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Dirt bag geniuses: How planting trees gives artists room to grow

April 14, 2016April 13, 2016
Cayden Johnson
[pullquote] Tree planting culture is basically kind of like that group of kids from Peter Pan who throw the colourful goop at each other, but with a couple grumps [in the...

Events Calendar April 14–April 28

April 13, 2016
Cayden Johnson
ART I Thought I Was the Only One Concocted by Kerri Flannigan and the Youth of Island Sexual Health, this collaborative show has been in the works for six months. Art illuminates...

Want to join the Mild High Club?

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016
Cayden Johnson
Mild High Club may have cancelled the Victoria stop of their West Coast tour, but I got a chance to chat about upcoming projects and other neat things with the...

The Zolas set out in raw, new direction

March 31, 2016March 30, 2016
Cayden Johnson
While speaking on the phone with the Martlet, the Zolas vocalist Zachary Gray was frequently interrupted by all the excitement of the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Between location...

Events Calendar: March 31–April 14

March 30, 2016
Cayden Johnson
ART Synoptic Media Festival The festival includes film screenings, media workshops, and student-made creations. Tuesday features a film screening and presentation at 1 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., seven Applied Ethnographics film students...

What’s to come of the Ghomeshi case?

March 17, 2016March 16, 2016
Cayden Johnson
The controversial sexual assault case against Jian Ghomeshi is set to reach a verdict on March 24. Regardless of the result, what can society learn from the case? Let’s break down...

Local artist carves a space for memorializing women

March 17, 2016March 16, 2016
Cayden Johnson
UVic will soon be home to a towering sculpture, carved from cedar, honouring murdered and missing indigenous women. The Martlet spoke with its sculptor, Rande Cook, about raising awareness of...

Events March 17–31

March 16, 2016
Cayden Johnson
ART Vic Slam [Poetry] Think you’re a poet? Join the competition and prove it. There are 12 slots up for grabs, and you’ll get three minutes to perform before an audience and...

Harm reduction remains divided on campus

March 3, 2016March 21, 2016
Cayden Johnson
Following a string of overdoses late last year, the City of Victoria is looking to reduce deaths from drug overdose by implementing a safe injection site sometime before 2017. But...

Events March 3–17

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016
Cayden Johnson
ART Marbling with Claire Ryder Join Claire Ryder as she demonstrates the ancient art of marbling: painting colours atop thickened water. The results are intricate, vivid, and natural, and the technique mimics...
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Kwakwaka'wakw and Nuu-chah-nulth graffiti artist P Kwakwaka'wakw and Nuu-chah-nulth graffiti artist PNDN has been bringing Indigenous art to the streets of Victoria since 2017. In response to what he sees a a critical lack of Indigenous public art, this is PNDN's attempt to "decolonize the streets." 

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UVic released the results from their survey. Head UVic released the results from their survey. Head to the link in our bio for the full article, and keep following the Martlet to be in the know about all things UVic. #victoriabc #uvic
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You guys have been loving these explainer posts so our editor, @kate.korte, put this one together. 😊 
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🗞️ The Martlet's Top Photos of 2020 🗞️ F 🗞️ The Martlet's Top Photos of 2020 🗞️ Find more photos + links to the articles that accompanied them on our website. 

1. Former UVic President Jamie Cassels leads the Board of Governors through a crowd of Divest protestors in January, at the meeting where they passed the responsible investment policy. Photo by Josh Ngenda. 

2. On March 5, five Indigenous Youth for Wet'suwet'en were arrested at the legislature. In this photo, some of the Indigenous Youth and their supporters are surrounding a police car. Photo by Mike Graeme.

3. A playground in summer 2020. Photo by Josh Ngenda. 

4. 9 000 people gathered in Centennial Square for a Black Lives Matter Peace Rally. Photo by Michael John Lo. 

5. Saanich Police shut down a gathering on campus during the first week of classes. Photo by Michael John Lo. 

6. A protestor at a Moms Stop the Harm rally in October calls for more government action as overdose deaths spiked. Photo by Kiley Verbowski.
🗞️ full story at the link in our bio 🗞️# 🗞️ full story at the link in our bio 🗞️#uvic #victoriabc According to UVic, "the health authority has reached out to us about the availability of freezers to be moved to an off-campus location and we’re working with Island Health on this request."
Here's a sample from EP 4 - Laura sits down to tal Here's a sample from EP 4 - Laura sits down to talk with Mary, who recently collaborated with Alec on an article about how UVic students and proffesors have handled the online semester. 

🎙️ listen to the latest episode of the Martlet Pod available wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️ 

As always, thanks to @cfuv for making this project possible.
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Call for pitches from Indigenous writers!!

The Native Students Union and the Martlet are planning a collaboration for early 2021, with funding from the City of Victoria. In order to have lots of time to develop stories, we are starting the pitch process now! Even if you only have a rough idea of a story, send it to us and we will help you develop it further. Try to include a topic, the angle at which you would like to approach the story, and an idea of who you would interview (again, we can help develop this further). There will be financial compensation for contributing writers! 

All pitches and pitch ideas can be sent to communications@uvicnsu.ca and more information about the pitching process can be found through the link in our bio!
Reading the paper on a sunday is such a simple ple Reading the paper on a sunday is such a simple pleasure. 🗞️ Our December issue is out now, with a holiday cover by @siemingly and and a feature on online classes by @lazenbyalec and @mjheeg

As always, the Martlet is FREE. There are lots of places to grab one, such as:
- one of the two boxes in the SUB
- boxes in other buildings on campus, like Clearihue and the library 
- Hillside Thrifty's 
- Munro's books 
- Union Pacific Coffee 
- a Martlet box on Cook St, outside of Prima Strada 
- Martlet box on Michigan and Government, beside the Birdcage Confectionery 
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Send us a picture if you pick one up ☺️ #uvic #victoriabc

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