Virtual reality allows UVic students to explore archaeological sites in Spain December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Kathryn Rogers Through the Department of Greek and Roman Studies, UVic students are using virtual reality technology to explore the archaeological sites Ilduro and Can Modollel, located near Barcelona, Spain.
UVic Education Students forced to relocate mid-practicum due to Saanich strike action December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Michael John Lo The Saanich school strikes are finally over — thousands of students, teachers, and staff in School District 63 are finishing up their terms, with one notable exception: 22 teacher candidates
30 years after the Montreal Massacre, UVic’s memorial event acknowledges all forms of gender-based violence December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Natasha Simpson On Dec. 6, 1989, Marc Lépine entered a classroom at École Polytechnique in Montreal with a hunting rifle. He ordered the male engineering students from the room, gathered the women
Tweetcap of Dec 6 Senate Meeting December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 Truly Hunter At the last UVic Senate meeting of the decade, senators talked divestment and made amendments to the Faculty of Education policy.
UVic Campus Security officer photographs Divest protesters outside Michael Williams Building for “personal interest” December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Emily Fagan On Dec. 3, students were photographed taking part in a pro-divestment protest outside of the Michael Williams Building — many without their consent — by Campus Security Manager of Parking
A Tweetcap of the December 2 UVSS meeting December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Kate Korte While many students were curled up in the library to study for their finals, the UVSS Board of Directors met in Vertigo to pass a handful of motions that included
Divest UVic blocks university executives and administrative staff from accessing the Michael Williams Building December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 Natasha Simpson “We feel that the administrators who work in this building are a threat to the security of our future,” said Juliet Watts, Divest BC Chair. “So, we’re not allowing them
Amendment to FIPPA could provide students with better learning technology December 2, 2019December 4, 2019 Sarah Suleman The amendment allows for information to now be able to leave Canada for temporary data processing on the condition that no intentional access be granted to an individual. Before this
Provincial government unveils new rules on vaping December 2, 2019December 20, 2019 Josh Kozelj While UVic students returned to campus from reading break earlier this month, the government of British Columbia announced plans to implement the toughest rules on vaping in the country in
Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher describes her childhood in Nazi Germany and urges the audience not to be bystanders November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Natasha Simpson Inge Auerbacher’s German citizenship was stripped from her as an infant. At seven years old, she was deported to the Theresienstadt camp-ghetto in what was then Czechoslovakia. On Nov. 18,
