Bijan's Blog

Dear Students:

None of us can choose how history will remember us. But each of us can choose how we will remember the events and people who grace our own history. I have been fortunate to be the 101st President of the student society of one of the top universities in the world, and like any president’s tenure, my time with the AMS has been filled with both good times and challenges. I will remember both for how they strengthened all of us as a student body. Especially, I will remember:

• Signing of the New SUB Project Agreement, ending a two-year stand-still between UBC and AMS to construct the building that students voted for and deserve.
• Working in conjunction with the Alumni Association to lobby the Provincial government to decrease the interest rate on student loans in BC.
• Running an advocacy campaign in favour of rapid transit to UBC. The campaign resulted in a substantial amendment to different sections of Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy.
• Re-engaging the UBC community by meeting with more than 2,000 student leaders during orientations, facilitating conversations between the University Neighbourhoods Association and fraternities, and the hugely successful UBC’s Got Talent, which drew 124 auditions, 16 performances and an audience of 1,100, benefiting the United Way charity.