First UVic student tests positive for COVID-19 March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Kate Korte A UVic student has tested positive for COVID-19. According to Island Health, students who attended Psych 300B, Psych 351 B, and Bio 367 may have been exposed to COVID-19. Students
UVic to transition away from face-to-face instruction for remainder of the term March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Kate Korte Effective Monday, March 16th, UVic has announced it will cancel face-to-face classes in response to COVID-19 — now considered a global pandemic. The university itself will remain open, including recreation
UVic cancels large classes, restricts travel amid COVID-19 pandemic March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 Kate Korte Classes over 250 are cancelled effective Friday, March 13 as the province advises against all public gatherings over 250. The university will also temporarily halt all plans for travel outside
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,
Wet’suwet’en Matriarchal Coalition funded by B.C., Coastal GasLink to “divide and conquer” March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 Kate Korte The Wet’suwet’en Matriarchal Coalition (WMC) was funded by B.C. and Coastal GasLink to carry out workshops promoting the economic benefits of LNG. They hoped to create a new governing structure
Five Indigenous youth arrested for mischief following meeting with Minister Scott Fraser March 5, 2020March 18, 2020 Kate Korte On Wednesday night, the Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation agreed to meet with seven Indigenous youth inside the Legislature. After being unsatisfied with the meeting, five Indigenous youth refused
National Student Walk Out sees over 100 UVic students join Indigenous youth at the B.C. Legislature March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Kate Korte Youth hold ceremony with pyre, meet with Minister Scott Fraser Photo from Divest UVic on Instagram On Wednesday morning, a crowd of students gathered in front of the Students Union Building, instead...
Benefits agreements and “divide and rule” tactics: Following the money behind the Coastal GasLink pipeline March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 Kate Korte As rail blockades stall Canada’s economy as a result of opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline, it’s important to look at how we got here and how different economic actors
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
