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📅 Voting Period: March 7 – 14, 2025 | 🗳 Vote at www.ams.ubc.ca/vote
Every year, students at UBC get the chance to shape the future of the AMS. The AMS Referendum is your opportunity to vote on key issues that impact clubs, student representation, event funding, and financial planning.
This year’s referendum includes four important questions that will determine how student services, funding, and governance evolve at UBC.📢 Your voice matters – vote from March 7 – 14 and make an impact.
The AMS is introducing a new Vice-President Student Life to provide direct support for clubs and student groups, expand campus-wide social programming, and advocate for student mental health resources.
Why Vote YES?
✔ More support for club event planning, funding applications, and venue logistics
✔ A dedicated student leader to advocate for stronger mental health services
✔ More AMS-coordinated student-led events and collaborations across campus
The AMS wants to introduce a democratic process that lets students vote on creating new Constituencies if their faculty or student group reaches eligibility requirements.
Why Vote YES?
✔ Students, not AMS Council alone, will decide on new student associations
✔ Expands representation for emerging faculties and student groups
✔ A fair and transparent process that puts the power in students’ hands
This referendum proposes moving the AMS budget deadline from June to July, allowing clubs and student organizations to submit financial data based on the previous year’s audited numbers – resulting in more accurate, reliable funding decisions.
Why Vote YES?
✔ Gives clubs and Constituencies more time to plan finances
✔ Uses real audited data instead of estimates, leading to better budgeting decisions
✔ Ensures long-term financial sustainability for AMS services
This referendum proposes a $4.95 increase in AMS student fees, ensuring that club funding, Nest infrastructure, and student services keep pace with rising costs.
Why Vote YES?
✔ Sustainable funding for clubs & student initiatives
✔ Upgrades to Nest spaces & AV systems
✔ AMS Athletics & Intramural Fee will now be indexed to BC CPI, keeping services affordable and sustainable
Without these changes, the AMS will face greater financial constraints, meaning:
❌ Less club funding & fewer student-led events
❌ More difficulty upgrading and securing venues & event resources
❌ A less flexible and less representative student government
📅 Voting Period for this referendum is March 10 – March 17
Whereas the AMS represents the UBC student body and has historically taken a public stance on international human rights violations.
Whereas UBC has not condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza which have been stated as “consistent with genocide” by the United Nations.
Whereas UBC Board of Governors has failed to act on student demands that UBC divest from Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, and the other 28 companies listed by UBC Divest as complicit in the genocide of Palestinians, including by enabling illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
I support the AMS student council calling for a 2 day student strike on the 24th and 25th of March 2025 to demand that the University of British Columbia divest from all companies complicit in the Israeli government’s violence against Palestinians.
Note: The strike would include encouraging students not to attend class for the duration.
📅 Voting Period for this referendum is March 10 – March 17
📅 Voting Period: March 7 – 14, 2025 (March 10 – 17 for student-led referendum)
🌐 Vote Online at www.ams.ubc.ca/vote
📲 Takes Less Than 2 Minutes – Make Your Voice Count!
🔗 Have Questions? Contact referendum@ubc.ams.ca.
You sure can! By forming a Yes or No-Committee you can receive up to $1000 of funding for campaign expenses. However, if AMS Council endorses the Yes or No side of the referendum, you will not be eligible for funding. More details at the Referendum Guide.