One year after closing its doors, SPOKES bike centre still denied re-opening April 22, 2021April 29, 2021 Kiley Verbowski Photos by Kiley Verbowski. 80 street-ready loaner bicycles sit patiently, volunteers — not so patient SPOKES bike upcycling and loan centre, located in the Campus Bike Centre underneath Mystic Market, locked up...
Students attempt to convert David Turpin Building’s green roof into growing space April 8, 2021April 22, 2021 Kiley Verbowski Photo supplied. Rooftop garden proposal has deep roots in campus food movement Six students in a 400-level environmental studies course are working to convert the green roof atop the David Turpin Building...
Affirming, reevaluating, and reimagining gender performance and identity in the time of COVID-19 February 12, 2021February 25, 2021 Kiley Verbowski and Christopher Driscoll Here we share six stories of people who have thought about their gender in different ways through COVID-19 and explore what gender means to them.
UVic extends winter break until Jan. 11 December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Kiley Verbowski Classes will resume on Jan. 11, instead of Jan. 6. Administration staff and instructors are still expected to return to work o
“President Hall, Time to Divest” reads temporary mural on campus November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Kiley Verbowski On Wednesday, Nov. 18, around a dozen members of Divest UVic assisted artist and alumni Emily Thiessen in painting a 14-foot mural on the ground outside the doors of the
Inaugural University of Victoria Indigenous Film Festival features three short films created by Indigenous UVic students and alumni November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Kiley Verbowski On Nov. 13, the Native Students Union hosted their first ever Indigenous film festival live at Cinecenta and online. The event featured three short films produced by recent Indigenous UVic
“We can’t incarcerate ourselves out of this crisis”: Moms Stop the Harm holds rally for drug decriminalization October 7, 2020October 20, 2020 Kiley Verbowski At the rally, representatives from MSTH emphasized the need for an evidence-based health care approach to B.C.'s overdose crisis — rather than criminalizing drug-users.
Victoria’s annual Market Square Tuba Christmas celebration to usher in the holiday season December 11, 2019January 8, 2020 Kiley Verbowski It’s that time of year again! Tuba time, that is. On Saturday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m., more than 100 brass and euphonium players will serenade holiday shoppers in Market
How many trees does it take to elect a Prime Minister? December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Kiley Verbowski "I worked as a poll clerk at one of the 192 polling divisions in the Victoria riding. This was the first election in which I’ve worked, and I was astounded
Waste Land: A climate anxiety haunted house November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Kiley Verbowski 2556 Fifth Street is slated for demolition in December, and the remains will be more colourful than most. For the first time in Victoria, local artists have transformed a
