Bringing youth into global peacekeeping November 30, 2017November 29, 2017 Emily Fagan UVic delegation attends UN forum While young people have long represented the embodiment of future hope and change, it’s not often they are given the opportunity to actively weigh in on...
Dirty money November 30, 2017November 29, 2017 Josh Kozelj Petition, article shames UVic for dealing with corporate climate change deniers An opinion piece in The Tyee has called out UVic for attempting to profit from fossil fuel companies while trying to...
Nov. 20 UVSS board meeting recap November 30, 2017December 1, 2017 Josh Kozelj Puppies, rallies, and food banks on the agenda Mustaches and puppies are two things that don’t normally go hand-in-hand, but both played a prominent role at the latest UVSS board meeting...
Campus reacts to YPY demonstration November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 Cormac O’Brien YPY president disappointed with removal of flags As students trickled back onto campus from their holidays, Thursday Nov. 16 might have been just another sleepy autumn morning had it not been for...
UVic announces $2.4 million investment in marine energy November 17, 2017 Josh Kozelj As students returned from reading break on Nov. 17, flocking to Mystic Market and filling the air of the University Centre with chatter, UVic announced a serious donation to increase...
UVSS criticizes UVic’s handling of YPY demonstration November 17, 2017November 17, 2017 Cormac O’Brien UVic apologizes for failing to provide timely notification In a Facebook post published the day after campus club Youth Protecting Youth (YPY) held a public anti-abortion demonstration in the quad outside...
What are those flags in the quad? November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 Cormac O’Brien Five hours after they were planted into the quad grass, 10 000 flags were removed by students demonstrating against Youth Protecting Youth, UVic's anti-abortion club. Students arriving back on campus today,...
Vulture Culture perched at “charged standstill” with Food Services November 16, 2017November 21, 2017 Mike Graeme The Vulture Culture student group, known for hovering around second-hand hamburgers, quesadilla scraps, and other leftover treasures of the Mystic Market tray racks, is circling around a different type of...
UVic student rallies for access to life-altering drug November 16, 2017November 18, 2017 Abby Neufeld Lilia Zaharieva is far from giving up her fight for access to Orkambi, the life-altering drug that was taken from her when the UVSS changed their health plan this past...
Report highlights Victoria’s student housing crisis November 16, 2017November 28, 2017 Josh Kozelj A new study highlights the impact of the ongoing housing crisis for Victoria-area students. The study found that 70 per cent of post-secondary students reported that their yearly earnings place...
