UBC Board of Governors

The UBC Board of Governors determines most aspects of life at UBC, and has three student elected representatives.

BOG is the ultimate determiner of most aspects of life at UBC that affect students:

• Tuition policy;
• Budget allocation;
• Building development on campus;
• Landscaping and maintenance of facilities;
• The university budget;
• And long-term planning.

If you care about any of these issues, you care about what BOG does.

The Board of Governors

• Is responsible for all non-academic matters at UBC and is the highest level decision-making body on campus;
• Is composed of 21 volunteers: the chancellor, the president, and 11 provincial appointees; two faculty members, one staff member and two full-time students elected at UBC-V; and one faculty member, one staff member and one student elected at UBC-O.
• Board meetings are held five times annually, and run about six to eight hours each; the morning sessions are usually open to the public. Board standing committees meet about one week earlier and are also partially open to the public.

If you’re interested in attending a meeting, call the board secretary at 604-822-2127 for reservations.

Sean Heisler and Sumedha Sharma were elected by the student body to be this year’s student representatives on BOG.

If you want to find about more about BOG or exactly what your BOG reps do, send them an email at bog@ams.ubc.ca.

See http://www.bog.ubc.ca for more details.