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Eat, drink, and be merry: The Martlet’s favourite holiday recipes

As the holidays approach, the Martlet decided to share some of our holiday baking (and sipping) traditions in the hope that they’ll inspire you to try them out or find…

A progress report for the 2019 UVSS Board of Directors

We’re nearly halfway through the semester — nights are growing darker, reading break is a distant memory, and finals are too close for comfort. This, of course, means only one…

PHOTO ESSAY | On the site of the Little Big House build

This fall, a group of over 115 volunteer students and community members came together at UVic to build a tiny home for Ma’amtagila matriarch Tsastilqualus. The project was the second…

Celebrated Vikes Women’s Rowing Head Coach under investigation for abuse and harassment

UVic hired an alumnus and Olympian to coach the Vikes Women’s Rowing Team. When the abuse allegations began, the university allegedly delayed taking action until a complainant informed Rowing Canada.

A friendship formed on the sea

If not for the early arrival of a friend’s baby, Trevor Bennett would still only be the documentarian, not the co-captain of a two-man sailing expedition in the Race to…

Contest winner | Shards

Congratulations to the 2019 Martlet Summer Writing Contest Winner — Shards, written by Christopher Beck.

Fiction finalist | My Garden

Read the 2019 Fiction finalist of the Martlet's Summer Writing Contest — My Garden, written by Brianna Bock.

Creative non-fiction finalist | Blue Fire

Read the 2019 Creative Non-Fiction finalist of the Martlet's Summer Writing Contest — Blue Fire, written by Charlotte Futcher.

Caribbean Chronicles: facing anxiety and adventure head-on in Martinique

This trip to Martinique, an island just north of Venezuela, is my first time alone in a country where I'm not fluent in the language. “If you fail to plan,…