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Confronting diversity and the lack thereof
When we reported on UVic’s most recent diversity award win — when the university was named one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for the sixth year in a row — we were once again…This summer pick up a new hobby: running
As the mercury rises in Victoria for the summer, there is no better time to dust off those old sneakers in the closet and lace up for a run. Running…Who is the whitest of them all? We should have a prize for that!
The ‘cultural appropriation prize’, proposed by then-editor Hal Niedzviecki in an issue of Write magazine dedicated to Indigenous writers and the following bandwagon of high-profile white Canadians who publicly jumped…Low turnout in B.C. reflects the monstrous choice facing voters
As we sat down and wrote this editorial on May 9 (you say last minute, we say as up-to-date as possible), B.C. headed to the polls. Or at least some…Selling “ugly” produce is a beautiful idea
Food is a constant issue at UVic. For many students, the on-campus Food Bank, food-salvaging clubs like the Community Cabbage, and weekly free dinners at Emmanuel Baptist Church are not…A letter to UVic: It’s not you, it’s me-ortgage rates
Dear UVic, I have a confession: I’m a nerd. That’s right; a pun-loving, glasses-wearing, life-long learner, a lover of science and politics and all things academic. I am involved in…Shaking loose the fiction around earthquake safety codes
When the big earthquake hits, will the buildings on campus survive? Earthquake retrofits or not, the answer is most likely no. It’s a common mistake to think that seismic retrofits…Vancouver Aquarium ends captivity while Marineland ignores the whales in the room
On March 9, 2017, the Vancouver Park Board voted unanimously to end the captive beluga breeding program at the Vancouver Aquarium. The vote brings an end to the importation of…Our Digital Print Issue
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