UBC Athletics and Recreation

Prized T-shirt returned to UBC Bookstore after 42-year ordeal on Welsh rugby player

Most of us have a T-shirt relic from decades past, usually stuffed into the dark recesses of a drawer only to slowly fall to pieces or be tossed out by next of kin.

Feb 1, 2023

Designed by SHAPE Architecture, the new building will be located immediately north of the UBC Life Building (formerly the Student Union Building) and at the west end of Student Union Boulevard.

Construction begins on UBC’s Recreation Centre North

Construction is underway on a new recreation centre that will triple the amount of indoor fitness and recreation space at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus.

Oct 4, 2022

Review of UBC sports transparent, necessary

Review of UBC sports transparent, necessary

Sports review transparent and necessary UBC’s sports review was long overdue, says Ashley Howard of UBC Athletics. Read more…

Jan 28, 2014

Letter to the editor: Review of UBC sports transparent, necessary

A review of UBC sports was transparent and necessary, argues Ashley Howard of UBC Athletics in a Vancouver Sun letter to the editor.

Jan 28, 2014

T-Birds smother Vikes to claim the ‘Boot’

T-Birds smother Vikes to claim the ‘Boot’

UBC men’s rugby team wins first Wightman Boot in 17 years. Read more here.

Jan 21, 2014

UBC Okanagan Heat teams make grade to stay in top Canada West league

UBC Okanagan Heat teams make grade to stay in top Canada West league

UBC’s Okanagan Heat athletic teams are now members of the Canada West club – for good.

May 9, 2013

A hunger for more

A hunger for more

Emily Grainger was part of a turnaround team, and she’s not ready to stop winning

May 1, 2013 - by Heather Amos