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TO 2 P.M. @ IBLC RARE BOOKS, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS\nThis exihibit uses rare books, art and manuscripts from UBC\nto tell the story of this century in queer cultural history.\nSATURDAY, JUNE 1\n\/\/\/\/\nINDIGENIZING DIGITAL SPACE: TELLING THE STORY\nOFTHE RAVENSPACE PUBLISHING PROJECT\n9 A.M. TO 5 P.M.\u00ae IBLC LEVEL 2 FOYER\nThis collaborative exhibit showcases the first three digital\nbooks to come from RavenSpace publishing.\nSUNDAY, JUNE 9\n\/\/\/\/\nITALIAN DAY ON THE DRIVE\n12 P.M. 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Full opinions policy may be found at ubyssey.\nca\/subrnit-an-opinion\nIt is agreed by all persons\nplacing display orclassified advertising that ifthe Ubyssey Publications Society fails to pub\nlish an advertisement or if an\nerror inthe ad occursthe liability ofthe UPSwill not be greater\nthan the price paid for the ad\nThe UPS shall not be responsible for slight changes or\npographical errors that do\nlessenthevalueorthe impact\nofthe ads.\nLAND\nACKNOWLEDGEMENT\nWe would like to acknowledge\nthat this paper and the land on\nwhich we studyand work is the\ntraditional, ctcupied, u needed\nterritory of the Coast Sallsh\npeoples, indidi ng the territories cf\nthe x\"t~n s9k wsybm (M usquea nD,\nSk wx wu7rnesh (Sq nam ish), Stob\nand SsllwstaJ\/SelllwItulh (Tslell-\nWaututh) Nations.\nSLC Co-Chairs Neema Rimber and\nMaddy Schulte are leaders in leadership\nBoth chairs have found friends and mentors in their time with the SLC, offering them the chance to develop professionally.\nELIZABETH WANG\nAnupriya Dasgupta\nContributer\nCo-Chairs Maddy Schulte\nand Neema Rimber know the\nimportance of teamwork and\ncommunication in their roles\nas leaders of this year's Student\nLeadership Conference (SLC) and\nhow \"it has been a huge part of our\nexperience at UBC.\"\nSchulte, a fourth-year marketing\nstudent, became involved with the\nSLC in her first year. It has now\nbecome a constant in her university\ncareer \u2014 and a driving force in the\nlives of thousands more students. For\nRimber, a Mastercard Foundation\nScholar and a fourth-year economics\nand international relations student,\nthis was her first time being a part of\nthe organizational committee ofthe\nSLC, wanting to make an impact on\nthe lives of other students.\nAlthough Schulte's previous\ninvolvement had given her a\nvariety of experiences with the\norganization, it took her being\na participant in the conference\nto finally apply for the co-chair\nposition. \"After attending the\nconference in my third year, I got\nreally excited about seeing myself\ninthe planning committee and\nseeing what opportunities there\nwere for getting involved in the\nfollowing year.\"\nRimber, an SLC delegate\nthrough her previous three years\nof university, was encouraged by\nher peers and her involvement\nin residence life to apply for the\nco-chair.\nEven with their years of\ninvolvement, this year's conference\nproved special to them both.\n\"Speaking in front of a large\ncrowd made me nervous, it was quite\na large audience,\" Schulte said.\n\"The speech was a big step in\nterms of how far I had come from\nwhen I was in first year when\nI couldn't even speak in class\ndiscussions. It was phenomenal to\nsee that growth,\" added Rimber.\n2019's conference theme was\n'Beyond Your Lines,' something of\ngreat importance to both chairs.\nSchulte described the theme as\n\"motivation to push people to try\nnew things that maybe they're\nuncomfortable with [and] see\nthe potential for growth that can\ncome from that. Whether that's\ntrying something new, talking to\nsomeone new or reaching your\nhand up in class.\"\n\"Speaking in front of that many\npeople was definitely going beyond\nmy lines for me. I think it's different\nfor everyone. I think it can apply to\na lot of different aspects of student\nlife,\" she said.\nOrganizing the conference didn't\ncome without its complications.\nIn a team of 20-some students, it\nwas challenging to bring that many\npeople with diverse ideas to work\non a singular theme. The main issue\nconcerning members was becoming\nset on specific ideas and not wanting\nto change \u2014 an obstacle that the co-\nchairs overcame through honest and\nclear communication.\n\"Teamwork has been\noverarching. It's about looking at\nwhat the team wants versus what the\nindividual wants,\" Schulte explained.\nRimber remarked on how\nincredible it was for her to be able\nto witness the coming together of\nthe team.\n\"You feel inspired and you feel\nchallenged seeing your fellow\nstudent leaders doing these amazing\nthings, showing different approaches\nto leadership and to handling\ndifferent situations... Despite all our\ndifferences, we all wanted to see our\nconference be impactful and for it to\nbe able to communicate our values.\"\nFor Rimber, a memorable\nmoment from the conference was\nbeing able to see how \"everything\nhad seamlessly come together.\nEveryone had worked together and\nthis was indicative of that team\ndynamic.\"\nRimber spoke about how she was\nsurprised by the emotional toll ofthe\njob. \"It is very important to take the\ntime to laugh and acknowledge that\nthe work makes you happy. It is an\nextra element of mindfulness that\nreally helps create that balance.\"\nThe chairs added how some\nofthe most important lessons\nthey came away with involved\nknowing how to communicate both\nprofessionally and effectively.\n\"When you're in a team\nthere are benefits of actually\ncommunicating when you're\nstruggling and there's people\naround you who want to support\nyou... I'm grateful for the SLC to\npush me to be more communicative\nabout where I'm at with, what I'm\nworking on,\" said Schulte.\n\"Sometimes you have to speak\nup and speak up more than once\nto have your point of view heard\nand have people understand as well\nas the patience to allow people to\nsee that and trying to assume that\npeople have the best intentions,\"\nsaid Rimber.\nBoth chairs have found friends\nand mentors in their time with\nthe SLC, something which offered\nthem the chance to develop\nprofessionally, allowing them to\nfigure out what they want to do\nafter they graduate.\n\"I've really liked working with\nthe staff members we've got to\nwork with. They're all wonderful.\nStudents don't usually get to work\nwith staff that closely and that was\ndefinitely one ofthe benefits of\nbeing able to work in that space,\"\nRimber recounted.\nAround 1,200 students\nparticipate every year to become\ninvolved in making the lives\nof other students better and to\nimprove their own leadership\nskills. \"It's inspiring to me that\nso many students care that much\nabout how the campus is doing,\"\nsaid Schulte. \"I would hope that\nprofessionally it offers some sort\nof direction to students, how they\nwant to use the skills they have in\ntheir futures.\"\nOn their hopes for the\nSLC's future, Schulte spoke of\nthe benefits for interpersonal\nconnections and Rimber touched\non the potential for development,\non the part of attendees.\n\"I hope people meet new people\nat the event too \u2014 meeting people\nin different faculties and using\neach other as tools to make things\nhappen,\" said Schulte.\n\"My call to action would be for\npeople to challenge themselves, to\nseek out different opportunities\nand to be engaged.\" %\n NEWS\nEDITORS HENRY ANDERSON AND EMMA LIVINGSTONE\nMAY 28,2019 TUESDAY\nTHELORAX\/\/\nPleas to preserve UBC Bosque cause Ono to explore\nalternate locations' for Arts Student Centre\nThe location for the new Arts Student Centre is facing backlash because it will replace eight mature oak trees from the UBC Bosque.\nSALOMONMICKO BENRIMOH\nOliver Zhang & Henry Anderson\nContributor & News Editor\nPublic concern about the removal\nof trees for the construction of\nthe Arts Student Centre (ASC)\nhas mounted, causing President\nSanta Ono to announce that he\nwill consider other locations for\nthe building.\nThe public pressure was\nspearheaded by the anonymous\nTwitter account @BosqueUbc,\nwhich was created to represent\nthe eight mature oak trees that\nwould be cut down for the centre.\nThe account created a change.org\npetition which reached over 200\nsignatures in one day.\nOno's announcement was met\nwith approval online.\n\"This responsiveness is very\nmuch appreciated and helps\nprovide evidence to UBC's\nsustainability goals,\" tweeted\nAnthropology Professor and\nBoard of Governors Faculty\nRepresentative Dr. Charles\nMenzies.\nIn a statement to The Ubyssey,\nUBC confirmed that public\nconsultation was a crucial step in\nthe planning process, and during\nthe consultation phase they heard\nboth support for the project and\nopposition to the building being\nlocated in the Bosque.\n\"The President has directed\nstaff to explore alternative\nlocations to the Bosque in the\ncoming weeks to come up with\na solution that delivers the new\nASC as expediently as possible,\"\nreads the statement.\nUBC also said staff would\nwork with the AMS, the Arts\nUndergraduate Society (AUS)\nand the faculty of arts to identify\nThe Bosque shortly after it was planted in 1972.\nCOURTESY CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY PLANNING\nan alternative location for the\nASC and maintain financial\ncommitments to the project.\nThe AUS also released a\nstatement on their Facebook\npage in response to Ono's tweet\nthe following evening on May 24.\n\"Dr. Ono's remark was made\nunilaterally from the President's\noffice - neither the AUS nor any\nother stakeholders associated\nwith the project were consulted\nbefore President Ono published\nhis tweet,\" said part ofthe\nstatement.\n\"We wish to assure all Arts\nstudents that the Dean's Office\nof the Faculty of Arts and the\nArts Undergraduate Society are\ncommitted to the completion of\nthe Arts Student Centre.\"\nLOCATION, LOCATION,\nLOCATION\nThe UBC Bosque refers to the\nsmall forest that stretches north of\nthe Nest to Brock Hall.\nOriginally built in 1968,\ncampus planners envisioned the\nBosque as a space where students\ncould study, mingle and relax.\nThe red oak trees were planted\naround the same time that the\ncurrent UBC Life Building,\nformerly the Student Union\nBuilding, finished construction,\nmaking the trees over 50 years\nold.\nThe ASC was originally\nchosen to reside in the Bosque\nbecause it met the AUS's\nrequirements of being a\nstandalone structure close to the\nmain hub of campus, but building\nthere would require the removal\nof eight trees.\nIra Sutherland, a PhD\nstudent studying the history\nof forests in British Columbia,\nrecently conducted a tree\ncanopy study at UBC for the\nSEEDS sustainability program.\nHe believes removing the trees\nwill have negative implications\nfor the state of urban forestry on\ncampus.\n\"I was surprised. I get it that\ndevelopment often conflicts with\ntrees, necessitating their removal\nsometimes, but I've never seen a\nplan like this,\" said Sutherland.\n\"Those oaks are beautiful. They\nhave been cared for by three\ngenerations of UBC landscape\nstaff, and pin oaks ... are a species\nwith excellent longevity.\n\"In another 10 to 15 years,\nthey will form a stately forest of\nbig trees, almost like columns in a\ncathedral.\"\nThe ASC plan was approved\nby the Board of Governors (BoG)\nin June 2018, and Campus and\nCommunity Planning (C+CP)\nheld an open house for public\nconsultation on April 2.\nThe feedback will soon\nbe presented to the Board of\nGovernors for a second approval\nprocess on June 13.\nREVITALIZING THE BOSQUE\nConstructing the ASC is part of\nC+CP's larger vision to \"revitalize\"\nthe Bosque.\n\"Today, the space is failing at\nits intention of a green outdoor\nsocial space and is often dark,\ndamp, uninviting as well as\ndifficult to walk to in the rainy\nmonths,\" wrote C+CP on its\nwebsite.\nDr. Cecil C. Konijnendijk, a\nprofessor in the urban forestry\nprogram, admitted that the\nBosque needs work but thinks it\ncan be improved without killing\ntrees.\n\"You could do more in\nterms of, for example, having\na walkway, planting more\nundergrove. Some of the students\nin our UBC forestry program,\nthey've also made proposals for\nthat,\" said Konijnendijk.\nAs a part ofthe revitalization\nprocess, C+CP is also running\na planting strategy to test the\nsoil at the proposed site in the\nBosque. Four understory plots\ncontaining communities of plants\nhave been installed in two zones\nto determine what species will\nthrive in each area.\nBut Menzies argued that this\nkind of ecological repair is not\nenough to make up for the loss of\neight mature oaks.\n\"What we're not looking at\nis the cumulative effects of this\nkind of incrementalism. So, each\nyear, six [trees] there, two there\n\u2014 individually that's nothing,\nbut when you start adding them\nup, it's a serious impact,\" said\nMenzies.\nKonijnendijk agrees.\n\"It's too easy to say, okay it\ndoesn't work. Let's just take it\ndown,\" he said.\n\"The fact remains that... with\n[the removal of] these big trees,\nyou lose all the benefits that\nthese trees provide.\" 'M\nCOURTESY CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY PLANNING\nCurrent plan for the Arts Student Centre in the Bosque.\n 4 | NEWS | TUESDAY MAY 28, 2019\nDATA PRIVACY\/\/\n'Categorical suspicion: Should\nUBC continue using Turnitin?\nTurnitin doesn't say what it exactly does with student submissions or how long it keeps them in its database.\nKRISTINEHO\nAndrew Ha\nContributor\nUsing Turnitin in BC is a little\ndifferent than in most places due\nto the province's stringent privacy\nlaws. But concerns for students'\nprivacy and trust raise the question\nof whether it should be used at all.\nSecond-year psychology student\nSophie Garcia has taken several\ncourses where professors have\nrequired her to use Turnitin, the\npopular plagiarism detection\nsoftware used at educational\ninstitutions like UBC.\nBefore submitting, she was\ntold to remove all identifying\ninformation from her work without\nbeing given a reason.\n\"I think [my professors] said\nto put a fake name,\" she said.\n\"They told [us] to take out all\npersonal information, but... I don't\nremember any ofthe profs telling\nme why.\"\nTurnitin is a website that\ncompares submissions to\nits proprietary databases of\nwebsites, journals, books and\npreviously uploaded student\nwork. Its algorithm then spits\nout a similarity score. A higher\npercentage indicates overlap\nbetween the student's submission\nand Turnitin's database, a possible\nmarker of plagiarized work.\nMany instructors use and\nsupport Turnitin because it\nenforces academic integrity,\nbut some are concerned that it\ncompromises students' privacy by\nstoring personal information and\nintellectual property.\nOthers believe subjecting\nstudents to plagiarism tests creates\na culture of distrust.\n\"If you were just like, T don't\nwant to submit,' [professors] are\ngoing to be like, Well, you must be\nplagiarizing,'\" said Garcia.\nSAFER AT HOME\nSo why can't uploaded assignments\nin BC contain identifying\ninformation? The answer lies in\nprovincial privacy law.\nSection 30.1 ofthe BC Freedom\nof Information and Protection of\nPrivacy Act (FIPPA) mandates that\nan organization \"must ensure that\npersonal information in its custody\nor under its control is stored only\nin Canada and accessed only in\nCanada.\"\nIn other words, personal\ninformation in BC can't leave the\ncountry.\nTurnitin is an American\ncompany with databases located in\nthe United States and Europe, so it\nis not obligated to follow Canadian\nprivacy laws. For instance, the US\ngovernment could request access\nto student Turnitin submissions\nunder the USA PATRIOT Act,\nor any other law that wouldn't\nnormally apply to BC residents.\nThis means that UBC\ninstructors who want to use\nthe service must comply with\nsection 30.1 by not only removing\nidentifying information inside\nsubmissions but also cleaning\nmetadata attached to documents\nthat could be linked to the student.\nAccording to Mike Larsen,\npresident ofthe BC Freedom\nof Information and Privacy\nAssociation (FIPA), a privacy\nadvocacy group, BC and Nova\nScotia are the only Canadian\nprovinces that have laws that\nrestrict cross-border data flow like\nsection 30.1.\n\"It's a progressive piece of\nlegislation,\" he said. \"It really\ndoes ensure that organizations\nare held to a higher standard\nwhen it comes to the protection of\npersonal information.\"\nFINDING ANOTHER WAY\nUBC disagrees. In 2015, UBC\nand four other universities\n\u2014 collectively the Research\nUniversities Council of British\nColumbia (RUCBC) - lobbied a\nprovincial legislative committee to\nloosen BC's privacy law.\nThrough a Freedom of\nInformation request, The Ubyssey\nobtained a transcript of UBC\nlegal counsel Paul Hancock's 2015\npresentation to the BC legislature.\nHe said that \"no section of\nthe FIPPA has caused greater\nchallenges for the post-secondary\nsector in BC than section 30.1.\"\nHancock's problem with\nthe law? \"It erodes our\ncompetitiveness,\" he said.\nInstructors must allow students\nto use fake names with services\nlike Turnitin, creating extra work\nfor the instructor who must figure\nout who the account belongs to. It\ndetracts from UBC's international\nimage when instructors and\nstudents wonder why they must\njump through an extra hoop, he\nexplained.\nHancock added that the section\nin fact hampers data security.\nPopular services like Canvas,\nGoogle Classroom and Turnitin\nare based outside of Canada,\nbut when institutions can't use\nthese, they must find domestic\nalternatives that might be not as\nwell developed.\n\"Locally hosted systems are less\nreliable, and ironically, they are\nless secure than cloud-based ones,\"\nhe said in the presentation.\n\"We've caused untold\nfrustration for our faculty\nmembers and bemusement\nfor many of our students who\nwonder why we can't use the\nsystem as it's intended.\"\nThe submission recommended\nthat out-of-country data storage be\npermitted in circumstances where\n\"there should be no reasonable\nalternative in Canada.\"\nBut according to Larsen,\nrelaxing section 30.1 for the\nbenefit of corporate institutions\nis worrisome. It would not only\nweaken the protection given to\nBritish Columbians' personal\ninformation, but also feed into\nbroader concerns of surveillance.\n\"[It] makes it... difficult for\npeople to turn around and ask\nserious questions about things like\nsuspicionless searches,... searches\nat borders and the surveillance of\ndata flows by telecoms or social\nmedia companies,\" Larsen said.\nYet many instructors and\nstudents are unaware of the\nrestrictions on cross-border\ndata flow and publish personal\ninformation to Turnitin anyway,\nmaking it difficult to enforce.\nRecent BA graduate in\nanthropology Aridda Koh used\nTurnitin in a Korean history class,\nbut she says her professor never\ninformed her of privacy policy.\n\"They never said that. I\njust turned it in... name and\neverything and all,\" she said.\nTurnitin doesn't say what\nit exactly does with student\nsubmissions or how long it keeps\nthem in its database, which Garcia\nfinds concerning.\n\"It's very cryptic. You have no\nidea what's going on on the other\nside and what they're doing,\" she\nsaid.\n\"NOTHING TO HIDE, NOTHING\nTO FEAR\"\nLarsen, who is also the co-chair\nofthe criminology department\nat Kwantlen Polytechnic\nUniversity, also warned that\nTurnitin creates a \"pedagogy...\nof categorical suspicion\" that\nsuggests instructors don't trust\ntheir students. \"We're interested\nin academic integrity. We're\ninterested in the pursuit of\n MAY 28, 2019 TUESDAY I NEWS\ntrust,\" he said, \"and the way we've\ngone about trying to achieve this,\nthrough software like Turnitin, is\nto simply say that nothing and no\none is trustworthy.\n\"It really is a 'nothing to hide,\nnothing to fear' mentality baked\ninto what should be an institution\nof critical thinking.\"\nGarcia echoed that it's unclear\nwhat instructors consider an\nacceptable or unacceptable score.\n\"When my profs or TAs go\nthrough my Turnitin turn-it-ins\n... you have no idea what they're\nthinking,\" said Garcia.\nConventionally, Larsen says,\nonly people who have done\nsomething to warrant suspicion\nare subject to surveillance.\nHaving every student submit\ntheir work to Turnitin regardless\nof who they are vsends a message\nthat their work will not be trusted\nas authentic.\n\" ... That's a foundational\nrelationship between you and the\ninstitution that will continue on,\"\nhe said. \"Watch everything. By\ncollecting the haystack, then you\ncan identify the needle.\"\nKoh says her high school\nteachers strongly emphasized the\nconsequences of plagiarism from\na young age.\n\"That was all they told me. If\nyou plagiarize, you're gone, you're\ndead,\" she said.\nNOT A \"PLAGIARISM SCORE\"\nBut other educators like Dr.\nCatherine Rawn, a senior\ninstructor in UBC's department of\npsychology, say Turnitin does more\nhelp than harm.\n\"Think about [i] Clicker\npoints,\" she said. \"You could\nsay there can be very good,\npedagogically-sound reasons\nfor incorporating Clickers, [but]\nthey could be used as punitive\nattendance buttons.\"\nGarcia has taken Rawn's\nclasses and says she understands\nwhy professors use Turnitin, but\nshe sometimes worries about\naccidental plagiarism.\nDespite not having plagiarized,\na student might receive a non-zero\nTurnitin score. The issue with a\nnumerical score is that it is unclear\nhow instructors interpret it.\nRawn understands that\nsimilarities between a student's\nwork and the Turnitin database\nare often harmless because the\nmetric is simply representative of\noverlap, perhaps due to the use of\nquotations or students referring\nto the same article.\n\"I don't know anybody who\nlooks at that number and says,\n'That's a plagiarism score,'\" she\nsaid.\nMore often than not, Rawn\nhas found that a high Turnitin\nsimilarity score means the\nstudent has improperly quoted\nor paraphrased. She tries to\ntreat such situations as learning\nopportunities.\n\"The vast majority of\nconversations that come out of\nmy Turnitin ... is about how to\nwrite better,\" said Rawn.\n\"The way I usually approach\nit is, 'Here's what I'm seeing. Tell\nme what's going on here.' And, I\ndon't walk into that conversation\nsaying, You have plagiarized.\nYou're gonna fail.'\"\nRegarding privacy, Rawn\nsays she is \"happy\" to offer\nstudents the workaround of\ncreating Turnitin accounts with\na pseudonym, but she has never\nseen any pushback from students.\n\"If a student did come to me\nwith serious concerns about their\nprivacy and their data being used\nin this way, I would be open to\na conversation to figure out a\ndifferent solution ... but nobody\never has in my 7,000 students,\"\nshe said.\n\"Watch everything. By collecting the haystack, then you can identify the needle.\"\nKRISTINEHO\nBut according to BC law,\nstudents' personal information\nshould not be stored on Turnitin's\nservers regardless.\nWhen asked about section\n30.1, Rawn said she vaguely\nremembered being told this when\nshe first started using Turnitin\nnearly a decade ago.\n\"It's a policy that I have in my\nsyllabi that I've cut and pasted\nyear over year,\" she said.\nAccording to a statement from\nDr. Simon Bates, UBC's associate\nprovost of teaching and learning,\n\"Instructors whose students are\nrequired to use Turnitin as part\nof their course activities are also\nclearly informed of student options\nwhen they sign up for the service.\"\nSince the RUCBC submission,\nthere has been little discussion\nabout concerns with Turnitin, but\na special legislative committee\nwill review the policy in 2021 as\nis required every six years.\nDespite all these concerns, it\nis unlikely that UBC and other\ninstitutions' stance on section\n30.1 will change. Since 2015,\neducational technology has been\n\"expanding massively\" in high\nschools as well as post-secondary\ninstitutions, says Larsen.\n\"I guarantee you that we're\ngoing to see lots of pressure [from\ninstitutions], probably not just in\nthe research universities,\" he said.\nAmidst the debate, Garcia\nsays that students are too often\nforgotten.\n\"It's funny that [professors]\ndon't know much about it\nbecause they're not even the ones\nsubmitting,\" she said. \"It's their\nstudents who mandatorily have\nto submit. They don't give the\nstudents a choice.\"\nAfter three emails over the\ncourse of a week, Turnitin did not\nprovide a statement by press time. 13\nSTUDENT POLITICS\/\/\nAMS revamps Equity Caucus after lack of student involvement\nMany students want to make the AMS more equitable, but they don't know how to get involved.\nFILE KOSTAPRODANOVIC\nCharlotte Alden\nContributor\nThe AMS is taking tangible steps\nto make the student society more\ninclusive through a complete\nrenovation ofthe Equity Caucus,\nheaded by VP External Cristina\nIlnitchi.\nThe Equity Caucus was\ninitially formed in 2016 after\nan AMS Governance Review\nhighlighted potential inequity\nwithin the society's structures.\nThe caucus floundered for two\nyears, struggling with low student\nengagement before finally being\nbrought under review in 2018.\nIlnitchi believes the original\ncaucus failed because of\nsignificant barriers to entry.\nMany students want to make the\nAMS more equitable, but they\ndon't know how to get involved.\nDespite good intentions, the\nEquity Caucus didn't make doing\nso any easier.\n\"The AMS encountered quite\na bit of difficulty and actually\npopulating the Equity Caucus and\ngetting it off the ground,\" Ilnitchi\nsaid. Applicants had to send in a\ncover letter and resume and give a\nspeech to the advocacy committee.\nThis time, Ilnitchi wants easy\naccess and the active participation\nof equity-seeking groups.\n\"Moving forward, we want\nto make sure that these groups\nare a part ofthe process as early\nas possible, that their voices are\nbeing included at the forefront of\nthis work always and that they're\nalso engaging their members and\nthe rest of their community to get\ninvolved in this process as well,\"\nshe said.\nAnother major flaw ofthe\ncaucus was its pre-determined\nstructure, resulting in those\nbarriers to entry, that was created\nwithout student consultation.\nNow the caucus won't have a fixed\nstructure at all.\n\"The plan for right now is that\nthis is a blank slate,\" Ilnitchi said.\nShe aims to work with student\ngroups and internal staffers at the\nAMS to figure out what the gaps\nare in equity and inclusion.\n\"[Then we] start from all the\nideas that are out there to be able\nto determine what actionable\nsteps [we can] take to address\ncreating more equity in the AMS,\"\nIlnitchi said.\nWhile UBC's Equity and\nInclusion Office often engages\nwith AMS executives on\ninclusion- and equity-related\nmatters and was a part of\ndiscussions related to the Equity\nCaucus, they are not directly\ninvolved in the caucus, according\nto Sara-Jane Finlay, the office's\nassociate vice-president.\n\"We hope that the caucus\nstrengthens and elevates diverse\nstudent voices and provides\nleadership on equity and inclusion\nmatters within the AMS and with\nrespect to the student experience\nat UBC,\" Finlay said.\nQuestions of equity were\nprevalent in this year's AMS\nelections when no female-\nidentifying or non-binary people\nran for President. Ilnitchi hopes\nthe new Equity Plan will encourage\na more diverse group of people to\nrun for executive positions.\n\"How do we make sure that\nwe have women and non-binary\nstudents engaging in our elections,\nand then feeling like this is a place\nfor them, [and] that leadership\npositions are for them as well?\"\nIlnitchi said. \"This plan can\ndefinitely tackle that.\"\nThe timeline will begin this\nsummer with the creation of a\nformal body that will develop plans\nand ideas to prepare for broader\nconsultation in the fall.\n\"It's a really exciting process\nthat the AMS is looking to\nundertake, and I think it will\nreally possibly transform our\norganization,\" Ilnitchi said. 'M\n CULTURE\nEDITOR ANGELA O'DONNELL\nMARCH 28,2019 TUESDAY\nURBAN PARKS \/\/\nCity of Dreamers at DOXA highlights women architects\nSophie Galloway\nContributor\nCity of Dreamers, Joseph Hillel's\nnewest film, arrived at Vancouver's\nDOXA Documentary Film Festival.\nThe documentary tells the story\nof four prolific women architects\nin Canada as they reflect on their\ncareers within the context of\nthe male-dominated industry.\nThe architects profiled included\nthe notable Denise Scott Brown,\nBlanche Lemco van Ginkel, Phyllis\nLambert and Cornelia Hahn\nOberlander. The film gathered a\nwarm reception, selling out days\nbefore the showing. For good\nreason too: Hillel's twinkling,\nThe Royal Tenenbaums-esque\ndocumentary is hilarious, warm and\npointed, and acts as an excellent\nblueprint of their pursuit through\nadversity.\nOfthe four architects profiled,\none story in particular fell close\nto home for UBC. Oberlander\nserved as the landscape architect\nfor UBC's often admired Museum\nof Anthropology building\nalongside Arthur Erickson, and\ncompleted work on many other\npopular Vancouver locales, such\nas the Robson Square Law Court's\nurban park. Oberlander's story is\nremarkable: as a young child, her\nfather passed away in an avalanche,\nand her mother single-handedly\nescaped Nazi Germany with\nFour prolific women architects reflect on their careers in a male dominated industry.\nPHOTO COURTESYOFDOXA\nOberlander and her siblings in tow.\nAfter arriving in England, and later\nemigrating to Canada. Oberlander\ngained her BA from Smith College\nin 1944. In 1947, she was among one\nofthe first woman to graduate from\nHarvard with a degree in landscape\narchitecture.\nAs Oberlander recounts her\ncareer from her glass-walled Point\nGrey home studio, her emphasis on\nthe necessity of greenery in urban\nareas marks a defining feature of\nher work. Here in Vancouver, we\nare lucky to enjoy urban parks\nand access to nature, to which\nOberlander has been central in\nestablishing.\nViewers can expect to see\nbroad skylines, graphics and\nstunning vintage photographs\nscattered amongst each woman's\nstory, illustrating the change\naffected by development on each\narchitect's respective city. The film\nis sprinkled with jazz music and\nquick, neat transitions giving it an\nair of regality and poise. The film is\nboth aesthetically pleasing and full\nof joy. Certainly it was a fun watch.\nDespite growing up in a\ndifferent era to our own, each ofthe\narchitect's stories are progressive\nand forward thinking even by today's\nstandards, promoting sustainability,\ngreenery and affordable housing.\nEach ofthe women has become\noutstanding in their respective fields,\nwith illustrious and rich careers to\nreview.\nAfter watching, I felt a\nstrange mixture of being both\nhumbled and inspired. Each of\nthe architects profiled had to\nfight tooth and nail to be taken\nseriously in their field amongst\nswathes of opposition claiming\nthat there simply wasn't room for\nwomen in the business. To make a\ncareer of architecture in the mid\n20th century as a woman was an\nalmost impossible prospect, and\nthe lengths of what they achieved\nwas nothing short of inspiring.\nArchitecture remains a field\ndominated by rich white men,\nand is an example of a saturated\nindustry where breaking into\nthe ranks even if you fall inside\nthe prerequisites is tough. The\nfeats the architects achieved is\nnothing short of remarkable, and\na reminder ofthe boundaries still\nyet to break in the future. 'M\nPLAYLISTS \/\/\nUBC Press goes musical for Vancouverism advertising\nThis playlist features a lot more than just rain-centric songs about Vancouver.\nBridget Berner\nContributor\nThis may not come as a huge\nsurprise to some of you, given\nVancouver's moniker as the 'no\nfun city,' but Vancouver doesn't\nhave a colossal library of songs\nreferencing it unlike, say, New York\nor Los Angeles. One might ask,\n\"What is there to even sing about?\nRain?\" And, darn it, you're kind of\nright.\nVancouverism is a Spotify\nplaylist curated by Megan\nMalashewsky, UBC Press's\nagency and digital marketing\ncoordinator, and was created in\npromotion of Larry Beasley's new\nbook Vancouverism. This playlist\nfeatures a lot more than just rain-\ncentric songs about Vancouver,\nand Malashewsky made sure of\nthis.\n\"I [also] wanted the playlist to\nreflect my own experiences living\nhere, and I think being curator of\nthe playlist allowed me to make it\na bit personal, while also tying it\nto the themes of the book,\"\nDIVIJA MADHANI\nMalashewsky wrote in an email to\nThe Ubyssey.\nMalashewsky's playlist\nfeatures classics from heavy\nhitters in Vancouver's indie scene\nsuch as Said The Whale's \"Big\nWave Goodbye\" and \"Black Day in\nDecember\" that are, undoubtedly,\nquintessentially Vancouver\nand Dan Mangan's \"Pine For\nCedars\" that focuses on painting\na scene ofthe city's quiet nooks.\nThe playlist also includes love\nsongs from Canadian musicians\noutside the province like Gord\nDownie and Leif Vollebekk.\nDownie's \"Vancouver Divorce\"\nis a wrenching love song and\nVollebekk's \"Vancouver Time\" is\nhauntingly beautiful.\n\"When I initially thought of\na Vancouver-related playlist to\ncelebrate Vancouverism, I had\nintended it to be Vancouver-based\nbands and artists,\" Malashewsky\nwrote. \"However, when I thought\nmore about the list and how it\nmight parallel the themes in\nthe book, it made more sense to\nshowcase songs about Vancouver.\n\"Vancouverism is on one\nhand a celebration of Vancouver\nand the unique character of\nthe city, and on the other hand\nan acknowledgment of what's\nlacking.\"\nBeasley, a distinquished\npractice professor at the UBC\nSchool of Community and\nRegional Planning, is a former co-\nchief city planner with the City\nof Vancouver and has had a major\nhand in crafting Vancouver.\n\"His optimism shines through\nthe pages of Vancouverism, so I\nknew I needed to capture that\nthrough songs that pay homage\nto Vancouver and its history,\"\nMalashewsky wrote. \"On the\nother hand, Beasley doesn't shy\naway from the darker side of\nVancouver and the disparate\nexperiences of people living in\nVancouver \u2014 many struggling\nto get by in one of the most\nexpensive cities in the world.\"\n\"That's why I had to\ninclude songs like \"Vancouver\nNational Anthem\" and \"Hell,\"\nwhich clearly point a finger at\nVancouver and say 'We need to do\nbetter,'\" Malashewsky wrote.\nAs to how a Spotify playlist can\nwork as an advertising medium,\nMalashewsky highlighted the\nability of music to enhance\nliterary experiences.\n\"In the future, and if time\npermitted, I'd like to reach out\nto authors to curate their own\nplaylists, as I think music can\nilluminate and enhance the\nthemes and tone of a book, even a\nnon-fiction urban planning book\nlike Vancouverism.\"\nMalashewsky found that\nthere's a lot of creative freedom\nin making Spotify playlists, as \"it\nallows the playlist creator to be a\ncurator\u2014to put some thought and\ncreativity into it. I didn't want\nit to just list a bunch of songs\nabout Vancouver because, as I\nfound out, you can easily find that\nonline.\"\nSure, a lot of songs about\nVancouver talk about rain\nor our encounters with\nboisterous weather or, like in\n\"Vancouver National Anthem\"\nthe neverending trials and\ntribulations of finding parking in\nthe West End. But, there's more\nto it. Vancouver is a thoroughly\nunique city in multiple ways, from\nhow its hair-raising views that\nhave been showcased through\nstrategic mixed-use development\nto the city's significant amount\nof green spaces mixed with sleek,\nurban architecture. Musicians\nwill likely continue to be inspired\nby Vancouver, so as listeners,\nwe certainly have a lot to look\nforward to. 'M\n MAY 28, 2019 TUESDAY I CULTURE! 7\nmetrovancouver\nJurisdiction of Residence\nVancouver\nVancouver\nElectoral Area A\nPort Coquitlam\nVancouver\nNotice of Election\nElectoral Area A 2019 By-Election\nPUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of Electoral Area A, Metro\nVancouver Regional District, that a by-election by voting is necessary to elect\nan Electoral Area A Director, for the remainder ofthe 2018-2022 general local\nelection term, and that the persons nominated as candidates and for whom\nvotes will be received are as follows:\nElectoral Area A Director - One (1) to be elected\nSurname Usual Names\nDEWEERDT Simon\nGARVIE Elizabeth Alison\nMCCUTCHEON Jen\nMOORE Madison\nWONG Sung Yun\nElectoral Area A refers to that part of the Metro Vancouver Regional District\n(known as Metro Vancouver) not within the boundaries of a City, District,\nIsland, Town, or Village municipality, or any land, foreshore, or land covered\nby water that may be hereafter incorporated within the boundaries of a\nmunicipality (University Endowment Lands, University of British Columbia\nlands, Bowyer Island, Grebe Islets, Passage Island, Barnston Island, and those\nareas of Howe Sound, Indian Arm and West Pitt Lake in the regional district\nnot within a municipal corporation).\nVoting Opportunities\nGeneral Voting will be on Saturday, June 15, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.\nat the following locations:\n\u2022 Gleneagles Community Centre, 6262 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC\n\u2022 Tetoten Community Centre, Katzie First Nation IR No.3, Barnston Island, BC\n\u2022 Wesbrook Community Centre, 3335 Webber Lane, Vancouver, BC\nAdvance Voting will be on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 and Saturday, June 8,\n2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the following locations:\nWednesday, June 5, 2019\n\u2022 Metro Vancouver Head Office (Main Floor Lobby), Metrotower III,\n4730 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC\n\u2022 Wesbrook Community Centre, 3335 Webber Lane, Vancouver, BC\nSaturday, June 8, 2019\n\u2022 Gleneagles Community Centre, 6262 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC\n\u2022 Wesbrook Community Centre, 3335 Webber Lane, Vancouver, BC\nMail Ballot Voting\nQualified electors may vote by mail if they:\n\u2022 live in one ofthe following remote areas: Bowyer Island, Passage Island,\nBoulder Island, Grebe Islets, Indian Arm North, Indian Arm South, Pitt Lake\nNorth, Pitt Lake South, Widgeon Creek, and Carraholly Point, or\n\u2022 have a physical disability, illness or injury and cannot attend a voting place,\nor\n\u2022 expect to be absent from Electoral Area A on general voting day and at the\ntimes of all voting opportunities\nMail ballot application forms are available at www.metrovancouver.org\n(search \"election\") or call the Information Centre at 604.432.6200. Requests\nwill be received up to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 3, 2019. Completed Mail\nBallot Voting Package must be received by the Chief Election Officer no later\nthan 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2019.\nElector Qualifications and Registration\nRegistration of all electors for this election will take place at the time of voting.\nYou will be required to make a solemn declaration that you meet the following\nrequirements:\n\u2022 18 years of age or older on general voting day (June 15, 2019);\n\u2022 a Canadian citizen;\n\u2022 a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the\nday of registration;\n\u2022 a resident of, or a registered owner of real property in, Electoral Area A for\nat least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and\n\u2022 not disqualified by the Local Government Act or any enactment from voting\nin an election or otherwise disqualified by law.\nIf you are a resident elector, bring 2 pieces of identification that prove your\nidentity and residence (1 must have your signature).\nIf you are a non-resident property elector, bring:\n\u2022 2 pieces of identification that prove your identity (1 must have your\nsignature); and\n\u2022 proof of property ownership (certificate of title, tax notice, assessment\nnotice or a current title search); and,\n\u2022 if there is more than one owner, written consent from the majority ofthe\nowners, including yourself, for you to register as the elector. Consent forms\nare available at www.metrovancouver.org (search \"elections\") or call the\nInformation Centre at 604.432.6200.\nStudent in Residence\nIf you are a student living in residence at an educational institution in Electoral\nArea A, such as UBC, and are otherwise qualified to vote, then you can choose\nto vote in the Electoral Area A election or vote in your usual area of residence,\nbut not both.\nAcceptable Pieces of Identification\nare:\nBC CareCard or BC Gold CareCard\nBC Driver's Licence\nBC Identification Card\nBC Services Card (photo or non-\nphoto)\nCanadian Passport\nCitizenship Card\nCredit card or debit card issued by\na savings institution\nKlara Kutakova, Chief Election Officer\nICBC Owner's Certificate of\nInsurance and Vehicle Licence\nMinistry of Social Development\nand Economic Security\nRequest for Continued Assistance\nForm SDES8\nReal property tax notice\nSocial Insurance Number Card\nStudent ID Card\nUtility bill for electricity, natural\ngas, water, telephone services or\ncoaxial cable services\nSERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR A LIVABLE REGION\nINKED \/\/\nGetting inked can mean a lot, or very, very little.\nLUA PRESIDIO\nSkin Deep: Family matters\nBridget Chase\nContributor\nWhether good, bad or ugly, tattoos represent a moment in time, a feeling or sometimes a bit too much alcohol in\nsomeone's system. Getting inked can mean a lot, or very, very little, to the owner ofthe art. Every tattoo has a story, and\nUBC students have a breadth of stories to share \u2014 all permanently ingrained into their skin. This time on Skin Deep, we\nlook at tattoos with familial meaning. 'M\nIE SHEPHERD\n\"I don't know if you can call a tattoo a scene, but it's a scene from a Christmas\nshort story. It's called 'The Shepherd' by Frederick Forsyth. It's about a young\nEnglish pilot who is flying home for Christmas and all of his communication\nand navigational tools go down.... He's saved by a shepherd plane... and in\ndiscussion with the caretaker at the base, he learns that the shepherd plane\nwas a ghost of someone who had crashed their plane 14 years ago that day.\n\"Every Christmas Eve [my family] sits down and listens to the reading of 'The\nShepherd' on the CBC and it is the highlight of my year, every year.\"\n-Ella\n\"When I was a kid this was how my dad always signed off on anything for\nme for school. I probably have a bunch of grade five planners that have\nthis signature on them somewhere. He passed away just before I turned\n13.... I sign my last name pretty similarly.\"\n\u2014 Joella\nBEING GOOD AND BEING GRACIOUS\nV\\ \u25a0' I \"I wanted to be a gracious person, I thought it would be nice to remind myself\nI of that. And then I told my mom and she reminded me that my grandma used\nI to say goodness gracious all the time. She kind of hopped onto the bandwagon\nI and informed me that we'd both be getting [the tattoos] together.\nI \"I like the words on their own without them being attached to my\nI grandma, and even though I want them to be attached to her I also really\nI like the idea of being good and being gracious.\"\nI \u2014 Teaghan\nDEPRESSION, SIBLINGS AND ROOTS\n\"That's my sister's dog and on the left is my cat. It's a matching tattoo with\nher.... She's a lot older and has always lived away from me so we got it\n[together].\"\n\"It's about my depression, basically. It kind of sums it up really nicely.\"\n\"This one is by [the same artist] too.\"\n\"On top is the outline of Beijing and if you flip it upside down... it's a\nmountain from Venezuela. I grew up in China but I was born and raised\nin Venezuela, I lived there for 10 years, and so it's kind of where I grew up\nversus my roots.\"\n\u25a0 Sofia\nPhotos by Bridget Chase\n FEATURES\nEDITOR PAWAN MINHAS\nMAY 28,2019 TUESDAY\nSUMMED UP:\nr~\\\nJ\nr~\\\nr~\\\nO\nut\nr~\\\nL_ ^ W\nw\nO\nu\no\nU U l_\nFOR A WOMAN\nSTUDYING\nENGINEERING,\nBUSINESS,\nFORESTRY,\nSCIENCE OR\nLAND AND FOOD\nSYSTEMS,\nTHERE IS ONLY\nA 21 PER CENT\nCHANCE\nAT MOST THAT\nANY OF HER FULL\nPROFESSORS\nWILL BE A\nw:man.\nI he posts come each year,\nevery year. Your friends share\nthem in a flood on social media,\nthey're the Daily Hive articles you\nactually read and administrators\nquote them at every university\nevent you attend.\nDetailing UBC's climb in the\nTimes Higher Education rankings,\nits recognition as the top university\non climate action and its initiatives\nto collaborate with and empower\nIndigenous communities, these\narticles paint a picture of an idyllic,\nforward-thinking university atop a\nforested hill.\nBut underneath the posts, the\nnumbers tell a different story \u2014\none of an institution struggling\nto build gender equity among\nits faculty and administrative\nleadership. In 2018, just 26 per\ncent of its full professors were\nwomen \u2014 compared to the\nnational average of 28 per cent \u2014\nand only 4 of its 12 faculties had\nwomen deans.\nThe imbalance is nothing new\nto UBC. Since 2006, the number\nof full-time tenure-track women\nfaculty has risen less than 5 per cent\nto just under 35 per cent in 2018.\nOf course, there are small\nincreases towards employment\nequity: an average of about\none per cent more UBC staff\nmembers are women each year.\nThe university also has dedicated\nfaculty and administrators\nworking hard on these issues.\nNow, with updated data from\nover a decade, The Ubyssey took\na dive into the deep end of UBC's\nslow but steady march towards\ngender equity to see why exactly\nthe university is getting caught in\nthe weeds at its most senior levels\nof academia.\nWRITTEN BY MOIRA WYTON\nILLUSTRATION BY LUA PRESIDIO\nFull Time Faculty by Gender\nO <<\" \"\"71 1 M *^_~ \"3\n199\n~i iir z\u00b07 as^~~~--^ jz\n:::\nS -\n2006 2007 2008 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018\nCOURTESYUBCPAIR\n2006 2007 2008 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018\nVon\nCOURTESYUBCPAIR\nsenior advisor to the provost on\nwomen faculty. \"So some people are\nmoving through the ranks, but it's\nvery slow.\"\nUBC is focusing its efforts\non recruiting more women in\njunior ranks and building better\npathways for them to the tenure\ntrack. Unconscious bias training\nin hiring committees, reforming\nhuman resources practices that\ndisadvantage women and chipping\naway at the culture that sees male-\ndominated faculties as normal are\nall part ofthe university's efforts to\npromote equity.\n\"One ofthe biggest impediments\nthat Western institutions are facing\nis a normalization of what the\nstatus quo looked like in 1920,\" said\nLove, whose role was created in\n2016. \"Universities are obviously\nvery different now from where they\nwere centuries ago ... but that hasn't\ntranslated into a change in faculty.\"\nThat's why an inclusion action\nplan, Finlay hopes, will help take\nthe university beyond diversity.\n\"I think we're more comfortable\ntalking about diversity,\" said Finlay,\nnoting that diversity is about the\npresence of many different people\nin an institution. \"But when we\ntalk about inclusion, we're actually\ntalking about changing the culture\nofthe institution.\n\"That's a lot harder work.\"\nBUSTING THE BINARY\nIf good data is the currency of\nchange, UBC doesn't have much in\nthe bank beyond the gender binary.\nThere is no fulsome data on how\nmany trans, non-binary and gender\nnon-conforming people work or\nteach at UBC because it must be\nself-reported. What has been self-\nreported to Equity & Inclusion is\nnot yet public.\nThe numbers of Indigenous\nand racialized faculty, faculty\nwith disabilities and diverse\nsexual orientations and gender\nidentities is collected through the\nEmployment Equity survey, where\nfaculty can self-identify in any of\nthese categories. The only reason\nthat such detailed data exists of\nthe proportion of women and men\nwho teach at UBC is the necessary\nsignification of sex when an\nemployee is hired and insured.\n\"We're working on moving\nbeyond that,\" said Love ofthe\ngender binary, noting that there\nare important data and personal\nprivacy concerns that have to be\nconsidered when doing so.\nIn addition to looking at how\nself-reporting can be done without\ninfringing on a faculty member's\nprivacy, Love and Finlay are\nworking with Dr. Minelle Mahtani,\nsenior advisor to the provost on\nracialized faculty, to find the points\nand importance of intersecting\nsexualities and gender and race\nidentities.\nOne option, although Love said\nit hasn't been pursued yet, could\nbe to seek exemptions from the\nBC Human Rights Tribunal to\nmake \"targeted hires\" of under-\nrepresented groups.\n\"We're not good at hiring\npeople who are different from\nourselves,\" said Love. \"Conscious\nand unconscious biases really\nprevent people from making\nchange.\"\nBoth Finlay and Love know\nthat simply hiring women and\nmarginalized individuals is not\ngoing to solve the problem.\nThe gender gap between junior\nand senior academic positions\nis a product of decades of bias\noperating at UBC and in academia\nas a whole that won't be undone in\na single term.\nSome Canadian schools have\ntaken more deliberate action.\nRecently, the Universities of\nAlberta, Toronto and Guelph\nincreased salaries for female\nprofessors to address pay inequity\nbetween women and men faculty.\nLove sees this as necessary \u2014 once\nshe's crunched the numbers \u2014 for\nUBC as well.\n\"You have to shake things up\nin order to get that diversity and\nyou have to support people [who]\nare there in those positions,\" said\nLove. \"You cannot keep the status\nquo [because] that sets you up for a\nvery monolithic identity.\n\"And it doesn't work in the\ntwenty-first century.\" 'M\n\":NE OF THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENTS THAT WESTERN INSTITUTIONS ARE FACING IS\nA NORMALIZATION OF WHAT THE STATUS QUO LOOKED LIKE IN 1920. UNIVERSITIES\nA.-:E OBVIOUSLY VERY DIFFERENT NOW FROM WHERE THEY WERE CENTUR.IS AGO\nBUT THAT HASN'T TRANSLATED INTO A CHANGE IN FACULTY\nDR. JENNIFER LOVE\n 10 I CULTURE | TUESDAY MAY 28, 2019\nA TIME TO REFLECT\/\/\nMuslim UBC Students on Ramadan: Reflection and connection on campus\nNour Youssef, Hira Khan, Hira Rizwan,\nKhadijah Bhatti, Areej Fatima, Aasma\nHeban, Rehmatullah Sheikh, Azlina\nIslam\nContributors\nEvery year, 1.8 billion Muslims\naround the world join each other\nto celebrate the onset ofthe most\nsacred month in the Muslim\ncalendar: Ramadan. From May\n6 to June 4 this year and most\ncommonly known as the month of\nfasting, Ramadan also serves to help\nindividuals along their personal\nspiritual journeys. By refraining\nfrom consuming any food or drinks\n(yes, even water) from sunrise to\nsunset, Muslims are able to redirect\ntheir focus from worldly pleasures\nto their inner soul and relationship\nwith God.\nHowever, Ramadan also has\na large social component to it.\nMany people take advantage of\nthe month to reconnect with\nfamily and friends over Iftaar\n(an evening meal at sunset), and\nevery community tends to have\nparticular traditions associated\nwith this time of year. Ramadan\ncan be a very different experience\ndepending on where you live in the\nworld, who you are surrounded\nwith, and your own personal goals\nand values. Putting aside the main\nprinciples of Ramadan, many of us\nhave specific goals we would like to\nachieve during the month, as well as\nindividual ways of partaking in its\nfestivities.\nThus, Ramadan often means\nsomething unique for each Muslim.\n- Nour Youssef\nNOUR YOUSSEF\nTo me, Ramadan is like one huge\nreset button. Life can be so hectic\nand chaotic sometimes that it can\nbe easy to forget the things that are\nmost important to us. It can be easy\nfor us to stray away from our values,\nour internal moral compass.\nBut Ramadan gives me some\nmuch needed time to sit with myself\nand reflect on how I spend my\ntime, and the things I value most.\nBy giving up things that usually\nseem so essential to us - food and\nwater being the biggest - we are\nencouraged to replace the time we\nused to spend on these things with\nthings that are more beneficial to\nour inner spiritual state. Things that\nmake us better family members,\nbetter friends, better worshippers\nand better humans.\nIt allows me to take note ofthe\ndifferent ways my ego plays a role\nin my life, and ways to manage it. It\ngives me a chance to start fresh, to\ncontinue the rest ofthe year feeling\nmotivated and recharged.\nHIRA KHAN\nFor me, Ramadan is a time to get\ncloser to God and also a time for\nfamilies to come closer together.\nBeing the holiest month in Islam, it\nis taken very seriously in my family\nand I have been fasting voluntarily\nsince I was in Grade 2.\nThere was a change in\natmosphere in the house when it\nwas Ramadan, there was always\nthis excitement surrounding it -\nespecially because the best food is\ngenerally made during this time.\nBut it brought our family closer\ntogether because we would all wake\nup before sunrise to eat {Suhoor),\nbroke our fast together (Iftaar) and\nthen went for the Ramadan specific\nprayers together to the mosque\n(Taraweeh). This was the only time\nmy mom and I also went to the\nmosque.\nRamadan has never just been\nabout not eating or drinking during\nthe day, but it has also been about\nreflection, trying to make myself a\nbetter person and making a stronger\nspiritual connection with God.\nGrowing up in South Africa,\nRamadan was also a time to do a lot\nof explanations, including telling\nclassmates that they shouldn't feel\nbad for me, that they can eat in front\nof me and that this was a blessing\nfor me and not a punishment.\nPractising Ramadan on campus\nhas been challenging for me, and\nthere are a couple of reasons\nfor that. The days in Canada are\ngenerally long during this time of\nthe year, with fasts ranging from\n16-18 hours, which is something\nI am not used to because fasts in\nSouth Africa were 12-13 hours.\nAdditionally, because I associate\nRamadan with family, not having\nthem around during this month\nis particularly difficult as I have\nalways relied on their support.\nAlthough the reason to wake up\nfor Suhoor is not family, having\nsomeone there definitely makes it\neasier, so waking up inthe morning\nhas been difficult. Having Iftaar also\ntends to leave me a little sad because\nthere is this feeling of loneliness.\nLastly, I have had a difficult time\nfinding my own place within the\nMuslim community at UBC, adding\nto the challenges.\nHowever, over the last two\nyears, this has gotten better. I am\ngrateful that the Muslim Student\nAssociation (MSA) hosts Iftaars a\ncouple of days in the week. This\nhas helped me meet other Muslims,\nhelped with feelings of sadness\nand loneliness, and brought people\ntogether in a space where we can\nalso pray. I try my best to seek\nout the different opportunities on\ncampus relating to Ramadan, which\nare generally limited.\nHIRA RIZWAN\nRamadan is a really different and\nfun month back home so I have\nthat kind of attachment to it.\nIt's also a great time to be both\nspiritual and religious, the latter of\nwhich I tend to not do justice for\nthe rest ofthe year.\nBack home, it's amazing\nbecause literally our whole\nroutines change based on\nRamadan. In UBC, it's very\ndifficult actually to 'celebrate'\nper se. It doesn't help that\nthe facilities are not very\naccommodating. Residence\ncafeterias don't account for our\nearly Sehri times or late Iftari\ntimes, so there are no good food\noptions and it can be difficult to\nmaintain my typical strenuous\nroutine of classes\/work\/\nhomework and a semblance of\na social life. It's also difficult\nto complete five daily prayers\nwhen you're all over campus\nwith only one prayer room in\nBrock Hall. The good thing about\ncommemorating Ramadan here is\nthat it makes me really grateful\nfor family and everything else\nback home. It's also a great time\nto start a daily Iftaar thing with\nother Muslim friends where each\nperson can make the evening\nmeal in turns. So, in a way, it's\nstill a great community-building\nexercise.\nKHADIJAH BHATTI\nRamadan is extremely special\nto me because it's a time where\nMuslims come together and work\non bettering themselves. A common\ntheme I see before the month\nof Ramadan is people asking for\nforgiveness if they have ever hurt\nanyone. People make up, forgive\neach other and try to be as nice\nas possible. When it comes time\nto break the fast, people often get\ntogether to eat. On usual days,\nmy family and I don't really eat\ntogether. However, during the\nmonth of Ramadan, we always\nsit together and eat. So, for me,\nRamadan is a time where I can\nget closer to God while being the\nbest version of myself and getting\ncloser to the people around me. I\npractice fasting around my family\nand friends. With my family, I\ntake these days as a time to bond\nand learn good manners from\neach other. At the UBC campus, a\nfew religious organizations host\ncommunity Iftars. I go to these in\norder to meet friends and break my\nfast with others. A lot of students\nat UBC don't have a family to break\ntheir fasts with, so these community\nIftars are all they have.\nAREEJ FATIMA\nRamadan is the time of year that's\nall about improvement. It's a month\nwhere I devote myself to being the\nbest Muslim and person possible.\nFor me, Ramadan signifies\nopportunities and new beginnings.\nIt's a time ofthe year for reflection\nand creating long-lasting change\nin oneself. Ramadan allows me\nto connect with my family, my\ncommunity, myself and God. At least\nwhen I'm not thinking about all the\nfood I'll eat when I break my fast!\nI celebrate Ramadan on campus\nin a quiet way. I come to campus,\ngo to class and do everything any\nother student would do. The only\ndifference is I'm fasting. Allowing\nmyself to do it on campus lets me\nconnect different aspects of my\nidentity to one another. It's nice\nto be able to practice my faith\nsomewhere where I spend so much\ntime (sadly this speaks to my lack\nof social life)!\nRamadan is an important time\nofthe year and I count myself lucky\nto have the chance to improve.\nASMAA HEBAN\nAs iconic as it is for the oft-repeated\ndouble-barrel of a question, \"No\nfood? Not even water?\", Ramadan is\na time of cleansing (of all sorts) and\ndeep spiritual reflection.\nDuring this month, I feel a\nheightened connection to the\nideal version of myself, to God,\nto the spiritual fabric of Islam\nand to other Muslims. There is\nsomething sublime about quiet,\nsincere striving during the day that\nculminates in communal worship\n- typically, breaking your fast with\nothers and praying in congregation.\nIn many ways, Ramadan serves\nas a check-point. Who am I? Where\nam I in my personal growth? Where\ndo I want to be? And maybe most\nimportantly, how can I get there?\nAs a commuter student, I'm\ntempted to think that much of\nmy engagement with Ramadan\nhappens off campus. Which to\na certain extent it does, but the\nreality is that practising\/celebrating\nRamadan is a 24-hour affair and\nso by exercising the restraint and\nself-awareness that Ramadan calls\nfor while on campus, I am actively\ninteracting with my faith in an\nintentional manner unique to this\nmonth.\nREHMATULLAH SHEIKH\nRamadan is like a necessary pause\nto the frenetic 11 months we\nusually spend. It's an opportunity\nto reflect \u2014 on the spiritual end,\nyou try to reinvigorate your link\nwith God; on the secular side, you\nreevaluate some of your habits\nand behaviour and try to refine\nyourself. Prayer's a part of daily\nlife for Muslims, but Ramadan's\nlike the wild card month where\nyour prayers take on more\nmeaning. It's also a chance for me\nto educate people about my faith\nand my life choices. Since eating's\nsuch an integral part of one's\nsocial life, you're bound to end up\nanswering questions about why\nyou're abstaining from food and\nwater. Ramadan is also a personal\nreminder that I suck at sticking to\ncommitments \u2014 I always try to cut\ndown on social media this month\nand I fail.\nWe have Iftars organized by the\nMSA on campus. So I sometimes\nattend that to eat a (FREE!) meal\nand catch up with some friends.\nLater at night, there are special\nprayers organized at the family\nstudent housing on campus.\nAZLINA ISLAM\nWhile Ramadan is a time for me to\npersonally engage with my faith, it\nis also a time for me to engage with\nthe Muslim community wherever\nI am based at the time. As someone\nwho has spent a lot of my life in\ncommunities where I am part of\nthe minority, Ramadan is a time\nwhere I really get to find my place\nwithin the Muslim community\nand become more of an active\nmember. The heightened sense of\ncommunity is what really makes\nRamadan special in comparison to\nthe rest of the year; it's not every\nday when I can just pass by another\nMuslim and instantly feel that\nstrong connection.\nRamadan at UBC has been\nmarked by the first term of\nsummer courses, so I'm usually\ntied up with coursework. That\nbeing said, it's always great to\nbreak my fast with familiar faces\nat the daily Iftars held by the MSA.\nI also attend the Taraweeh held at\nAcadia Park, and sometimes even\nend up at Eid prayers on campus.\nAn informal ritual, but so\nimportant regardless, it's always\ngreat to bump into friends at the\nMcDonald's at the Village during\nthe post-Taraweeh cravings run! IH\nThe Ubyssey would like to thank\nall of those who shared their\nstories with us. We would also\nlike to thank Riya Talithafor\ncoordinating this project.\nKhadijah Bhatti\nAsmaa Heban\nAzlina Islam\nPHOTOSBYZUBAIRHIRIJ\n OPINIONS\nEDITORTRISTAN WHEELER\nMAY 28,2019 TUESDAY\nHEAD, SHOULDERS, KNEES AND TOES \/\/\nMind Your Mind: A whole body scan to practice gratitude\nDaphnee Levesque\nColumnist\nThe other day, I decided to take\na bath and took the opportunity\nto practice gratitude. This is an\nexercise I like to do whenever I\nget stuck thinking that the whole\nworld is against me, and that life\nisn't fair. A whole-body scan to\npractice gratitude is one way of\nbeing thankful for simply being\na human being. The exercise is\nsimple, with either your eyes\nopen or closed. As you scan your\nbody in your mind from head to\ntoe, you pause and say thank you\nfor the different parts of your\nbody. For me, this meditative\nexercise went like this.\nFirst, I grounded myself in\nthe present moment. I became\nmindfulness ofthe hot water\nunder my skin, and said thank\nyou because taking a shower with\nwarm water is a privilege that not\neveryone gets to have \u2014 let's be\nreal, taking cold showers when all\nyou want is warmth is frustrating.\nI ran my fingers through my hair,\nsplashed water on my face and\n\"Thank you, heart, for keeping me alive, day after day.\nFILE STEPHANIE WU\nheld the scented soap bar in my\nhands, feeling the softness and\nroundness ofthe soap bar. As I\nwashed and rinsed each body\npart, I took a few seconds to say\nthank you.\n\"Thank you, feet, for allowing\nme to run barefoot on the beach\nand thank you, toes, for being able\nto wiggle in the sand.\"\n\"Thank you, legs, for allowing\nme to walk, run, climb and travel\nwherever I want to go.\"\n\"Thank you, hips, for loosening\nup when shaking and allowing me\nto dance all night long.\"\n\"Thank you, belly, for digesting\nthe food I eat and even though you\nhurt when I laugh too hard.\"\n\"Thank you, hands, for the\nability to write.\"\n\"Thank you, neck, because you\ngive me the opportunity to wear\nbeautiful necklaces, which allows\nme to feel good about myself.\"\n\"Thank you, eyes, for helping\nme see all the wonderful things\nsurrounding me like sunsets, snow,\nthe blue sky and so much more.\"\n\"Thank you, mouth, for\nallowing me to communicate with\nmy loved ones.\"\n\"Thank you, ears, because\nwithout you I would never hear\nthe birds chirping or the songs on\nthe radio.\"\n\"Thank you, brain and mind,\nfor your creativity, intelligence,\nability to think and feel.\"\n\"Thank you, heart, for keeping\nme alive, day after day.\"\nThere are so many things to be\ngrateful for in the world, and it is\neasy to take our bodies for granted.\nBut as they say, the human body is\na miracle. Let's take a moment to\nappreciate that. 'M\nThe authors of this column are not\nmental health professionals. If you\nneed additional support, please\ncontact Student Health Services,\nSexual Assault Support Centre\nand\/or the Wellness Centre. In\ncase of an emergency, call 911.\nSUMMER BUMMER \/\/\nAsk Pawan: I'm stuck in the UBC bubble this summer\n\\-7