Elena Massing

The Ubyssey is planning to launch several podcasts during the 2025/26 academic year, so we're looking for hosts interested in writing and recording their own shows.

Before a game, some athletes choose to wear special socks, eat a certain food or listen to the same playlist. These convictions may seem a bit absurd, but what if they actually work?

Hosted by Vinita Srivastava, the podcast is now entering its eighth season — it started up during the peak of the pandemic, when the Black Lives Matter movement was gaining traction on social media after the murder of George Floyd.

Leading up to the weekend of Taylor Swift’s Vancouver run of the iconic Eras Tour in December, the city lost its mind — and I was no exception.

The UBC alum-directed short film debuted in the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival and highlights the joy and community of the highlining sport.

Breaking into the Vancouver music scene was when I really began to grasp the gravity of another woman’s word.

At Carousel Theatre for Young People’s drag camp, participants are asked to step into someone else’s shoes for the day — and in letting go of their worries and pretending to be someone else, they often find themselves emerging with more confidence.

By 2022, I had been a rhythmic gymnast for 15 years. I had competed for 12, of which 7 were at the national level. I was recovering from several injuries that I was pretending weren’t career-ending. I was losing love for the sport. Then Nikolova showed up and reminded me what rhythmic gymnastics could be.

Bain’s move to Canada was largely influenced by the downfalls of American academia. She was looking for an institution that was willing to expand — somewhere hiring scholars who actively engage with urgent social and political issues, a place that allows them to teach these topics without censorship.

The idea for Vancouver’s first Filipino-Canadian Book Festival began in a Carl’s Jr. parking lot.

How It Works Out needs a reader who understands that love isn’t always pretty — that attraction can strip someone down to their most raw and animalistic state.

“UBC students are hungry for connection, culture, a sense of pride in our community and an accessible way to get fired up on the last day of classes to good live music. Block Party doesn’t provide that, but it could,” write Tova Gaster and Elena Massing.

I had no idea what the word “gay” meant until I saw the third episode of Glee.

168 E Pender Street is the address of the Chinatown Storytelling Centre — but it’s so much more than just a number.

Neotoma is a public database of paleoecological records curated by researchers all over the world.

Former UBC English professor Dr. Y-Dang Troeung was thrust into the spotlight at an early age. As a member of one of the last families to escape genocide in Cambodia by seeking refuge in Canada, photos with Pierre Trudeau and countless articles told a story of her family that she spent much of her career reclaiming.

Before doing both his bachelor’s and master’s in opera performance at UBC, Luka Kawabata studied engineering at Queen’s University. It was not until after completing his engineering degree that he decided to pursue a music education, but once he made that choice, he never looked back.

Wright is a professor in the department of educational studies who mainly teaches graduate courses on issues around multiculturalism, anti-racism and ethnography.

Community organizers and artists are developing supportive spaces in the city for Black Vancouver to connect and create – a difficult task to take on, given the huge deficit of BIPOC representation in the arts scene resulting from Vancouver’s racist history.

In the process of making the films, Neuman relied on a way of thinking that she calls a “mixtape aesthetic.”