Global climate strike coming to Vancouver Island next week September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 Josh Kozelj Environmental activists will gather across the Greater Victoria region later this month for a general strike and week-long rally to advocate for climate change awareness, standing in solidarity with
UVic Student whose house was destroyed by Hurricane Dorian seeks to rebuild September 19, 2019October 2, 2019 Kate Korte Hurricane left her dad stranded for two days, house destroyed Image via GoFundMe.org A week before Asiyah Robinson was expected to start her final year of a double major degree in Biochemistry...
“My heart aches:” UVic community gathers to grieve lives lost in Friday bus crash September 18, 2019October 4, 2019 Natasha Simpson University staff and students gathered on Sep. 17 to grieve and support one another after a bus crash killed two first year students in the third incident on road to
Two UVic students dead in weekend bus crash September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Josh Kozelj and Emily Fagan Two UVic students were killed, and three more were seriously injured, when a bus went down an embankment over the weekend between Bamfield and Port Alberni.
Sexualized Violence Awareness Week brings much-needed discussions to campus September 6, 2019September 25, 2019 Kate Korte In the era of Me Too, conversations around consent and sexual health are still relatively new to university campuses. UVic's Sexualized Violence Awareness Week hopes to start those conversations
The four biggest news stories you might have missed this summer September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Emily Fagan Although many students were away from campus this summer — visiting home, on co-op, or traveling to exotic places — that didn’t keep UVic and Victoria from announcing several major
VIPIRG terminates lease with UVSS, moves to Fifth Street office August 27, 2019September 9, 2019 Emily Fagan On August 26, VIPIRG announced that they terminated their lease agreement with the University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) due to what they felt was an increasingly unsustainable partnership. The
Grad House financial struggle, apology discussed at Graduate Representative Council meeting August 21, 2019August 21, 2019 Emily Fagan On August 13, the Graduate Representative Council (GRC) met to discuss the creation of a plan to tackle the Grad House restaurant’s ongoing financial struggle and issue an apology to
Sessional instructor strike could hit campus this fall August 16, 2019September 20, 2019 Josh Kozelj After months of collective bargaining, the University of Victoria and CUPE 4163 (the union representing sessional and music performance instructors) have failed to reach an agreement on a new
Construction underway for campus Starbucks August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 Josh Kozelj Starbucks coffee is set to make its debut on campus on Sep. 3, with renovations currently underway of the former Finnerty Express cafe in the UVic bookstore complex.
