Estate; Jay Mearns, Operations Manager; front row: Caroline Thomas, Administrative Assistant; June Kim, Accounting Manager; Sandra Fossella, Operations Coordinator. Photo Credit to Char Campbell-Wood, Charwood Photographic Expressions. With tree harvesting on Block F complete for now, Musqueam Capital Corporation (MCC) has set out on the next phase of developing a residential and commercial neighbourhood on 22 acres of once-forested parkland in the University Endowment Lands. Starting in mid-June, Musqueam construction crews began preparing the UBC (west) side of Acadia Road for underground servicing and reconstruction of the road, which will include a new sidewalk on this side where one currently doesn’t exist. Doug Avis, MCC Vice President, Real Estate, said in a news release,
“Underground servicing is the installation of the sanitary sewer system, storm water system, and water lines. This work requires deep trenches. Shallow work will follow to install power and communications lines.” This major road work on Acadia Road—which separates UBC from the UEL—will take place in July and August. Since safety and the flow of vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians is a top priority for Musqueam Capital Corporation, Mr. Avis says, a comprehensive traffic management plan will be in place. “MCC will continue to regularly communicate with neighbours about
activity on Block F with an aim to answering anticipated questions and helping people plan for traffic disruptions,” said Mr. Avis. June – September Schedule of Work End of June: The installation of a new deep sanitary line from Toronto to Ortona will begin and will require road closures within the daily work zones. Residents will have access to their driveways throughout this time, but this access will be restricted to either the south end of Acadia or the north. Please allow yourself extra time for the detour. Detailed traffic
management plans will be provided in advance. July: Roadworks and the installation of a storm sewer pipe crossing University Boulevard will require minor traffic diversions. Traffic will be slowed to accommodate the work. Traffic control persons will direct vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians. July and August: The bulk of the work includes the total reconstruction of Acadia Road from Toronto to Ortona. Crews will be also working on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm except for long weekends. This work will coincide with the Norma Rose Point School summer holiday break. Some preparatory work will be done in June on the west side of Acadia from Toronto to Ortona. Late August through September: The sanitary sewer line along Acadia will be extended north of University Boulevard. Expect delays and single lane, alternating traffic. The MCC news release says: “Musqueam Capital Corporation looks forward to providing the community with a significantly enhanced road network with a sidewalk along the west side of Acadia and a wide multi-use path along the east side of the development. The boulevards will be planted with trees, traffic-calming bulges and rain gardens for storm water management. Public parking will be provided on both sides of Acadia for visitors to the community center, park and the extensive trail network.” Meanwhile, MCC is in the process of rebranding Block F and will be looking for a new name and logo soon—as well as a new website. Musqueam Capital Corporation is responsible for the development of Musqueam land, acts as asset manager for Musqueam Indian Band’s real estate holdings and facilitates partnerships for numerous business opportunities.
UTown @ UBC Community Animation Grants Expand to Musqueam Vancouver Foundation is new partner in awards program; the program has been expanded beyond University Town residents
‘Connecting to Cedar’ is one of 13 projects to receive UTown @ UBC Community Animation Grants this spring. The program has been dispensing amounts of up to $1,000 for projects to enhance vibrancy and dynamism on campus since 2011. A new partnership with the Vancouver Foundation has allowed Campus and Community Planning to expand the program beyond University Town residents so that anyone affiliated with the Vancouver campus (students, staff and faculty who do not live on campus) are now eligible — including Musqueam community members such as Rachel Gibson who—with two family members—started the ‘Connecting to Cedar’ program in March after receiving a $1,000 UTown@UBC Community
Animation Grant. Referring to her ‘Connecting to Cedar’ project, Rachel says with a smile, “That’s the hard part — the base. You learn to work the cedar as you go. It has a life of its own, you can’t fight with it.” It’s a Monday evening in May, and Gibson is seated at a table in the high-ceilinged café at the Musqueam Community Centre. In front of her, thin strips of dark brown cedar bark lie soaking in a plastic container full of water. In her hands, she holds the beginnings of a delicate cedar basket, which she is patiently weaving over a cardboard tube. All around her, other Musqueam community members are bent over various cedar projects: a rope bracelet, a bigger basket, a large, bellshaped hat.
“I’m on my second basket, the first one was so loose!” Gibson says with a laugh. “I’m already a lot better.” Since Gibson and two family members started the ‘Connecting to Cedar’ program in March, ten to twenty community members have been attending each Monday to learn the basics of cedar bark weaving from expert instructor Todd De Vries. “It’s so calming. Weaving cedar has been a way of life for us for so long,” says Gibson. “We have a potluck meal at the start of each session, and space is free, as is the tea and coffee. We’re lucky for that — we’re able to stretch the grant a long way. A few people are sponsored; one youth, one elder, and one disabled community member.
“We enjoy each other’s company, just as much as working with the cedar,’ she adds with a laugh. “It brings the community together.” A second Musqueam project that received a grant will begin next month with Musqueam community members Jordan Wilson and Debra Sparrow and Museum of Anthropology curator Susan Rowley combining their expertise to bring a 100-year-old loom in the museum back to life. For more information on UTown @ UBC Community Animation Grants, or to apply for a grant yourself, visit the website https://utown.ubc.ca/whatshappening/community-grants. Source: UBC Campus and Community Planning Newsletter, June 2017
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UBC Contest: All the Food You Can Critique
Chef David and Chef Ryan stop to share a laugh (and a canape)! If you’ve ever wanted to be food critic, here’s your chance. The fourth annual UBC Chef Challenge is coming up on July 20, and UBC is looking for a UNA resident to participate as a judge. To apply for the position, you should submit your best short critique of a recent dining experience. Your critique of no more than 200 words should be sent to info@utown.ubc.ca by Sunday, July 2 at 12:00pm. The winner in this food critic contest will be appointed a 2017 Chef Challenge judge. If you attended the Chef Challenge event in 2016, you’ll know that this annual event features five competing chefs who will prepare food creations to pair with local craft beer. Chefs have two categories in which to win: people’s choice and judge’s choice. The event is organized by Campus and Community Planning and sponsored by Driftwood Brewery. For those who missed the event last year, here’s the link to the last event: https:// utown.ubc.ca/chef-challenge-2016. You can also keep up to date by following one of @UTownUBC social media channels on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Shiloh Bouvette, Manager of Community Programs and Outreach said, “This is one of our favourite summer events to put on for the community. For
this year’s event, we aim to deliver the same summer festival vibe of last year and add a fun new way for community members to participate.” She added, “Who doesn’t love to be a food critic? For this contest, rather than just tell your friends or your Facebook friends, write it down and send it our way.” The resident with the best food critique will be selected to be the UNA representative on the 3-judge panel. They will taste their way through all five food and beer samples and have an opportunity to discuss the chefs approach to the dish up close and personal. At the end of the event, they will award the prize to the winning chef and team. In addition to judging, the resident with the winning entry will receive two free tickets for the event for friends/family as well as an additional foodie prize package worth $100+ gift certificates. Optionally, after their event, the UNA judge can write a small feature on their experience of the event as a judge with their critique of it all. The Campus Resident would publish it. Please note, this contest is only open to those 19 years or older. The 2017 competitors are: AMS Conferences and Catering, BierCraft, Koerner’s Pub/Loafe, UBC Food Services, LFS Aggies (Faculty of Land
Delicious platters of appetizers, prepared by Chef Ryan and the AMS team. and Food Systems team). The UBC Chef Challenge event starts at 5:00 pm on July 20 at the amphitheatre on Main Mall and Thunderbird Boulevard (across from the Old Barn Community Centre). Regular tickets include entry, local food + craft beer samples + live music. Children tickets include entry + healthy
kids meal. Students $20; staff, faculty, alumni, UNA & UTown@UBC residents $25; general public $35; children over 2 years $10 (kids under 2 are free). All photos on this page were taken at the Chef Challenge 2016 event by Don Erhardt, UBC.
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Biodiversity in your backyard Growing Year-Round at UBC Botanical Garden’s Food Garden Matias Taylor Marketing and Communications Assistant, UBC Botanical Garden Located past the Moon Gate and through the tunnel underneath Southwest Marine Drive, the Food Garden is definitely one of the highlights of UBC Botanical Garden. It consists of a series of raised beds, partially surrounded by espalier-trained fruit trees, where a diversity of herbs, vegetables and fruits are grown year-round. Brendan Fisher, who has been a horticulturist at the Garden for the last 10 years and who has looked after the Food Garden since 2012, shares some of the secrets that make this place such a popular attraction. “We exclusively practice organic gardening techniques,” says Brendan, noting the Food Garden’s philosophy of growing things as naturally as possible, without the use of pesticides. Visitors can explore seven different beds—including roots, tomatoes and brassicacae—where crops are rotated on a yearly basis—a technique that prevents build-up of insects and disease (“that’s what happens when you grow in the same soil year after year”). The Food Garden sees activity all year round, with fruit tree pruning in February and March, and early March planting for most crops (including spinach and peas). The rate of harvesting increases sharply in the summer—about once a week—and
the food is picked by volunteer Friends of the Garden and shipped to the Salvation Army’s food bank, where it benefits the hungry and homeless on the city’s Downtown Eastside. Cold frames still produce plenty of crops—Swiss chard and kale are all planted in the fall—and many of these grow all through winter until harvest season. Delta-based West Coast Seeds provides all the seeds and root vegetables used in the Garden. Brendan credits a mixture of fascination for growing food and a desire for increased sustainability as to why people are so attracted to the Food Garden. “People are interested in learning what vegetables they can grow at home, since a lot of people are only used to seeing them at a supermarket, and they also want to reduce their ecological footprint”. New signage also offers plenty of information about the food grown at local and global levels. For those who want to plant their own crops at home, Brendan recommends not overwatering (4-5 times a week is too much), as well as watering deeply with efficient irrigation systems like inground systems and misters as opposed to overhead watering. This summer, visitors can look forward to new additions, including peanuts in the
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