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Dr. Rhonda McEwen announced as UVic’s new president

McEwen is the current president of Victoria University (VICU), a federated university in the University of Toronto which contains Victoria College and Emmanuel College.

Grad student facing eviction from family housing after her service dog mistakenly recorded as a child

The student says her dog was clearly identified in multiple pages of documentation submitted to Residence Services with her application.

Academic integrity is changing at UVic

The new policy seeks to modernize how academic integrity violations are handled, but some provisions have some students and faculty concerned.

UVSS accounting error leaves some clubs and course unions with negative account balances

On March 18, a UVSS accounting error, left some clubs and course unions overdrawn. The error was only identified in mid-April. The exact number and names of clubs and course…

Go by Bike Week comes to UVic

“This is a simple, high-impact way to strengthen your local cycling ecosystem,” Randall said. “I encourage you to nominate businesses in your community and share the directory widely with your…

Misogyny and gender bias in engineering remains a problem on campus and beyond, students say

“To look around the room and see just men and a few women is so isolating,” one student said. “I think that it’s an environment that’s really hostile to someone…

UVic Centre for Aerospace Research shows off drone, satellites outside B.C. Legislative Assembly

“We're really lucky at the centre that we don't really have work that we make up for co-op students, they do real engineering work on our real projects,” said Maddy…

Senate to vote on controversial update to Academic Integrity Policy

If approved, the changes to the policy will be effective September 2026. If not, it will be the second time in two months that Senate voted against updates.

‘Students Supporting Israel’ group at UVic hosted event with IDF special forces soldier in April

The UVic SSI group is not affiliated with UVic, a UVic spokesperson said. They told the Martlet the university was “aware” of the event, but that it was not taking…