by Emily Fagan | Mar 28, 2019 | Humour, Spoof
File graphic by Niusha Derakhshan As students mourn the end of the 2019 UVSS elections, the Martlet has obtained an exclusive preview of slates already formulating their campaigns for the 2020 UVSS elections. As with any good election cycle, though the 2019 student...
by Emily Fagan | Mar 23, 2019 | National, News
Dallaire receives UVic’s first Public Humanist Award, shares thoughts on activism Provided photo by Chorong Kim, UVic Faculty of Humanities. “I heard there was a party,” said Roméo Dallaire, retired Lieutenant-General, former Canadian senator, and bestselling author,...
by Emily Fagan | Mar 13, 2019 | Culture, Music
Feminism, self-reflection at the heart of Fawn Fritzen’s music Feminism, introspection, and jazz — all elements intrinsic to the music of Fawn Fritzen, an artist from Whitehorse, Yukon making her Victoria debut this weekend. Fritzen and “the Fellas” — John Lee (bass),...
by Emily Fagan | Mar 10, 2019 | Campus, News
A “direct result of tuition hikes,” says coordinator According to data collected by the UVSS Food Bank and Free Store between May and December 2018, of the 300-500 students who use the food bank weekly, 40 per cent are international students. At UVic, 18 per cent of...
by Emily Fagan | Mar 7, 2019 | News
Founding Director of UVic’s Indigenous Governance program says he “embodied toxic masculinity” On Wednesday, March 6, Indigenous news publication Two Row Times broke the news that Taiaiake Alfred, now former professor of UVic’s Indigenous Governance program...