Coordinated global youth strike sees movement of a million strong March 22, 2019March 28, 2019 Mike Graeme Over one million young people from some 1 600 communities across the world decided to ditch school on Friday, Mar. 15 to tell adults to quit ditching the future when
Your Mar. 11 UVSS meeting Tweetcap March 15, 2019March 18, 2019 Josh Kozelj Two new clubs ratified, Felicita’s black out blinds, and a $70 000 financial surplus announced in latest meeting A few days after the University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS) elections ended,...
UVic Political Science group helping to settle refugee family March 11, 2019March 18, 2019 Josh Kozelj The group hopes to fundraise $30 000 to help aid and fund family A group of scholars with ties to the UVic Political Science department have launched a sponsorship group to...
VIPIRG referendum fails March 11, 2019March 18, 2019 Anna Dodd Yet results remain unofficial due to serious complaints to Electoral Office On Monday, Mar. 11, the University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS) Electoral Office released the unofficial results of the Vancouver...
Victoria to participate in global student strike for the climate March 11, 2019March 18, 2019 Mike Graeme This could potentially be the biggest global student strike for the climate to date On Friday, Mar. 15, pages of tests and textbooks will be left unturned as local youth from...
International students 40 per cent of UVic Food Bank users March 10, 2019March 18, 2019 Emily Fagan A “direct result of tuition hikes,” says coordinator According to data collected by the UVSS Food Bank and Free Store between May and December 2018, of the 300-500 students who use...
UVSS ELECTIONS | Hear UVic sweeps, VIPIRG referendum results unknown March 9, 2019March 18, 2019 Anna Dodd The Peer Support Centre and Campus Community Garden referenda pass, the Student Advocate position referendum fails, and results of VIPIRG referendum are pending release on Monday, March 11 On Friday, March...
Professor Taiaiake Alfred resigns from UVic March 7, 2019March 18, 2019 Anna Dodd and Emily Fagan Founding Director of UVic’s Indigenous Governance program says he “embodied toxic masculinity” On Wednesday, March 6, Indigenous news publication Two Row Times broke the news that Taiaiake Alfred, now former professor...
A quick guide to voting in the UVSS elections March 6, 2019March 18, 2019 Kate Korte Voting in the UVSS elections is open from today until Friday at 12 p.m. The University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS) controls $14 million per year to run businesses, services, and events for...
UVic unveils Strategic Enrolment Management Plan (SEM) March 5, 2019March 18, 2019 Carina Pogoler Your March 1 Senate meeting Tweetcap Friday’s Senate Meeting was short and sweet. Senate members seemed happy about the Seven Layer Dip — who wouldn’t be? Jamie Cassels, Chair of the...
