Exploring the dynamics of “Affordability” for students at UBC Vancouver
department or school: Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
contributor: University of British Columbia. Faculty of Land and Food Systems
contributor: University of British Columbia. UBC Wellbeing
contributor: University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning
creator: Lin, Stephanie
creator: Jiao, Joy
creator: Gangbar, Emma
issued: 2020-08-12T17:47:01Z
issued: 2020-04-16
description: “School is already so expensive … I would hope you can understand you are targeting one of the least financially stable demographics … it's students’ whole lives you’re impacting” (The University of British Columbia, 2018). This personal anecdote by a UBC student in the UBC Board of Governors Tuition Consultation Report encapsulates the deep feelings of the vexation of the all-consuming impact of a school-wide tuition increase. Affordability can be defined as a cost within one’s financial means, or the cost relative to the amount that the purchaser is able to pay (Das, 2017). However, this rather limited definition must be expanded upon and wholly understood. Affordability has been an ongoing, complex discussion at UBC, in Vancouver, Canada, and around the globe (Das, 2017; The University of British Columbia, 2018). It affects individuals to varying degrees and has the potential to control all aspects of one’s life (Das, 2017). However, the issue of affordability is often considered narrowly by primarily focusing on income, rather than in conjunction with the affordability of food, education, finances, and other related factors (Das, 2017). This multidimensionality of affordability has yet to be synthesized. Therefore, from the point of view of a UBC student to the broader contextual issues of Vancouver and North America, the purpose of this project was to bring to light the layers of affordability, with a particular focus on the affordability of food. In this sense, the goal of this study was to collect a wealth of nuanced knowledge regarding affordability from a post-secondary student’s viewpoint using a mixed method of data collection approach. The following objectives were used to accomplish this goal - identify affordability related policies in Canada and relate this to current campus policy, gain a thorough understanding of the affordability experience of UBC students, comprehend the status of affordability on campus from a student perspective and its implicat…
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note: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Sustainability Program Student Research Report Exploring the dynamics of “Affordability” for students at UBC Vancouver Stephanie Lin, Joy Jiao, Emma Gangbar University of British Columbia Course: LFS 450 Themes: Community, Food, Wellbeing Date: April 16, 2020 Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student research project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore, readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Sustainability Program representative about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report”. University of British Columbia Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Sustainability Program Student Research Report Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS Sustainability Program provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student research project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore, readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Sustainability Program representative about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report”. Stephanie Lin, Joy Jiao, Emma Gangbar University of British Columbia LFS450 Theme: Affordability, Student Wellbeing Apr 16, 2020Exploring the dynamics of “Affordability” for students at UBC Vancouver EXPLORING THE DYNAMICS OF “AFFORDABILITY” FOR STUDENTS AT UBC VANCOUVER. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY…
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0392736
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Undergraduate
is part of: UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report
is part of: University of British Columbia. LFS 450
subject: Community
subject: Food
subject: Wellbeing
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75455