Get to know the students running to be YOUR next VPAUA for the rest of this term (until April 30th, 2026).
Ananya Gupta
Hi, I’m Ananya Gupta, & I’m running to be your next VP AUA. As VP Academic of the Arts Undergraduate Society, I’ve advocated for increased club funding, secured $10k for the Textbook Broke campaign, & run Health & Wellness events such as Bunny Therapy & Exam Care Packs. My work with the AUS has positively impacted the student body & I wish to bring about similar change to the AMS. My platform focuses on:
Academic Accessibility
Affordability
Student Engagement
As your next VP AUA, I aim to:
Expand OERs & textbook funding,
Push for Universal Design for Learning principles,
Advocate for Lecture Capture Technology,
Ensure professors have the infrastructure & funds to create accessible learning environments,
Work towards the creation of an exam database, Increase WorkLearn funding, &
Extend the add/drop deadline.
Beyond academics, I’m committed to:
Improving food security & reducing food waste by donating food from dining halls to Food Banks for students,
Pushing for student-focused housing & bursaries to keep living affordable, &
Hi! I’m Zarifa, and I am running to be re-elected as your VP Academic and University Affairs. As your current VP AUA, I secured $250,000 for undergraduate research opportunities, $150,000 for hybrid and accessible learning and continued funding for on-campus jobs.
Re-elected as your VP Academic and University Affairs, I will continue to focus on:
Securing at minimum $800,000 towards multi-year food security funding
Continuing to advocate for improvements to Workday, like a term-by-term calendar view, ability to download timetables, and better user interface
Advocating for the increase of value per recipient of international student awards
Ensuring that UBC prioritizes building more low-cost, high-density student housing
Advocating for open-educational resources and cost-free course materials
Fighting tuition increases by presenting strong affordability arguments while articulating the harmful impacts of these increases
Advocating for the use of GenAI like ChatGPT to be integrated into learning
Creating an exam database with access to past exams
Advocating for the permanent extension of the course withdrawal deadline to the last day of classes
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