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.

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.

In the town where you grew up, you might remember some kind of piece of public art, whether that be a massive statue, mural, or an installation. But what is the weight of such art in a community?

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.

In a campus world shaped by screens and split attention, one class at UBC Okanagan takes a different route by establishing one rule – no phones, no laptops, no tech in class. This class asks students to unplug, be present, and rediscover what it means to think, connect, and be in the moment.