TLDR; professor mocked my culture in class and made the whole class laugh, then they assigned me to peer review on a day where I asked to be excused for a cultural obligation, they wouldn't accommodate my culture, I feel bullied and idk the next appropriate steps

1. Within two weeks of being in their classroom, they shared something I told them about my culture and how i would use it in research. The next class, they used my example in a mocking way, stating that my cultural customs wasn't nearly "enough" when it came to research. The whole class erupted in laughter.

2. I had important cultural obligations (ceremony) that resulted in me needing to be excused from a class where we (potentially) had to do a peer review. (3 reviews in total for this assignment- they didn't assign our reviews yet at this time). I explained my cultural obligation and asked that I be excused from this upcoming class and assigned peers to review next class.

My professor was very passive aggressive in their response- stating they would "think about it" and let me know. (I have never had a problem getting accommodated when it comes to my culture). I told them the importance of me attending these responsibilities and how it would impact me if I were to be docked marks. I also said I might have to chat with the dean if I'm not accommodated for a ceremonial responsibility. They ultimately said that I have been assigned to peer review on the class i needed to be excused from, and i am encourage to "exercise my rights as a student" (talk to the dean?)

I showed up to class without telling my professor, skipping out on my ceremonial duties. I did my peer review they assigned to me.

At the end of class, my professor announced that today, upon "much reflection", they decided to change our peer reviews from 3 to 1. Basically- if i missed today because of my culture, I would've received a zero on this assignment because my professor decided my cultural responsibilities weren't enough to simply switch my review day.

All this tells me is that my professor "thought about" my request to review my 3 peers next class, then decided that they will not do that, and in fact they will assign me to review on the one day I cannot come to class, and furthermore change the assignment rubric and make it so that we will ONLY be graded on the one class I had to miss. Is it just me, or does this sound calculated?

I feel like this professor has caused me a lot of distrust and humiliation. Idk who to talk to about this behaviour, I have never in my life felt bullied by a professor. I feel unsafe and targeted at this point. Advice?

edit: I must also include that I have a friend in the class that is the same ethnic background as me and was attending the same ceremony, asked for a 12 hour extension on an assignment because they were busy with ceremony, and the professor said no. They will dock my friend 20% if it was handed in late.

I am looking for opinions of a student on what kind of changes they expect from current VP campus life or in future. What should an ideal campus look like according to you??

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Would love any suggestions or advice for studying. Thank you!!

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In light of the recent AGM and the situation regarding the unfair handling of the reconsidering of resolutions 1 & 8 (if you aren't familiar with what happened check out the post about suo two days ago), I think a lot of us agree that the SUO needs reforms, badly. So, perhaps we could list our concerns and desired reforms here to see what other students are thinking and discuss what changes we should push for as a collective.

Here's to the hope that someone will listen and run in the next election with a platform prioritising these changes

I really want to go to UBCO but I don't see much about their Mechatronics courses, or program. Can someone please educate me on their experience with the program, and how employable it makes you (Maybe even compared to SFU and BCIT, if you by chance have an estimate)? I have the option to take BCIT Mechatronics (2 Year diploma, much cheaper, very employable I've heard) and SFU Mechatronics (Unknown, I'll be inquiring in the SFU Subreddit). Thanks!

whats up ubco fam? imma dumbass and didn't know if we are allowed cheat sheet for palaks goyal phys 122 class. Any advice is appreciated.

Hi! I'm having a hard time deciding if I should stay at mac for my second year (going into pnb) or transfer to ubc psychology (they only offer Bsc at their okanagan campus). There's a lot of reason why i'm considering this transfer..

1. UBCo is closer to home... Im from alberta
2. I wanna go to UBC dental as like my top goal and being at UBCo would give my BC resident status which would mean my application would be in the around 50/60 seats rather then like the 10 seats they have for out of province.

But like a few things are stopping me..

1. Mcmaster PNB is a better research program.. as from what I've heard
2. I've settled and made friends here so I would have to do all that again
3. Hamilton is bigger then Kelowna

Help a girl out! I need advice!

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Hello everybody!

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How similar is 128 over the summer compared to 129 in a regular term?

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How intense is it compared to it during a regular term? How much time does it require outside class? Any idea who might be teaching it this summer term?

As title says too many packets not enough face to face

I wanna know if other students have had an odd, or off-putting, experience w Quail Ridge Dental? I feel like I got scammed… they said I had a bunch of cavities and that I needed a custom mouth guard for sleep (waaaay past $1000 of work). I got one of the “big cavities” fixed and now experience insane sensitivity in that tooth… I decided to stop going there and they keep spamming my phone, which seems uncharacteristic of a dental office.

Idk if I’m just thinking into this too much… but when me and another student had appointments simultaneously, they gave her the EXACT SAME diagnosis that I got?! It seems too insane to chalk it up to coincidence.

Anyways, I hope I’m not crazy lol.

just heard from the alliance for student empowerment that two policies penned by them (allowing students to observe board and committee meetings, and allowing students to review businesses in the UNC at that the suo does business with at the agm) were “reopened” at part two of the meeting and voted against because of the low attendance as the petition had already been discussed, despite initially passing with an overwhelming majority. the suo also did little to advertise this part of the agm. shady, dishonest stuff

more info here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DFbMainSk-5/?igsh=czN0anluZW9wamRp

at this point, we need someone to run who will stand up for equality and fairness in the suo and not let things like this slide.

do better suo

edit: please see the explanation of the situation in the comments by u/LixOs and why this was an illegal move

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