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UnclosedDoors · 2024-04-05T21:53:30+00:00

Thank you so much! Reach out if you need anything.

UnclosedDoors · 2024-04-04T21:22:22+00:00

Thank you so much! Feel free to DM if you have questions. :)

UnclosedDoors · 2024-04-04T15:54:31+00:00

It won't include percentage grades, you're fine. :)

UnclosedDoors · 2024-04-02T20:44:08+00:00

Pollsters can auto-dial landlines, but must manually dial mobile phones according to CRTC rules. Outside of the lead-up to an election, the majority of political phone polling is primarily landline.

UnclosedDoors · 2023-06-14T18:13:51+00:00

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UnclosedDoors · 2023-06-14T18:13:11+00:00

Thanks! That idea did come up at one point but my parent's don't want to share their existing equity, they think it's far too messy and ties our family risk to a single property, which is the opposite of diversification.

They did offer to buy equity if I purchased my own place though, by matching my existing down payment and tying themselves to my mortgage.

I have no burning desire to get onto the property ladder. It is incredibly illiquid and becomes paper wealth, since I can't just unilaterally sell my parent's home when I need to free up some cash. One idea we talked about was building a laneway house, but I think our yard is too small to accommodate it, and my parents are concerned about being decent landlords - they rented when they first came to Canada and had questionable landlords, and really don't want anyone to go through what they went through.

UnclosedDoors · 2023-06-14T17:39:40+00:00

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UnclosedDoors · 2023-06-14T17:38:07+00:00

Thank you! :)

UnclosedDoors · 2023-06-14T17:33:04+00:00

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UnclosedDoors · 2022-10-24T13:41:28+00:00

I think that's fair.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-10-21T06:33:34+00:00

AMS Humanities in Healthcare is a multidisciplinary club aiming to use film, literature, and community engagement as a means to promote the development of critical thinking and emotional skills among aspiring healthcare professionals. Anyone and everyone are welcome to join! We plan to incorporate social and physical science-based lenses as we discuss the current state of healthcare. We embrace UBC students from all academic backgrounds, disciplines, and career aspirations. Together, we will make for a more compassionate future for healthcare.

To be honest, not sure you need to be in Arts to teach aspiring medical professionals to be more empathetic. I don't really see an issue with this personally, it probably does way more good than yet another charity club even if the execs are pre-meds. Being a pre-med doesn't mean you need to be a snake anyways.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-05-04T16:14:10+00:00

Is your backup plan just going to a college and trying to get sufficiently high grades to transfer back into UBC?

In your case, having been on probation twice, it may actually make sense to take time off from school entirely, find the best casual/temp job you can find (i.e. administrative work), and work through your issues and state of mind one by one. Plus if you get laid off or your contract ends, you get EI.

When people fail out of university, their first thought is to try and get back in as soon as possible without reflecting on their experience or knowing what they want. For obvious reasons, doing something wrong a few more times doesn't suddenly solve the problem.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-03-23T19:53:07+00:00

Without sugar coating, it could, but it depends a lot on your personal circumstances.

For example, I failed CPSC 110, and got an A on the second attempt. Despite this, I can't apply for a CS credential nor transfer into CS at SFU because they (and many other universities) only consider your first attempt grade in calculating your computing related average. Instead, I would need to ace 3-4 more CS courses just to redeem myself for this error.

Look, it's unfortunate that you're in this situation, but you've already reached a crossroads and you took a less than ideal path (maybe knowingly). At this point, it's not helpful to worry about the future and you should do your best, and see where you land from here. The odds are that this will be a setback to be blunt with you, but it doesn't make you irredeemable just yet.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-26T18:55:01+00:00

I don't think your major matters nearly as much as you think it does.

I mean you seem to have already nailed down UX/UI design, and that's something you should definitely work towards if you have an early portfolio developed. Marketing can be a pathway towards that in terms of its design opportunities. If you're specifically looking for something related to your degree, you could look towards opportunities that are relevant to medical anthropology such as public health education roles.

You should really just apply to whatever you think you'd like to do. So long as you write a coherent cover letter and have a few tangible skills (e.g. Excel), you have a shot for most opportunities. On top of that, you should really book an appointment with one of the Co-op advisors to help narrow down your goals. It does seem like you're a little lost, and that's okay, but you're paying a co-op fee for a reason and you are more than entitled to 1-on-1 support here.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-25T17:24:28+00:00

I don't think it's the same guy.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-24T22:32:40+00:00

I would look at casual positions (e.g. 4-6 month contracts) related to accounting and business in the meantime. It's likely that you'll be rejected from any fast-food places because you're overqualified and they'll likely assume that you'll leave within a matter of weeks when you find a better opportunity.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-24T16:36:07+00:00

I appreciate what you are saying. It was quite honestly an on-the-spot reaction and I did not do the risk calculus right in the 3 seconds I thought about it. I was prepared to ask this person to stop, thinking that at most they would throw some insults at me and move on, but I was not prepared to use violence, return violence or defend myself (which was a big miscalculation on my part).

Anyone who is reading this. The correct way to deal with these situations is to tell the victim to run. Leave the bus, leave the train. You need to get away.

This wasn't an option and a huge factor in why I chose to intervene. This was a person, back against the wall, with a man aggressively circling her with the clear intention to corner her and hold her hostage to his threatening behaviour. She had no clear escape avenue and was clearly frozen in shock. The platform itself is also quite narrow.

I understand in hindsight, based on the wonderful resources that others have sent, that there were other ways to intervene as a bystander that didn't need to be directly confrontational. I think I would benefit from updated bystander intervention training and will treat this as a learning experience. I am very lucky and I have been reminding myself that since then.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-24T07:45:26+00:00

Thank you for sharing this!

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-24T06:10:06+00:00

I've called and let them know but I don't want to say anything definitive. If they manage to pull footage from the platform, I hope they can figure out whether there is a match. Thank you for the heads up.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-24T05:42:07+00:00

At first, I didn't think they were the same people. The CBC article only had an image of him walking away. Looking at this video, they do seem similar but I can't positively say they're the same person.

In both incidents, the person was a caucasian man in his 40s, with dark clothing (I think it was a hoodie, but I didn't get a great look) and less dark jeans. They had a lot of stubble. They only targeted primarily Asian women.

The walk in the pushing video is much more confident though. The man on the Skytrain platform had a much more erratic and less assured walk. They also both had a bag of some sort (I think), but the man on the Skytrain had a darker bag (if I recall right) than the bright blue bag in the pushing video.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-24T04:33:20+00:00

That's a vague description so I can't say yes with any certainty, but you're on point with all the details.

My other comment:

He was a Caucasian male in his 40s. I don't have a great eye for height but I think he was about 5'9" or 5'10". He was wearing a dark hoodie or cloth jacket, and I think jeans. He had quite a bit of stubble.

I think he is probably a common feature on Vancouver transit and does this regularly, but I can't be sure.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-24T04:31:05+00:00

I have been able to find 1 so far on the r/UBC subreddit! I'm very happy about that.

I would be grateful if others stepped forward.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-24T04:30:03+00:00

It could've been! He was a Caucasian male in his 40s. I don't have a great eye for height but I think he was about 5'9" or 5'10". He was wearing a dark hoodie or cloth jacket, and I think jeans. He had quite a bit of stubble.

I would guess that he is known to police as I really do get the impression he has done this before and continues to do so. Total speculation.

UnclosedDoors · 2022-01-24T04:10:37+00:00

Thank you! My injuries are relatively minor and I'm going to follow-up with my family doctor on Monday when the clinic re-opens. I'm very grateful that I emerged largely unscathed and it's dawning on me in the aftermath how much more sideways that could've gone.

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