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VIPIRG terminates lease with UVSS, moves to Fifth Street office

August 27, 2019September 9, 2019
Emily Fagan
On August 26, VIPIRG announced that they terminated their lease agreement with the University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) due to what they felt was an increasingly unsustainable partnership. The

Grad House financial struggle, apology discussed at Graduate Representative Council meeting

August 21, 2019August 21, 2019
Emily Fagan
On August 13, the Graduate Representative Council (GRC) met to discuss the creation of a plan to tackle the Grad House restaurant’s ongoing financial struggle and issue an apology to

Grad House restaurant faces possible temporary closure due to financial difficulties

July 22, 2019July 25, 2019
Emily Fagan
The UVic Graduate Student Society (GSS) Executive Board is calling for the Graduate Representative Council (GRC) to vote on the fate of Grad House restaurant due to ongoing financial concerns.

Meet the people behind Victoria’s pod of inflatable orcas

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019
Emily Fagan
Rain or shine, anti-Trans Mountain pipeline protest or trans-inclusionary celebrations, you can count on the members of the Canadian Orca Rescue Society to show up, life-sized inflatable orcas in hand.

UVic President Jamie Cassels announces resignation effective June 2020

June 26, 2019August 8, 2019
Emily Fagan
Earlier today, UVic President Jamie Cassels announced that he will be stepping down from his position at the university next year, on June 30, 2020. According to the university, the

Protesters, university officials tight-lipped at May Board of Governors meeting

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019
Emily Fagan
Over a dozen students attended the May Board of Governors meeting to protest the university’s continued investments in fossil fuels. Students, including many members of the student group Divest UVic,

Timeline for UVic housing project reduced by 16 months

June 8, 2019June 8, 2019
Emily Fagan
The largest capital project in UVic’s history — the creation of two residence buildings that will house student living, dining, and classroom facilities — is now scheduled to be completed

Proposed UVic downtown graduate student housing and condos to become hotel

May 24, 2019June 12, 2019
Emily Fagan
The University of Victoria’s 2017 decision to build a a downtown condominium and graduate student housing complex on Broad Street has been reversed, and the three-storey property will converted to

UVic Grad inaugural winner of CBC Next Up comedy contest

May 19, 2019July 10, 2019
Emily Fagan
Three years ago, Alistar Ogden wrote his first comedy set as a playwriting student at UVic. This April, Ogden performed as CBC Comedy’s inaugural Next Up contest winner at the

Over $3 000 in parts recovered for UVic Formula motorsport team

May 9, 2019May 16, 2019
Emily Fagan
Saanich police arrested a 48 year old man who had been attempting to sell parts stolen from the University of Victoria Formula Motorsport club on the online listing site UsedVictoria.
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