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Great Trek 2021 – Favourite Running Songs Playlist
What is The Great Trek? In 1922, UBC students created a campaign to encourage the building of more facilities and classrooms for the university. However, building space was minimal and the government had ceased the building of the Point Grey area. In late October of 1992, students started a petition and led a march through […]
UBC TSC Women’s Ultimate Coaches Announcement
After a long break from college ultimate, we are excited to say that we are back and ready to dive headfirst into this upcoming season! With tryouts quickly approaching, we are thrilled to announce our two upcoming coaches for the 2021-2022 year! Photo Credit: Traffic Ultimate Our head coach this year will be Jennifer Kwok! […]
UBC TSC Artistic Swimming Welcome Back/September Recap!
Welcome back to a new school year at UBC and the start of the artistic swimming season! UBC Artistic Swimming has had a busy first month back to school with Jumpstart, try it sessions, try-outs and planning our first fundraiser! The season started off with recruitment at Jumpstart and Imagine day where we got to […]
Day of the LongBoat : Back with a BANG!
It’s that time of the year again. Started in 1987 and still going strong, Day of the LongBoat returned after a one year hiatus. One of UBC’s favourite events was a total hit even with some wet weather and COVID-19 precautions in place. Recapping the Key Info About Day of the LongBoat 2021 By the […]
UBC TSC Table Tennis Club Tryouts Updates
Exciting news! The UBC TSC Table Tennis Club will be hosting our tryouts on Wednesday, September 22nd and Friday, September 24th to select team members for the 2021-2022 season! The location is the Student Recreation Centre West End (6000 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1) The format of the tryouts will be open practice […]
Quidditch (& School) are Back!
Sadly summer is over, but we’re so excited to return to some in-person practices in the coming weeks. In September we will be having numerous events where students can come learn about the team and try the sport: Imagine Day on September 7th 9-10:30am and 3:30-5:30pm (Virtual) Fall Recess on September 15th 10-4pm (In-Person) “Try-it” nights in […]
Meet Our 2021/2022 UBC Artistic Swimming Executive Team!
With the 2020/2021 season having just ended, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to introduce our new executive team for the 2021/2022 season! Club Lead: Fannia Xu Major: Integrated Science in Pharmacology & Neurobiology Hometown: Vancouver, BC Academic year: 4 Years of doing artistic swimming: 11 Favourite synchro memory: Placing top 3 […]
Staff & Faculty Sports Week Wrap-Up!
What a week it was for our first ever virtual UBC Staff & Faculty Sports Week! On behalf of UBC Vancouver & UBC Okanagan Athletic & Recreation & HR teams, we just want to say…
Some End-of-Year Trivia!
Congratulations to everyone on finishing this spring term! After all those exams, we imagine you might be looking for a fun way to celebrate. In the TSC Quidditch club, we know that having fun is no trivial matter. Especially when it’s difficult to connect with friends in person, it’s important to find ways to socialize, […]
UBC TSC Artistic Swimming 2021 Season Wrap-up!
Happy end of the semester! Although this season has been very different due to the COVID-19 pandemic UBC TSC Artistic Swimming still had an amazing season! UBC TSC Artistic Swimming started off our season recruiting team members at the Jumpstart Resource Fair and at Imagine Day. We also hosted socials and icebreakers over zoom for […]