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British Columbia's human rights commissioner is calling on universities and colleges to protect the rights of students and staff taking part in "peaceful encampments."

The president of UBC says its endowment fund doesn't directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment.

Giovanni Manu is the first ever University of British Columbia player to be taken in the NFL draft.

UBC officials say staff will monitor and assess the demonstration on the Vancouver campus and will liaise with the RCMP.

UBC Okanagan officials are looking to get into the subsidized housing complex to evaluate stability-threatening cracks found in its foundation.

'The really sad thing is that the last four weeks changed how well he had been doing, and I'm sure it's the same for many, many of the tenants.'

'This is the first of many stages which will have to be taken to help stabilize things before moving forward on the project,' a City of Kelowna representative said. 

The UBCO Food For Fines program takes the sting out of on-campus tickets, by translating 50 per cent of the monetary value into non-perishable food donations.

Hadgraft Wilson Place in downtown Kelowna was evacuated on Tuesday because of concerns over construction activity at nearby UBC-Okanagan.

There will be several public viewing opportunities in the Lower Mainland, including outside the UBC bookstore, SFU's Trottier Observatory and the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre.

Two B.C. medical students told Global News the state of the health-care system is alarming. 'Things are getting worse rather than getting better in emergency departments.'

University RCMP were called to the unit on Shortcut Road in the Lelem Village area shortly before midnight on March 13, where they found a woman dead.

Construction on the UBC Okanagan tower in downtown Kelowna, B.C., is forcing the evacuation of a nearby housing complex over rising safety concerns.

Police have arrested two people after a woman was found in medical distress at a home on the UBC Endowment Lands Wednesday night.

A UBC study was conducted that found that fish farms are impacting some young humpback whales, but relatively it is quite low compared to population numbers.

 A group of UBC Okanagan engineering students took gold in the Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race at White Hills Resort near St. John's, N.L.

Buying an electric vehicle can be cheaper than a gas car, according to a new UBC study, but it depends on how much you drive it and where you live in Canada.

In a statement, the university's student union said it rejected the vote because the terms of the referendum did not conform with its bylaws.

Further psychiatric evaluation is needed for the Kelowna, B.C., man accused of killing a UBC Okanagan security guard.

Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up encampments at two more B.C. universities, as a wave of demonstrations at North American post-secondary institutions continued to spread.