UVSS to close Student Union Building and temporarily terminate both salary and part-time staff due to COVID-19 March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 Emily Fagan and Michael John Lo As of 6 p.m. March 17, the UVSS has announced that it will close the Student Union Building to the public and stop all business operations as a precaution in
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Re: Government and law enforcement, please do your jobs March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Emily Fagan The Martlet would like to take this opportunity to formally apologize to our community for our failure to support our mission statement. We acknowledge that this article’s perspective contributes and
UVic instructor reminds students that more than two absences for “excused reason or not” will result in failing class, despite global coronavirus pandemic March 12, 2020March 13, 2020 Emily Fagan This week, a UVic senior lab instructor took to Coursespaces to inform students that more than two absences from her class, excused or not, will result in them failing the
Petition to close UVic due to coronavirus garners over 1 300 signatures overnight March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 Emily Fagan Within hours of the World Health Organization declaring the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, University of Victoria students decided to take matters into their own hands. At 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
UVSS ELECTIONS | New UVSS Board elected, all referendums fail to meet quorum March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Emily Fagan The results are in! For the first time in over four years, the incoming UVSS Board of Directors will be made up of a mix of independent candidates and candidates
UVSS ELECTIONS | Everything you need to know before hitting the polls March 4, 2020March 18, 2020 Emily Fagan As of 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, voting has officially begun for the 2020 University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) elections. Not sure what or who you’re voting on? We’ve got
Indigenous youth and allies re-occupy B.C. Legislature steps overnight in spite of injunction February 25, 2020March 4, 2020 Emily Fagan The B.C. Legislative building was awash with red on the evening of Feb. 24 as about 400 Indigenous youth and allies returned to the steps of the B.C. Legislature, in
Juliet Watts and Kate Fairley elected student representatives for UVic Board of Governors February 18, 2020February 18, 2020 Emily Fagan and Kate Korte The results are in — the newly elected student representatives for the 2020-21 UVic Board of Governors are Juliet Watts and Kate Fairley. Although voting ended at 4:30 p.m. on
Indigenous youth and allies stay overnight on B.C. Legislature steps, block intersections in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en February 7, 2020March 11, 2020 Kate Korte and Emily Fagan After spending the night at the B.C. Legislature in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en after RCMP raids and arrests, more people showed their support by joining in a march at 8
Over 200 Indigenous youth and allies gather for “lockdown” at the B.C. Legislature February 6, 2020February 11, 2020 Emily Fagan Locked arm-to-arm in front of the ceremonial entrance of the B.C. Parliament Buildings in downtown Victoria, dozens of Indigenous people and over 200 allies gathered around noon on Feb. 6
