Link: https://github.com/Panopto-Video-DL/Panopto-Video-DL-browser?tab=readme-ov-file

Instructions:

1. Install the TamperMonkey browser extension if you don't have it already

   • Firefox
   • Chrome

2. Install this script from GreasyFork

3. Open a lecture on Panopto, look for this button in the bottom right:

4. A video will open. Download it with ctrl+S

5. watch the lecture offline without having to deal with panopto's bs

Use the videos for yourself, don't upload them anywhere else. UBC will get yo ass if you do

Hey! This is Matcha, the easiest way to meet someone new at UBCV.

Sign up and get matched with another student in your year group across faculties by text every Friday.

Bring your match to Great Dane for a free pastry! :)

Sign up: https://forms.gle/AfFWdUSqqMi9rWBx5

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This post was originally written by u/KareemHassib, who gave the ok to share it here!

The writ has dropped and BC's provincial election is fully underway!

For students living in Vancouver or on-campus but are originally from other regions of BC, you can vote in either your hometown's riding or in your campus/living residence's riding.

For students who are from outside of BC (but still from Canada), as long as you've been a resident of BC for more than 6 months, you can vote!

And because I've seen some confusion about this, although the age of majority in BC is 19, the voting age is 18 for all elections (municipal, provincial, federal).

For those of you voting in Vancouver-Point Grey (which includes UBC, Point Grey, and most of Kitsilano), here’s where we can vote on/near campus:

Early voting:

The Nest (Oct 15-16)

University Golf Club (Oct 10-13, 15-16)

Voting Day (Oct 19):

The Nest

UHill Secondary School

To register to vote go to: https://eregister.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/ovr/welcome.aspx#

For a full list of voting locations across BC: https://elections.bc.ca/2024-provincial-election/where-to-vote/

Cheers!

https://students.ubc.ca/enrolment/registration/course-change-dates

Check your course list within the next 2 hours if you haven't already.

Don't get stuck with the course you were planning to toss

Steps:

1. Login to workday
2. Menu > Academics > Registration & Courses > View my courses
3. Drop what you need to

See this post from 2 years ago for more info

https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/comments/xa8doj/free_clipboards/

Some busses load on all 3 doors

• Make 3 lines
• Enter on all 3 doors
• Don't stand in the long line if the other lines are clearing up, move to those doors and enter

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24881080

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/19034584

When STEM tutorial YouTube channels were “popping off” in the early 2010s, Uytae Lee wondered how he could address the lack of comprehensive videos dedicated to teaching people about their cities.

“If people can make physics so compelling and interesting, surely we can make transit policy interesting,” said Lee, now a UBC journalism adjunct professor.

If you’re a connoisseur of all things local policy, — finding the solution to gentrification, bringing back front yard businesses, considering a non-capitalist approach to housing shortages — you may well have already run into Lee’s work before. He’s the mind behind the YouTube channel About Here. In his corner of the internet, Lee taps into virtually any issue that public buzz is attending to at a given moment.

A collaboration of researchers including UBC scientists have observed gravitational waves from the collision of what is most likely a neutron star and an object likely to be a light black hole, 650 million light-years from Earth.

Location: UBC Robson Sq. C680 HSBC Hall

Join the CS department in a public lecture to learn more about the societal effects and implications for regulations in the development of Generative AI systems from the advancements of machine learning and cloud computing! The panel will include Prof. Lilian Edwards (Newcastle University), Prof. Christopher Millard (Queen Mary University of London), and Prof. Vered Shwartz from UBC Computer Science. For more info on the event and panel keynotes or to register, please visit myCS.

cross-post from parallel community: https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/comments/1bsx1jv

After years of reading the really weird stuff you all do in your free time, we have come to the conclusion that deep down, you are all flawed, generally terrible (but sometimes wonderful) Canada geese.

For this reason, we've decided to rename the subreddit UBC Confessions, and embrace chaos. Get whatever it is off your chest. Just don't be terrible and don't post admissions questions.

Oh, and if you don't like it, go post in r/SFU.

In loving memory of UBC Confessions, I guess.

Sincerely,

🧹Broom Admin

From strengthening primary care to mental health supports to transport in and out of hospital, @ubc med students tell our health reporter @michelle_gamage how to improve emergency care in B.C. #bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/25/Five-Ways-Fix-Emergency-Care/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

We didn't forget this year! Presenting: the Best of 2023 nominations thread.

Categories up for nomination:

Best comment

Best text post

Best image or video post

Most wholesome post/comment

Best meme

Prizes are:

• A sense of pride and accomplishment
• The admiration of UBC students and community members for centuries to come
• Being listed on ubcwiki.ca/meta/community
• anything else the community might offer...

Here are the rules:

Nominations

• You may only nominate submissions made in 2023
• Submissions must be in the Reddit or Lemmy communities (the latter doesn't have much content this year, but it will be included moving forwards)
  • Nomination post on REDDIT: reddit.com/r/UBC/comments/18fx4wo
  • Nomination post on LEMMY: lemmy.ca/post/11110616
• You can nominate anyone but yourself
• You must nominate underneath the mod comment for that category
• You must link directly to your nomination
• Each nomination must be for one piece of content only

Some helpful links

• Previous Best Of winners: ubcwiki.ca/meta/community
• Search and sort content on Reddit

Winning

• A single post or comment can only win once, even if nominated in multiple categories
• The winner will be the entry in each category with the most upvotes
• Mods can be nominated, but if they win any of the categories, the prizes will go to the next eligible nominees

Other Details

Reddit:

• All top-level comments and non-link comments will be removed.
• Please do not downvote
• This thread will be in contest mode, so nobody will know who is winning until we announce it.

Lemmy:

• This is the first year with our Lemmy community on the Fediverse. If you don't have a Reddit account anymore and would like to vote there, feel free to copy a nomination into the Lemmy thread, or to get in touch with us to on Lemmy to discuss.
• Lemmy does not have all the same features as Reddit yet, and so the experience will be a little different. Please reach out to us or make a separate post to talk about how we can do things differently next year.

Now, go forth and nominate your favourite content from the past year, and don't forget to upvote other nominations you think should win!

You can find it here: ubcwiki.ca/general/mental-health

Hi everyone, congratulations on making it to the end of the term! We're excited to have added a new section on ubcwiki.ca, which includes an extensive list of mental health resources available to UBC students and community members.

A big thank you to u/blacknwhitelife02 for assembling this guide. She rightfully pointed out that there are a lot of resources that people don't know about, and we hope this resource can address that gap.

As always, if you have ideas for new pages or wish to update existing content, you can contribute in various ways!

From the UBC Reddit/Lemmy mod team, congratulations and best of luck with finals!

You got this.

Update for this post: https://lemmy.ca/post/5548011

I heard back and got some more details about the position. It's not restricted to CS, or students for that matter. If you are interested in applying, send me a message (link), and I'll give you the email address to apply 😄 I just didn't want to post the email address publicly.

If you are in UBC CS, you can also go here: https://my.cs.ubc.ca/students/career/volunteers-art-justice-project

Student Volunteer Opportunity- A.R.T. & Justice Project

Are you passionate about social impact work?

A.R.T. & Justice is looking for volunteers who are interested in a pilot project in collaboration with the UBC Learning Exchange. We are currently developing a technology learning program for people who have lived/living experience of incarceration. We are hoping to develop a program where we can provide support for those leaving carceral institutions who do not have a grasp of basic technological tools; such as cyber security, file sharing, calendars, file storage, etc. Our work is peer-led and we plan on co-developing a step by step guide that can be shared with those who are transitioning back into society. This volunteer work will both be in-person and online. We are currently meeting 30min-1 hour a week to go over our progress work. Work is expected to be done independently and as a team.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience volunteering (with marginalized or vulnerable populations an asset)
• An attitude of curiosity, caring and flexibility when working with our peers and knowing that all are welcomed
• A comfort, openness and respect for working with people as they are, including life experiences, culture, identity, beliefs, and values
• Strong interpersonal communications skills, specifically in the areas of empathy, listening, attentiveness and checking for understanding
• Intermediate knowledge of technological tools (such as google drive, outlook, etc)

Duties:

• Assist in-person work sessions
• Help with set-up and take-down of in-person sessions
• Work on co-developing a step-by-step guide for the project
• Attend project zoom meetings in regards to guide development updates
• Report to the Project Coordinator

Training:

• There is no formal training, there will be a welcome meeting to introduce you to the project and orient you to the tasks.

Time commitment:

• Volunteer screening: 15 min interview
• Zoom call: 30min- 1 hr weekly until project completion (Goal is January 2024)
• Independent work: TBD, based on project goals
• 3-hour test workshop to implement program and see if changes need to be made (Date TBD in November/December)

To apply:

Send an email sharing your previous experiences and why you are interested in working with us! We are happy to work with students on a one-time or re-occurring basis and will schedule meetings to work around student schedules.

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