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From Left to Right: Joan Taylor, Marilyn Willis, Hua Jian, Julia Hsu, and Nils Bradley. With the help of volunteer Hua, campus seniors learn game of Mah-jong played every day by millions of Chinese. Please join seniors on Mondays 1-2:30pm at the Wesbrook Community Centre. The program resumes on Jan 11, 2016.

Local Church Group Gets Set to Welcome

Syrian Refugees

A coalition of seven churches in the UBC area has launched a campaign to raise enough funds to support three refugee families from war-torn Syria in Canada for the next year. The churches are University Hill United (at UBC), West Point Grey United, Dun-bar Heights United, Knox United (in Dunbar), Ryerson United (in Kerrisdale), West Point Grey Presbyterian and Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellowship. The UBC area coalition of churches will fetch the three Syrian refugee fami-lies to Canada under the privately-spon-sored refugee program approved by the

$80,000 is needed to sponsor three families for a year; $60,000 has been raised

federal government, and the nine or ten members in these three families will be among 10,000 Syrian refugees coming here under this program. Another 15,000 will come under a government-sponsored program. Representatives of the seven UBC area churches report the government has ap-proved them for sponsoring one family of two brothers and two families of three or four members per family. They say this information comes from church sources in Ottawa. Upon launching its private sponsorship program in late September, the church coalition set a goal of raising $80,000 to cover the cost of supporting three fami-lies for a year. At deadline, the represen-tatives said they had raised $60,000.

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UBC and UNA Boards Update Neighbours’

AgreementOriginal agreement was signed

in 2008; UBC governors are addressed by acting UNA Board

Chair Ying Zhou

UBC and the University Neighbourhoods Association have updated the agreement that governs their roles and responsibili-ties. The 2015 Neighbours’ Agreement (Phase One) between UBC and the UNA was approved by the UNA Board of Di-rectors at a meeting in September and by UBC Board of Governors at a meeting December 3. The new agreement replaces the old

one which had been in effect since 2008. Staff members at UBC and the UNA will now collaborate on a preparing a Phase Two of the 2015 Neighbours’ Agreement. Among other things, the updated Neigh-bours’ Agreement includes a commit-ment of collaboration between UBC and the UNA for the provision of Emergency Planning and Response and the operation and administration of childcare services in the neighbourhoods, which were not part of the 2008 Neighbours’ Agreement. As well, it includes addition of so-called Designated Buildings that UBC or the UNA may designate for partial or complete inclusion in—or exclusion from—the Neighbours’ Agreement.

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In an attempt to “connect residents”, the UNA may reinstate Neighbourhood Forums which were temporarily dis-continued in early 2014 to free up UNA resources for Emergency Preparedness planning. As a first step to restoration, the UNA Board agreed at a meeting December 8 to audit existing community engagement activities on campus. When the audit is prepared, the directors will discuss it at a special session. Meanwhile, UNA staff will query resi-dents who were active in past Neighbour-hood Forums to see what advice they

UNA Board Breathes Life into Neighbourhood Forums

Forums were temporarily discontinued in early 2014; they may soon be reinstated

have on the value of them. In a report to the board, Resident Di-rector Laura Cottle, Chair of the Standing Governance Committee, noted, “There has been interest by some strata councils, especially in Chancellor Place, and Uni-versity Faculty and Staff Tenants Asso-ciation (UFASTA) to reinstate the Neigh-bourhood Forums as they give residents in stratas and faculty/staff tenants an opportunity to share their concerns, seek advice from likeminded residents and bring neighbourhood issues to the UNA for discussion and resolution.” Ms. Cottle pointed out there are a num-ber of Resident Associations in the Low-er Mainland, including active ones in the City of Vancouver and the City of New Westminster. “Typically these Resident Associations are independent of ‘City Hall’,” she said. All of this gave cause for an active Neighbourhood Forum to be formed on campus if possible. Discussion at the meeting also drew at-tention to the joint UNA-UBC initiative in the field of community engagement called Community Conversations. Direc-tors discussed whether the Community Conversations events—two or three a year—are a replacement for the Neigh-bourhood Forums. This would be deter-mined in the audit of community engage-ment activities.

FORUMS continued on Page 2Laura Cottle

Seniors Learn Popular Chinese Game at Wesbrook

Community Centre

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Val Taylor, Coordinating Minister at West Point Grey United, said members of the seven churches look forward to joyous moments in the near future when they greet the families arriving from the Middle East at Vancouver International Airport. “We shall give them a warm welcome, for sure. Lots of smiles and lots of love,” Ms. Taylor said. She issued a plea to other residents of the UBC area (comprising UBC itself, the University Endowment Lands, West Point Grey and Dunbar) to donate, so that the goal of raising the full $80,000 in support costs for the refugees is reached. Not only donations of cash, but dona-tions of clothing, bedding, household items and more will help, and Ms. Taylor mentioned “a wonderful organization” called the HomeStart Foundation, which provides donated furniture to those in need within Vancouver. Donations of both cash to the coalition churches and furniture to HomeStart are

tax deductible. “People have been im-mensely generous,” the West Point Grey United Church Coordinating Minister said. Malcolm Butler, a retired lawyer who lives at UBC (Chancellor Place), referred to “the wonderful emotional experi-ence” that comes with participating in the sponsorship program. Of the refugees themselves, Mr. Butler says, “We live for them. We really care for them. We’re in-terested in them disappearing into Cana-da in about a year. We have strong per-sonal relationships with them.” Churches in the UBC area have a long and proud history of helping sponsor ref-ugee families in Canada. Maggie Hosgood, a member of Dun-bar Heights United Church and a volun-teer organizer in numerous sponsorship campaigns, recalls local churches help-ing Palestinians come to Canada from war-torn Iraq in 2011 as well as helping Tibetans flee state oppression in their homeland. As well as on campaigns to support

REFUGEES continued from Page 1 Palestinian and Tibetan refugee families, Ms. Hosgood has worked on campaigns to sponsor refugee families from El Sal-vador, Bosnia and Vietnam. Ms. Hosgood explained how, in the case of the three refugee families due to arrive in the UBC area from Syria, she and other sponsorship organizers will look for apartments for them and furnish these apartments with donations. As did Ms. Taylor, Ms. Hosgood praised the services of the HomeStart Foundation. “We shall get the refugees the bedding, dishes and other household items they need.” Apartment rents, the cost of food and other costs will be paid out of monthly coalition cheques to the refugee families—an annual bill of about $27,000 per family. “It’s close to welfare rates, but enough to live on.” Ms. Hosgood says that through working on refugee sponsorship campaigns, she has learned “how much we (in the Chris-tian faith) have in common with those in the Moslem faith.” The commonalities far outweigh to differences, she said.

The three spokesmen—Ms. Taylor, Mr. Butler and Ms. Hosgood—praised the heartfelt response of the UBC area com-munity to the plight of Syrian and other refugees. They say it is indicative of “a love of fellow man.” If you would like to donate towards this privately-sponsored refugee program, please contact a church listed below: • University Hill United Church (at UBC) www.uhill.net • West Point Grey United Church www.wpguc.com • Dunbar Heights United Church www.dunbarheightsuc.ca • Knox United Church (in Dunbar) www.knoxunitedvancouver.org • Ryerson United Church (in Kerrisdale) www.ryersonunited.ca • West Point Grey Presbyterian Church www.vcn.bc.ca/wpgpc/ • Point Grey Inter-Mennonite Fellow-ship Church www.pgimf.org

In any event, directors were support-ive of encouraging residents in the five UNA neighbourhoods to create Neigh-bourhood Forums that would be led by residents themselves. In her report, Ms. Cottle stated, “The forums would foster community engage-ment on issues that were relevant to the individual neighbourhoods. The UNA could assist the neighbourhoods by con-necting residents who have expressed an interest in the and by offering meeting space in the community centres.”

FORUMS continued from Page 1 Jan Fialkowski, UNA Executive Direc-tor, explained to directors at the meeting how the UNA has for years hosted regu-lar meetings of the strata chairs in each neighbourhood. Ms. Fialkowski said the practice was started by UBC Properties Trust (UBCPT) in Hampton Place as a means of communicating with the stratas on issues of common interest, and they were very successful in the only UNA neighbourhood that is comprised entirely of strata corporations. In debate at the meeting December 8, a director wondered, “What are we trying to accomplish?” The reply came from a

fellow-director, “We are trying to con-nect residents.” In discussion among directors, the idea arose of “a centralized place where resi-dents can come together” to discuss ways to make campus neighbourhoods better places in which to live and to promote community spirit. Came the suggestion that residents might be given regular access to a room at the Wesbrook Community Centre ev-ery, say, Tuesday night (start time 7 pm). “The idea is to get residents together,” a director said. Having access to a permanent gath-

ering place for Neighbourhood Forums was proposed because it would enable residents to say, “Here is a community resource (at our disposal).” Parking and budgetary issues were list-ed as two likely topics that would come under discussion at a Neighbourhood Fo-rum. Ms. Cottle concluded discussion at the board meeting saying, “We are the rep-resentatives of residents. Let’s find out what residents want.”

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Friday, November 20, was National Jersey Day in Canada. Members of staff from the University Neighbourhoods Associa-tion office, the Old Barn Community Centre and the Wesbrook Community Centre joined thousands from across the country showing love and support for sport by wearing a jersey, team or club uniform to school, work or play.

UNA Staff Celebrate National Jersey Day

Like many other residents, I was dis-gusted to recently learn that a motion be-fore the UNA Board of Directors to open UNA committee meetings to the public has been voted down 4 to 3. Despite the fact that all local govern-ments in Canada are required by legisla-tion to hold their committee meetings in

Open Up Committee Meetings to UNA residentsLetter to the Editor

public and despite the fact that the Su-preme Court of Canada has upheld open-ness as a prerequisite for the democratic legitimacy of decisions, out here— at UBC—it’s not allowed to work that way. We—10,000 people—are somehow a “society”, not a municipality, and there-fore we are incorporated under the Soci-

This provides a mechanism for resi-dents to be represented by the UNA in new residential developments along University Boulevard. Unlike existing campus residential developments, these Designated Buildings are not otherwise represented by UBC student housing and are not located in a UNA neighbourhood housing area. This change means Univer-sity Boulevard residents will be eligible to join the UNA and take advantage of UNA services. With approvals of the respective boards now in place on Phase One, UBC staff will work with the UNA on Phase Two of the 2015 Neighbours’ Agreement, which focuses on access to UBC facilities and the process UBC uses to license Univer-sity-owned facilities and amenities for UNA management. At their December 3 meeting, the UBC

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ety Act of B.C. When there’s a tie vote, the UNA bylaws give an extra vote to the chair of the meeting. Resident Director Ying Zhou who voted against open meet-ings was chair of the meeting and got to break a tie vote by again voting against. No wonder, so many residents consider the UNA just a bad joke.

I support resident Bill Holmes’ sugges-tion that the matter of opening up com-mittee meetings to UNA resident mem-bers be put to a vote at the next Annual General Meeting.

Kathy Griffiths, Hampton Place resident

governors received a report updating them on UBC’s relationship with the UNA, including: • quarterly meetings between the UNA Board of Directors and UBC senior ad-ministration • enhanced collaboration to deliver ser-vices and programs • joint UBC-UNA Community Conver-sations Open Houses • resident seat on UBC’s Development Permit Board, chosen jointly by UBC and the UNA • an annual UNA presentation to the UBC Board of Governors. Concurrently at the meeting, Ying Zhou, an elected Resident Director of the UNA and its acting Chair, addressed UBC Board of Governors—speaking both of UNA accomplishments of the year past and priorities for the year ahead. Priorities include “the creation of a five-year financial plan, development

of the Vista Point Child Care facilities, completion of Phase Two of the 2015 Neighbours’ Agreement, continued en-hancement of board effectiveness and ongoing implementation of a strategic communications plan.” UNA accomplishments in 2015 in-clude “revised election procedures, an enhanced parking strategy, strengthen-ing board effectiveness, Phase One of the 2015 Neighbours’ Agreement and open-ing of the Wesbrook Community Centre.” Ms. Zhou, who is also UNA Treasurer, said the UNA gave high priority to de-veloping a five-year financial plan on ac-count of the UNA budget being “under pressure” due to reduced Service Levy revenue and growing community ser-vices and needs. The UBC report con-firmed, stating: “First, the Services Levy UBC col-lects from residents and provides to the UNA is declining. As described in UBC’s leases with residents, the Services Levy is based on the difference between the provincial ‘rural property tax’ rate and City of Vancouver’s property tax rate. In recent years, the rural rate has increased while Vancouver’s rate decreases due to a rapid increase in single family house values. “This squeezes the amount of Services Levy funding despite UBC adding cam-pus residential development. As a result, UNA revenue is decreasing even as pop-ulation and complexity of service deliv-ery issues grow. “Second, the UNA’s priorities require increased funding. Nearly a quarter of theUNA budget returns to UBC for service delivery, including a per capita fee for en-hanced access to athletic facilities. These costs grow with the community; for example at $600,000 per year, the athletic access fee is the UNA’s largest budget item.”

Ying Zhou

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Metro and UBC Sign Historic Memorandum of Understanding

Metro Vancouver and UBC have signed a historic Memorandum of Understand-ing (MOU) that strengthens their ongo-ing collaboration to address regional economic, social and environmental sus-tainability challenges. The terms of formal collaboration be-tween UBC and Metro Vancouver are spelled out in a Memorandum of Under-standing covering three areas: Research, Learning and Innovation; Operations and Infrastructure; and Regional Prosperity.

Strategic Collaboration Joint Steering Committee will oversee

the ongoing collaboration

Attached to the MOU is a list of 79 initia-tives on which UBC and Metro are cur-rently collaborating. One initiative is the UBC/Broadway transit line study on which staffs of both Metro and UBC Campus and Commu-nity Planning are working. Another is a study of general elections in Electoral Area A (which includes UBC area and the University Endowment Lands) with the Alma Mater Society and the University Neighbourhoods Associa-tion listed as stakeholders in this project also. UBC calls the MOU an effort to enable greater collaboration between UBC and Metro Vancouver given that relations be-tween the parties have been sporadic and informal since 2010.

“This stronger relationship will pro-vide new opportunities for UBC faculty and students to connect with our partners by working on projects that will directly benefit the region,” said Martha Piper, UBC Interim President. “Metro Vancou-ver will have the opportunity to draw on UBC’s substantial pool of expertise and research capacity to address important challenges facing cities, the region and the world.” The on-going stewardship of the UBC-Metro Vancouver Memorandum of Un-derstanding will be guided through the establishment of a Strategic Collabora-tion Steering Committee co-chaired by UBC Associate Vice-President of Cam-pus and Community Planning and Metro Vancouver General Manager of Planning,

Policy and Environment. The Steering Committee will meet quarterly—or as required—to discuss issues or opportunities to advance initia-tives and topics outlined in the Current Joint Initiatives List included with the MOU. Both organizations acknowledge the Memorandum of Understanding respects the current governance arrangement of the UBC Vancouver campus. Greg Moore, Chair of the Metro Van-couver Board, said “Metro Vancouver and UBC share a commitment to sustain-ability, and we believe that to achieve long-term livability and prosperity, inno-vative, creative, and collaborative prob-lem solving is required, which is why we have expanded our partnership.”

Parking Proves More Challenging in Wesbrook VillageParking in Wesbrook Village—especially on the surface parking lot in front of the Wesbrook Community Centre—has be-come more difficult. The UNA has been informed that to ad-dress the increasing demand for parking space, UBC Properties Trust (UBCPT)—which has the authority for this parking lot—will be requiring users of the Wes-brook Community Centre (WCC) to park in the underground parkade to allow us-ers of the retail and commercial services more parking. UBCPT is planning for signage to be

installed in the parking lot and instruc-tion postcards to be placed on vehicles using the surface parking lot. These post-cards will direct WCC users to the under-ground parkade. In addition, the UNA has been informed that an overflow parking lot will be opened on Birney Avenue east of Web-ber Lane. The UNA states that to date, it’s unsure whether the overflow parking lot will be meant primarily for users of the commu-nity centre. In a report to UNA directors at their

December 8 meeting at The Old Barn Community Centre, Jan Fialkowski, Ex-ecutive Director, said that staff had reg-istered its disapproval with UBCPT that users of the Wesbrook Community Cen-tre are being treated differently than any other user of neighbourhood commercial and retail services in the village. “Directors will recall that during the planning stages of the community cen-tre, underground parking was contem-plated for the community centre,” Ms. Fialkowski states. “Because of cost constraints, under-

ground parking was removed from the building program with the assurance that users of the community centre could use the surface parking lot and underground parkade.” Visitors to the Wesbrook Village com-mercial area can park in 1 hr or 2 hr park-ing areas from 7 am to 10 pm and require no identification. However, these areas are high prior-ity enforcement areas to ensure frequent turnover.

UNA Parks and RecreationHoliday Hours

THE OLD BARNCOMMUNITY CENTRE

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WESBROOKCOMMUNITY

CENTRE

Regular hours resume January 2, 2016. We wish you all a happy holiday season!

PARKS AND RECREATION

Dec 24 - Dec 26 CLOSEDDec 27 - Dec 30 OPEN 12-6pm

Dec 31 - Jan 1 CLOSED

Dec 24 - Dec 27 CLOSEDDec 28 - Dec 30 OPEN 12-6pm

Dec 31 - Jan 1 CLOSED

WESBROOKFITNESS CENTRE

Dec 24 - 26 CLOSEDDec 27 OPEN 8:30am-6pm

Dec 28 - Dec 30 OPEN 11:30am-7pmDec 31 - Jan 1 CLOSED

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Aiming to have homes on campus heat-ed by cleaner and cheaper energy, UBC has approved further implementation of plans for a ‘Neighbourhood District En-ergy System (NDES)’. At a meeting December 3, UBC gover-nors approved the ramping up of district energy plans which call ultimately for the use of waste heat from the TRIUMF, particle research facility located in South Campus, to heat campus homes. The dis-trict energy grid will connect to TRIUMF in 2023, and until then, the system will use the combustion of natural gas to pro-vide energy. A six-story apartment complex called Prodigy became the first building to con-nect to the district energy grid earlier this year. Prodigy is located in Wesbrook Place, and John Metras, UBC Interim Associ-ate Vice-President, Resources & Opera-tions, explained that it is a special “one off” case that was given approval to use electricity to heat the suites and district

energy to heat the common areas and do-mestic hot water. “All future buildings will be 100% dis-trict energy for heating. The energy bill from BC Hydro for Prodigy suite owners will be similar to that of existing build-ings that use electricity for heating. The district energy bill will be part of the stra-ta costs,” Mr. Metras said in an e-mail.Prodigy does not have any natural gas boilers, he added. “It uses electric heating in the suites and district energy for common areas and do-mestic hot water. The district energy hot water pipes run underground to Prodigy from a Temporary Energy Centre locat-ed near the entrance to the UBC Farm. The Temporary Energy Centre boilers run on natural gas fed from the existing underground natural gas piping system. Once the Permanent Energy Centre is built, the Temporary Energy Centre will be removed and low carbon heating will be supplied from the Permanent Energy Centre.” NDES is designed to serve the Wes-brook neighbourhood and other future neighbourhoods on the UBC Vancouver campus, and UBC governors began the approval process for implementing it in 2014. This process involved entering into an agreement with Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc. and supporting Corix in its application for appropriate certification

from the British Columbia Utility Com-mission. This certification was subse-quently obtained. A UBC staff report submitted to gover-nors at their December 3 meeting refers to NDES is a “third-party owned and op-erated hot water utility intended to pro-vide cost effective, low carbon energy for UBC residential development areas.” The report states, “NDES is a key in-frastructure system to help achieve com-munity Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction targets, ultimately through use of waste heat from the TRIUMF particle research facility located in South Cam-pus. Neighbourhoods to be served by the NDES include Wesbrook Place, Stadium, East Campus, Acadia and potentially Musqueam Block F in the University En-

UBC Governors Give ‘District Energy’ Further Green Light

‘Prodigy’ in Wesbrook Place is first building to connect to new

grid; waste heat from TRIUMF in South Campus will eventually be

used to heat campus homes

dowment Lands.” A UBC Academic District Energy Sys-tem (ADES) is expected to purchase low carbon energy from NDES starting in 2024 when the system is targeted to be-gin capture of waste heat from TRIUMF.The NDES is being designed, built, fi-nanced and operated by Corix Utilities under the authorization of BC Utilities, and UBC says significant progress has been made in gaining regulatory approv-al, including a successful rate application to the utilities commission in February. The NDES received go-ahead from the commission in March and final rate ap-proval was received soon after. Installa-tion of first natural gas Temporary Ener-gy Centre took place in Wesbrook Place in May.

Prodigy in Wesbrook Village.

Living on campus, there are many en-thralling activities open to teenagers. At the UBC Aquatic Center, competitive youth dive underwater at the sound of a buzzer. On the outdoor basketball courts, they slam the ball into the hoop and jump tirelessly when it bounces off the rim. On the soccer fields, they shoot again and again under a striking sun. In the fall, some bike through the woods, ruffling the fallen leaves and relaxing their stressed minds. But none of these activities have brought me as much thrill as dancing and

performing with the CRAZI Youth Club. Most people know us as the ‘Crazy’ Youth Club. Although it sounds like we may be crazy, our club name has a differ-ent meaning. The five-letter word ‘CRA-ZI’ stands for Creative, Rock, Active, Zealous and Intercultural. Established in 2012 with the support of a UTown@UBC Community Grant and now consist-ing of a dance crew and a pop band, we perform at various events and share our teenage passion for dancing and music with the campus community. Becoming a dancer and standing on stage is not easy. Dancing requires fast movements, flexibility and coordination. It is natural to start out rigid and shy: con-fidence comes only with practicing and performing. Once your body adjusts, you will find it hard to restrain your excited self when music erupts. Dancing allows

us to immerse ourselves in the moment and free ourselves from self-conscious-ness. When my friends and I hear music at the Skytrain station, we would sudden-ly break into a lively dance and enjoy the shock and confusion on everyone’s faces. Dancing make us stronger and helps us conquer fear towards the word ‘no’. Once, a girl said to our dance team that our dance was sloppy and far from be-ing able to stand out on stage. Although we tried to keep smiling, we were deeply hurt. Her criticism, although harsh, made us determined to try even harder. Dancing also helps us release stress. The sound that we high-schoolers de-spise the most is doubtlessly our morning alarm, waking us to another demanding day of lectures and teachers. But how fun would it be if you could wake up every morning dancing to the beat of your fa-

vourite alarm tone, starting off your day on a nice note. Dancing has become a unique way for me to express myself, and it will go a long way with me. However, finding a group to dance with is never easy. Friends support each other as they learn and en-courage each other to do things that they would be too embarrassed to do alone. The CRAZI Youth Club is this kind of a place. It is fun to “let it go”, and it was the club that taught me this. Our club welcomes any youth with in-terest in instrumentals, composing, sing-ing, dancing and performance. To join us, email craziyouthclub@gmail.com or register at the Old Barn and Wesbrook Community Centre. We rehearse every Sunday at The Old Barn Community Centre. Pop band: 3:45-5:45pm, Dance Crew: 6:30-8:30pm. See you in 2016.

Dance into 2016

Nancy Wu Youth Coordinator of CRAZI Dance Crew

Grade 11, Lord Byng Secondary

CRAZI Youth Club Dance Crew

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University Neighbourhoods Association 2015: Events and People Shape University Town at UBC

JANUARYThe UNA and UBC co-host inaugural Community Conversations event at The Old Barn Community Centre, keeping up long history of partnership and collabora-tion. The event provides opportunity for campus residents to ask questions, share concerns and learn more about campus planning and programs.

Ministry of Transportation and Infra-structure approves permit for second phase of West 16th Avenue corridor im-provements aiming to bring more safety and functional enhancement to West 16th Avenue and Wesbrook Mall roundabout.

The UNA Board of Directors appoints eight members to the new Elections Poli-cies and Procedures Advisory Committee established to review UNA election poli-cies and procedures, consider reforms to these procedures and recommend proce-dures for future elections. The members are: Max Cameron, Hawthorn resident, UBC Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, as Commit-tee Chair; Alan Craigie, Hawthorn resi-dent, Post Doctorate Teaching Fellow in Department of Political Science, UBC; Mike Feeley, Hawthorn resident, former UNA Elected Director and UNA Chair; Bill Holmes, Hampton resident, retired lawyer; Sandra Song, Hawthorn resident; Pierre Cenerilli, University & Govern-ment Relations Advisor, AMS Student Society of UBC; Chris Fay, policy ana-lyst, UBC Campus and Community Planning; Michal Jaworski, UBC, Office of University Counsel.

Campus residents join debate on Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite. A proposed 0.5% sales tax increase would help pay for transit im-provement in Metro Vancouver.

RCMP presents University Detachment Personnel ‘Certificates of Appreciation’ for work during the 2014 Special Olym-pics held at UBC and for establishing positive rapport with the Wreck Beach community and the Wreck Beach Preser-vation Society.

RCMP Sergeant Andrew Grainger re-ceives honorary Wreck Beach Preser-vation Society membership via winged Victory figure from the Chair Judy Williams.

FEBRUARYDevelopment permit approval for pro-posed spacious house at 5915 Newton Wynd in the University EndowmentLands is contested by 13 neighbours. Public hearing is held locally.

Debate on Metro Vancouver transit ref-erendum heats up. UNA Board votes to join the Yes side.

UNA Community celebrates Lunar New Year.

Changes to Wesbrook Mall/16th Avenue roundabout wrap up with potential refine-ments—including crosswalk at Hampton Place—to come.

UNA residents discuss three possible op-tions recommended by Elections Policies and Procedures Advisory Committee for reforming UNA voting procedures at Town Hall meeting held in MBA House at Wesbrook Place.

The UNA starts Food Scrap Recycling Program in response to Metro Vancouver Organic Waste Ban which is expected to be fully enforced by early 2016.

UNA celebrates community volunteers at

MAY

Petitions from residents put future of Iona Green playstation in doubt. One petition is against re-location; other is against keeping the playstation in Chan-cellor Place entirely. Residents call for UNA Board to propose practical solution to the Iona Green noise problem.

Elections Advisory Committee presents a comprehensive and thoughtful report on election reform to the UNA laying the groundwork for in-person voting. The Committee recommends to adopt Option A (enhanced mail-in/delivery) for the 2015 election and adopt Option B (in-person voting with option to vote by mail/delivery) for the 2016 and subse-quent elections. Faith in online voting is not strong enough for use by UNA. “It is important that the community have com-plete confidence in the integrity of UNA elections”.

The UNA Board adopts a UNA Purpose Statement developed by its Governance Standing Committee. The top four roles are to:• Promote a distinct University Town• Be an Advisory Body to the UBC Board

JUNEof Governors• Engage with residents & stakeholders to understand their needs• Represent the interests of the neigh-bourhood residents.

Rental housing is under development in University Boulevard Precinct. The UNA Board of Directors votes in favour of a UBC proposal to make future residents of University housing in the Univer-sity Boulevard Precinct eligible both for membership in the UNA and to receive UNA recreational and cultural services.

Musqueam Capital Corporation submits a revised application for the right to de-velop Block F in the University Endow-ment Lands. Plan for hotel is dropped, maximum height of high-rises reduced.

History is made June 5 at UBC as the last graduating class of the university’s first 100 years cross the stage to receive un-dergraduate and graduate degrees. Near-ly 10,000 degrees are conferred at 29 graduation ceremonies May 20 – June 5 at UBC’s Vancouver and Kelowna cam-puses.

the 2015 Volunteer Awards ceremony. 13 winners receive awards in six categories: Community Development and Leader-ship; Sustainability and Environment; Education, Arts and Culture; Supporting Children, Youth or Seniors; Recreation and Health and Outstanding Youth Vol-unteers.

UTown@UBC Youth Leadership Group organizes celebration of BC Youth week.

The UNA marks the fifth anniversary of publishing The Campus Resident, a community newspaper delivered by Can-ada Post to nearly 10,000 households at UBC, in the UEL, and in West Point Grey and Dunbar.

Walking School Bus led by community volunteers safely navigates 16th Avenue roundabout at Wesbrook Mall on way to U Hill Elementary School and Norma Rose Point Elementary School. Photo credit: Andy Fang.

Young students at Norma Rose Point School dance their way happily into a Lunar New Year. Photo credit Dowon Ha.

Model of proposed house on New-ton Wynd in UEL displayed at public hearing.

Students in “UBC” formation as part of Great Trek, October 1922. Photo cour-tesy UBC Archives.

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University Neighbourhoods Association 2015: Events and People Shape University Town at UBC

MARCHDevelopment permit for the UEL home at 5915 Newton Wynd is refused. Loss of views and privacy of neighbours are cited by Rebecca Denlinger, Deputy Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Devel-opment. Development may still go ahead subject to the issue of a new permit, the Deputy Minister said, but it must not ex-ceed “the existing lawfully-conforming building envelope.”

UBC President Arvind Gupta presents case for voting Yes in the Metro Vancou-ver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite. “Better transportation choice and im-proved regional connectivity are of great importance to the UBC community as this issue directly affects the well-being of our 50,000 students, 14,000 staff and faculty and our alumni—almost 200,000 of whom are based in the Lower Main-land,” says President Gupta (who has since left UBC).

UNA residents go to Victoria to glimpse democracy in action. The Civic Engage-ment Committee, chaired by Sabrina Zhang, and MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey David Eby organize an educational tour to B.C. Legislature in Victoria.

The UNA Elections Policies and Proce-dures Advisory Committee presents three voting options: (A) enhanced mail-in/de-livery (by adding a three-envelope voting system—secrecy, certification and return envelopes—and requiring that voters sign a declaration), (B) in-person voting and (C) online voting.

A UNA report on demographics reveals that English loses ground as primary lan-guage on campus. In 2008, English was the primary language in 69% of campus households. The figure had dropped to 36% by 2011.In the same three-year pe-riod, the number of households whose members speak primarily an Asian lan-guage doubled to from 22% to 44%.

UNA Resident Director Charles Menzies steps down from executive posts as Chair of the Standing Committee on Gover-nance and Secretary of the UNA. In a surprise announcement at the April 14 UNA Board meeting, Mr. Menzies—who remains a director—said he was “no lon-ger able to support the majority direction of the Board”.

UNA announces Alert system for resi-dents. Emergency notifications from UBC Alert about significant emergen-cies/disasters impacting the campus will be sent to the residents by text message to cell phones.

Residents vote in 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite ad-ministered by Elections BC.

The UNA recommends the new commu-nity centre in Wesbrook Place be called the Wesbrook Community Centre. The Place and the Centre are named after Dr. Frank Fairchild Wesbrook— accom-plished academic and administrator— who was the first president of UBC.

The UNA Board agrees to sign the Let-ter of Intent with the YMCA to provide childcare services in the new Wesbrook Community Centre.

UBC Campus and Community Planning introduces Tall Wood Building—18-sto-rey wood building with beds for 408 upper year and graduate students. The building, one of the first of its kind in the world, will rise adjacent to the Chancel-lor Place residential neighbourhood.

UNA directors vote unanimously April 14 to consider a proposal to relocate the Iona Green playstation to another corner of Chancellor Place. The vote comes af-ter a presentation by a Chancellor Place resident about the “intolerable” noise generated by children playing in the Iona Green.

APRIL

JULYUNA adopts new voting system Option A, the enhanced mail-in/delivery—the three envelope ballot return system— as recommended by the Elections Policies and Procedures Advisory Committee. The new system will ensure adequate safeguards to the integrity of voting and will prevent practices such as the photo-copying of ballots.

Hawthorn Place residents team up to create ‘beauty in the garbage room’ and to prove that small changes can make a big difference in how people recycle and compost. The recycling project was funded by UTown@UBC Community

Grant of $1,000. Organizers hope to de-velop a model recycling system that can be adopted in other residential buildings on campus.

The results of the Translink Plebiscite are announced: 59% of the residents of the Electoral Area A (including UBC and UEL areas) voted Yes compared to only 38% in Metro region as whole.

The First Nations House of Learning hosts the largest Aboriginal student grad-uation celebration in the history of the UBC First Nations Longhouse, which opened in 1993.

Young students at Norma Rose Point School dance their way happily into a Lunar New Year. Photo credit Dowon Ha.

UNA residents on tour of the B.C. Legislature in Victoria. Photo credit: Qiu Hong.

AUGUST

UNA prepares for the Annual General Meeting. Three candidates compete for two seats on the UNA Board.

UEL community welcomes new ‘may-or’: Peter Fassbender, Minister of Com-munity, Sport, Cultural Development and

Minister Responsible for TransLink. As an unincorporated area, the UEL does not have an elected mayor and municipal council, and the community is adminis-tered through the Ministry of Commu-nity, Sport and Cultural Development un-der the University Endowment Land Act.

First President of UBC Frank F. Wes-brook circa 1915. Photo courtesy UBC Archives.

Aboriginal graduates gather at the UBC First Nations Longhouse for the First Nations House of Learning Graduation Celebration. Photo Credit: Don Erhardt.

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meetings that are open and accessible to the public.”

UBC unveils construction schedule for Tall Wood Building adjacent to Chancel-lor Place neighborhood.

UNA Connection Night event organized by the Multicultural Committee chaired by Florence Luo inspires residents. The goal of the multi-event program is to improve social and cultural connections among campus residents.

UNA collaborates with Encorp Pacific and United We Can to develop unique program to recycle refundable contain-ers.

A motion by Resident Director Charles Menzies to open UNA committee meet-ings to the public fails narrowly during the monthly meeting of UNA Board of Directors.

‘Breath of fresh air’ blows across politi-cal landscape in UEL. Meeting between Minister Peter Fassbender— who is re-sponsible for the UEL—and leaders of UEL community is held in Vancouver.

In an opinion article, submitted to The Campus Resident, Hampton Place resi-dent Bill Holmes suggests that the mat-ter of opening committee meetings to the public be put to a vote at the next AGM. He cites the words of the B.C. Ombud-sperson who— in her 2012 report on best practices for open meetings in local governments—said, “One of the corner-stones of open and transparent govern-ment in British Columbia is the require-ment for local governments to conduct

Residents enjoying the Wesbrook Community Centre. Photo credit Sandra Leung.

At the UNA Annual General Meeting, members elect Laura Cottle, of Hawthorn Place, as a resident director for the first time and re-elect Ying Zhou, of Chancel-lor Place, to her second term on the UNA Board. Members of the UNA vote down a pro-posed amendment to its bylaws which would have given five resident directors a modest pay raise.

UBC launches centennial celebration events and welcomes 8,337 students as the first class of its second century.

Former president Martha Piper becomes UBC Interim President following the sur-prise resignation of Arvin Gupta as presi-dent. “It’s my honour to lead UBC during its Centennial year and celebrate a centu-ry of excellence in learning, research and community engagement,” said Professor Piper at a UBC celebration event.

SEPTEMBER

UNA staff and volunteers at the 9th Annual Barn Raising.

The UNA and UBC community celebrate the official opening of the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre named after prominent business leader and philanthropist Rob-ert H. Lee in honour of the many con-tributions he has made to UBC. One of the greatest of many contributions came in 1988 when Mr. Lee—then Chair of the UBC Board of Governors—founded UBC Properties Trust. The trust, which he chaired for 23 years, became the first in North America to sell market housing on a university campus on leased land, allowing UBC to maintain ownership of the land while earning it hundreds of millions of dollars. The first residential neighbourhood on campus, Hampton Place, was developed in 1990s. Today, al-most 10,000 residents live in five neigh-bourhoods, governed by the University Neighbourhoods Association.

The UNA celebrates its 9th Annual Barn Raising, bringing together all University Town residents.

Business leader and philanthropist Robert H. Lee. Photo credit Martin Dee.

OCTOBERWesbrook Community Centre opens, of-fering the residents first-class facilities.

Richard Alexander is acclaimed as the Chair of the UNA Board of Directors.

University Neighbourhoods Association 2015

UNA agrees to discuss prospect of open committee meetings.

UNA adopts Naming Protocol for out-door benches.

NOVEMBER

The 2015 Neighbours’ Agreement (Phase One) between UBC and the UNA was ap-proved by the UNA Board of Directors and UBC Board of Governors. The new agreement—that governs their roles and responsibilities— replaces the old one which had been in effect since 2008.

Ying Zhou, a Resident Director of the UNA and its acting Chair, addresses UBC Board of Governors—speaking both of UNA accomplishments of the year past and priorities for the year ahead. Ms. Zhou, who is also UNA Treasurer, said the UNA gave high priority to developing

a five-year financial plan on account of the UNA budget being “under pressure” due to reduced Service Levy revenue and growing community services and needs.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is signed between UBC and Metro Van-couver. It spells out the terms of formal collaboration in three areas: Research, Learning and Innovation; Operations and Infrastructure; and Regional Prosperity. MOU respects the current governance ar-rangement of the UBC Vancouver cam-pus.

DECEMBER

UBC residents (left to right) Bella Zhou, Shan Chen, Florence Luo, Gary Gibson, Laura Cottle, Lucy Wang at the October UNA Community Con-nection Night.

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Chan Gunn Sports Medicine Pavilion South view rendering.

On December 3, the UBC Board of Gov-ernors approved a Development Permit for the second phase of Totem in-fill housing. The proposed expansion is lo-cated west of Hawthorn Place, adjacent to Totem Field and Marine Drive. This project will add 354 first-year student beds, increasing the Totem Park popula-tion to 2,100. Project completion is ex-pected in August 2017.

UBC Briefs

UBC held an Open House December 2 on the revitalization of Library Garden, which will also be home to the new In-dian Residential Schools History and Dialogue Centre. UBC has been engag-ing with the campus community since September on this development. As a result of the planning process, proposed

Library Garden and Indian Residential Schools History and Dialogue Centredesigns for Library Garden and the In-dian Residential Schools History and Dialogue Centre will be put forward for approval to the UBC Board of Governors in Spring 2016. The Centre and Garden are expected to be completed in 2018. The University sees revitalizing Library Garden as providing a unique opportuni-

Chan Gunn Sports Medicine Pavilion

UBC held an Open House recently on the proposed development of the Chan Gunn Sports Medicine Pavilion, a facility due to be located on the southwest corner of Thunderbird Boulevard and Wesbrook Mall (next to the Doug Mitchell Thun-derbird Sports Centre). The well-known John Owen Pavilion in the middle of Thunderbird Playing Fields at UBC has been demolished, and the Chan Gunn Sports Medicine Pavilion will replace it. Subject to approval, construction start of the new Pavilion is slated for next spring with a completion target of Sep-tember 2017. Dr. Chan Gunn, a pioneer-

ing Vancouver physician in the field of pain relief, is giving $5 million to UBC for construction of the new building bear-ing his name. This proposed sports medi-cine facility will house clinical practice and research facilities to serve varsity athletes and the general public. The Al-lan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre, which was an occupant of the John Owen Pavilion, is temporarily operating at the Djavad Mowafhagian Centre for Brain Health in front of UBC Hospital. The Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre also operates satellite facilities at other locations on campus.

Gage South Student Housing and UBC Bus Exchange

UBC held an Open House December 2 on two components of its massive Uni-versity Boulevard redevelopment: Gage South Student Housing and UBC Bus Exchange. The bus exchange, which will replace the current diesel bus station, includes centralized and safe passenger drop-off and pick-up areas and a bus storage facility integrated into the ground level of the future Gage South Student Housing. The Gage South towers will

provide 600-650 units of year-round stu-dent housing for upper year undergradu-ates. The residences will include a range of amenities, such as proximity to transit, an elevated central courtyard, plus gath-ering and informal study spaces. Another proposed component of the University Boulevard project is an academic build-ing at the corner of University Boulevard and Wesbrook Mall.

University BoulevardUBC is planning for the University Bou-levard area of campus to undergo an ex-citing transformation over the next five or so years. It foresees the area becoming a mixed-use, vibrant social and academic hub, and a welcoming gateway to cam-pus. The area combines academic and recreational facilities, shops, services, transit, rental housing for students and those who live and work at UBC, and dynamic outdoor spaces: buffered bike lane (Wesbrook Mall), informal gather-ing space (MacInnes Field), street café (University Boulevard) and interactive laneway collaborative spaces (street level academic). University Boulevard is also an important arrival point and symbolic ‘front door’ to the University. As the main entry to campus, it plays a significant role in expressing UBC’s identity and values and is an opportunity to showcase UBC people and academic pursuits as well as commemorate achievements.

ty to re-envision one of the largest public outdoor spaces on campus and to tell the story of UBC’s past, present and future in a way it hasn’t been told before—from a time before the University was here to when it was the social core of campus, right up to the present and beyond. The University sees the Garden also provid-

ing another opportunity for UBC to re-flect upon and strengthen its relationship to the Musqueam people, on whose tra-ditional, ancestral and unceded territory both the Garden and the University stand.

The UBC Exchange and Gage South Student Residences rendering.

Totem Park Students

Residences, Phase 2

Residents enjoying the Wesbrook Community Centre. Photo credit Sandra Leung.

The UBC Exchange and Gage South Student Residences project site.

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UBC and the UNA have jointly funded a new round of grants designed to help build a sense of community on campus. The UTown@UBC Community Grant Selection Committee funds worthy proj-ects twice a year, and recently, the com-mittee announced the names of success-ful applicants for fall, 2015 projects. In this round, eight projects have re-ceived $5,500 in grants (successful proj-ects are described below with size of grant awarded). Primary School Sustainability Work-shops ($450) These workshops, developed and facili-tated by UBC Sustainability Ambassa-dors will focus on bringing sustainabil-ity education to our youngest UTown@UBC residents through fun and engaging activities. The aim of these workshops is to inspire primary school students to de-velop a sustainable mindset from a young age—it’s never too early to develop a passion for preserving our planet! Community Lantern Workshop ($1000)Members of the community created beau-

Eight Projects Prove Worthy of UTown Grants$5,500 in grant money is handed out; next round of competition is in January

tiful lanterns at the Old Barn Community Centre at this free workshop! Completed lanterns were paraded throughout the neighbourhood in a show of community spirit, followed by a free mingler event with hot chocolate and treats for all par-ticipants. This was a great way to get to know neighbours from all across cam-pus! Faculty Cup ($1000)Following a great inaugural event last year, Faculty Cup is back, pitting Land and Food Systems against Arts, Sauder against Science in the ultimate show of (friendly) competition between faculties! Faculty Cup brings together students, faculty and staff to take part in a series of health-related activities and events aimed at inspiring school and faculty pride. There will be lots of great events leading up to Faculty Cup, including a Faculty Fair, free yoga and dance lessons and more, so be sure to check back soon. Art Expression Youth Club ($500)The Art Expression Youth Club brings together young artists in the commu-nity to share their passion for art and sustainability. Following an impressive gallery show last year, featuring pieces comprised of recycled materials, the Art Expression Youth Club will also be host-ing a Sustainability Crafts workshop this year to engage the community in devel-oping a collaborative piece of work for

the exhibit. Kids for Charity ($500)Originally founded with a UTown@UBC Community Grant, Kids for Charity has since grown into a community staple, as a student-run volunteer program dedi-cated to engaging kids and youth in com-munity service while raising funds for local charities. This year, in addition to their annual cookie decorating and card making workshops, they will be explor-ing a brand new set of fun events, such as a charity ice-skating event, community garage sale, Christmas caroling and Bas-ketball with Santa! Caribbean African Association, Black Monologues ($500)The Caribbean African Association’s Connection Week is an annual week-long celebration that features a number of events and activities aimed at provid-ing opportunities for cultural awareness. Once again, we are very pleased to sup-port a Connection Week staple: Black Monologues. Black Monologues invites people to creatively discuss issues of the self, inclusivity, marginalization and more—through performance and artistic

expression. Voices from All Around ($1000)UBC is home to students and families from all around the world. Voices from All Around will celebrate and educate about some of the cultures that exist within our community through documen-tary films, panel discussions and sharing of traditional foods. UBC Players Club Centennial Cel-ebration ($1,000)To celebrate UBC’s 100th anniversary, the UBC Players Club has commissioned three new plays celebrating the rich cul-tural heritage of the performing arts in the region. To mark the opening of the new works in February 2016, they will be hosting a Gala Opening Night event for students, campus residents and alumni of UBC, UBC Theatre and the UBC Players Club. Anyone living on campus—permanent residents or UBC students—who has an idea that would benefit the community should contact the UTown@UBC Com-munity Grant Selection Committee in January (utown@ubc.ca) to be included in the next round of competition.

Community Lantern Workshop. Left to Right: Krystal Kirchen, Grace Kirchen and Elise Boley work on the lanterns.

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We are currently posting for

Birthday Party Leader & Events AssistantAND

Beginner Computer Skills Instructor

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Kids for Charity is a program dedicated to engaging kids and youth in community service while raising funds for local charities.

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Biodiversity in your backyard

December at UBC Botanical Garden: the Hollies

At this time of year, we’d like to remind our UNA neighbors that you have access to UBC Botanical Garden year-round and that there is always something interesting to see here in your backyard at the Gar-den. Few garden plants are as iconic as the hollies. The most common and familiar is undoubtedly English holly (Ilex aquifoli-um), a species with countless ornamental cultivars, popular for residential plant-ing. Around Christmas time, branches with berries are frequently harvested for decorations. One of the great things about English holly, and cold-hardy Ilex species in gen-eral, is that the berries remain firmly at-tached to their stalks well after they are fully ripe. That means they last on the plants well into winter, but that they have a good post-harvest lifetime, as well. Our own Friends of the Garden (FOGs) fa-mously scour the countryside in Novem-ber for berried holly, and other materials, for wreath making at the Botanical Gar-den (the wreaths are for sale in the Shop in the Garden). Unfortunately, English holly is a truly problematic invasive species. Fruiting specimens are visited by fruit-eating

Douglas Justice Associate Director,

Horticulture and Collections

birds usually in mid to late winter, and the seeds are then distributed widely, in-cluding into local woodlands. The seeds germinate easily in almost any soil in the shade. For this reason, we do not grow English holly in the Botanical Garden. However, there are several hollies culti-vated in the Garden that are not invasive. One of the most spectacular of these hol-lies is a deciduous species known as spar-kleberry (Ilex verticillata), which has a wide native distribution in eastern North America. Its papery leaves and unusual shrubby stature belie its true affinities with the holly clan. As the common name suggests, the berries, although small, are a spectacular glossy scarlet to vermil-lion. There are plantings of this species in the Winter Garden and the Carolinian Forest Garden. Like nearly all hollies, sparkleberry is a dioecious species (male and female flowers are borne on separate plants), which means that only female plants bear fruit. High on the hill in the Asian Section of the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden, sits an unusual narrow, upright Japanese holly cultivar, I. crenata ‘Mariesii’. This cultivar has small, glossy dark green, nearly circular leaves and stiff, strongly ascending stems. A close look shows masses of tiny, lustrous black berries. In the Asian Garden, several more Ilex species can be found, many of which also have ornamental berries. Perny’s holly (I. pernyi), from southern China, has compact, triangular-pointed, glossy, dark

green leaves. These are arguably its finest feature, but female plants produce attrac-tive scarlet berries. There is a fine female specimen on Straley Trail. Ilex peduncu-losa (long-stalked holly), also from Chi-na, looks nothing like more familiar spe-cies. It has neat, smooth-edged evergreen leaves and bright red berries on extraor-dinarily long stalks (peduncles). Look for a fruiting specimen of long-stalked holly overhanging the bridge on Forrest Trail. The largest of our hollies is I. latifolia (broadleaf holly). Chinese and Japanese forms of the this 7- to 10-m-tall evergreen holly are planted in the garden. Both are noted for their huge glossy leaves (latifo-

lia means broad leaves) not unlike those of Magnolia grandiflora. Fruits are small and tightly clustered, and range in colour from dull orange to blood red. Multiple plants are located near the west side of the Moon Gate. But while you’re here admiring plants, don’t forget about our selection of holiday gifts available in the Shop in the Garden. In the Collections:Sketch real whale bones alongside the artist of the Whale Dreams exhibition at the Beaty Biodiversity on Decem-ber 19th from 1pm-3pm. All ages and abilities welcome. www.facebook.com/events/866629663450336

Ilex pedunculosa, a holly found in the Botanical Garden. Photo credit: Douglas Justice

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