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,
Coast Capital Savings announces one million dollar investment to UVic’s Innovation Centre November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Josh Kozelj In front of students, faculty, and community members, Tracy Arnish, Chief Member Experience Officer of Coast Capital Savings, announced an extended partnership and one million dollar investment into the Innovation
Victoria-based Blue Friday initiative offers eco-friendly alternative to Black Friday November 27, 2019December 11, 2019 Meaghan Bate “Blue is the New Black” according to a new initiative, Blue Friday, that aims to encourage Victoria residents to shop both sustainably and locally this Black Friday. Six local stores
