by Anna James | Oct 19, 2017 | Local, News
“I’m very sorry, we had to poster for a cat this morning,” said Lesli Steeves during our third call to finalize this interview. “What can I say? Cats and cars do not mix.” In our next conversation, Steeves confirms the cat in question was found “safe and unhurt.”...
by Anna James | Apr 20, 2017 | Features, Stories
[pullquote]“I went in and explained everything. After ten to fifteen minutes the counsellor says, ‘Sounds like you’re dealing with a lot right now. Let’s book a meeting in January and look at that.’” This was early November 2016.[/pullquote] “Last term I was having a...
by Anna James | Mar 20, 2017 | Culture, Music
There are few questions Chris Hadfield hasn’t been asked. It’s been twenty-five years since Commander Hadfield was accepted into the astronaut program by the Canadian Space Agency, and his work — on the ground and in space — is embedded into Canada’s national...
by Anna James | Mar 9, 2017 | Campus, News
Oceanographer. Marine chemist. Professor. Father. Jay T. Cullen wears many hats, and last month, he received another: Canadian astronaut candidate. On Feb. 1, it was announced that Cullen, a professor at UVic’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, made the Canadian...
by Anna James | Feb 9, 2017 | Campus, News
A new UVic study reveals sex work as an occupational choice, challenging the stigma that entry into the adult industry is by “predisposing factors beyond sex workers’ control,” reads the paper published with Sage Publishing on Jan. 30. Funded by the Canadian...