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SUDS 2025 Schedule

From attending impactful workshops to building long-lasting connections with other student leaders, SUDS 2025 promises to be a useful and memorable experience for all.

SUDS 2025 SCHEDULE 

FRIDAY AUGUST 8th 2025 / ARRIVAL DAY

TIME

2:45 PM - 5:45 PM 

ACTIVITY

Check In 
Location: Totem Park Residences / Gage Suites

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 

Registration 
Location: The Great Hall (AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor)

6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

9:30 PM - 11:00 PM

Dinner + Opening Ceremony + Keynote

Speaker: MP Wade Grant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Location: The Great Hall (AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor)

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Cocktail Mixer + Activities

Location: The Great Hall (AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor)

SATURDAY AUGUST 9th 2025 / SUDS DAY 2
 

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Breakfast

Location: Gallery Patio & Lounge (AMS Student Nest 4th Floor)

10:30 AM - 11:30AM

Advocacy and Networking: Not just for Presidents and Externals

Speakers: Marc‑André Ross and Robyn Paches, Alumo

Location: Great Hall North (AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor)

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Making Headlines: Media Training

Speaker: Thandi Fletcher, UBC Media Relations

Location: Rooms 2306 & 2309, AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor

12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Lunch

Location: Gallery Patio & Lounge (AMS Student Nest 4th Floor)

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

AMS Nest Building Tour

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3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Next Steps: Life After Student Government Option A (Operations Roles)

Presenters: Callista Ryan and Hussein Samhat

Location: Room 2311, AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor

 

Next Steps: Life After Student Government Option B (Advocacy Roles)

Presenters: Gavin Dew and Saad Shoaib

Location: Room 2314, AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor

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4:45 PM - 6:00 PM

Networking Session

Location: Rooftop Garden, AMS Student Nest 4th Floor

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6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Dinner

Location: The Great Hall (AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor)

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8:30 PM - 11:15 PM

Richmond Night Market*

  • Group** leaves UBC at 8:30PM

  • Group** leaves Richmond Night Market at 11:00PM

*Only admission and transportation to Richmond Night Market is covered in the conference fee. 

*Delegates looking for trips from/to UBC separate from the group must arrange and pay for their own transportation.

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9:30 PM - 2:15 AM

Twelve West Night Club​

  • Group* leaves UBC at 9:30PM

  • Group* leaves Twelve West Night Club at 2:00AM

*Delegates looking for trips from/to UBC separate from the group must arrange and pay for their own transportation.​

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SUNDAY AUGUST 10th 2025 / SUDS DAY 3
 

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Breakfast

Location: Gallery Patio & Lounge (AMS Student Nest 4th Floor)

10:30 AM - 11:30AM

Truth and Reconciliation: How Student Unions Can Serve Indigenous Students

Speaker: MP Wade Grant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Location: Great Hall North (AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor)

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Access for All: Supporting All Students

Presenter: Stephanie Cadieux, Canada's Chief Accessibility Officer

Location: Rooms 2306 & 2309, AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor​​

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12:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Lunch

Location: Gallery Patio & Lounge (AMS Student Nest 4th Floor)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Your Opportunity in Student Leadership

Presenter: Alex Golovko, Alumo

Location: Great Hall North (AMS Student Nest 2nd Floor)

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Break

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Gala

Location: Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre

8:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Break

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

After Party

Location: Gallery Patio & Lounge (AMS Student Nest 4th Floor)

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MONDAY AUGUST 11th 2025 / DEPARTURE DAY
 

Before 11:00 AM

Check Out

Location: Totem Park Residences / Gage Suites

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SUDS 2025 - Logo

Your host for SUDS 2025 is the Alma Mater Society of the University of British Columbia (UBC). The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is the student union of UBC Vancouver, representing over 61,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Established in 1915, the AMS is dedicated to improving the student experience through advocacy, services, and events that foster a vibrant campus community.

CONTACT INFO

suds@ams.ubc.ca
778-840-4018

LOCATION
6133 University Blvd

Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1

We would like to acknowledge that the land on which we will be gathering is the UBC Point Grey (Vancouver) campus,

which sits on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xÊ·mÉ™θkÊ·É™y̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation.

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