On August 7th, the SUO posted a graphic to their Instagram explaining that the SPC would be “merge[d] with the Pride Resource Centre and Women’s Resource Centre for optimal sexual health promotion on campus,” but no other motive for the deactivation of the SPC was announced publicly.

The systems meant to empower people are buckling under pressures old and new. With the fault lines in our political systems becoming more visible, does democracy risk losing its way?

Have you ever wondered why the aurora borealis glows more often during fall, or why leaves burst into shades of yellow and red before they drift away?

In recent years there has been a substantial rise of digital archival accounts on Instagram. These accounts aim to document certain parts of internet history, one of the more contemporary approaches to archiving the long and sprawling internet. This has interesting implications for underrepresented communities and their histories.

For more than three decades, stacks of newsprint on campus tables have carried the stories, debates, and creativity of UBC Okanagan students. Long before digital archives and online newsletters, The Phoenix recorded the growing pains of a young university and gave students a place to see themselves in print.