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UVSS ELECTIONS | Meet independent candidate Dalal Tubeishat

Leading up to the 2020 UVSS election, the Martlet spoke with independent candidate Dalal Tubeishat. Tubeishat is running for Director of Student Affairs on a platform of affordability, sustainability, and…

UVSS ELECTIONS | Meet independent candidate Victoria Ritchie

Leading up to the 2020 UVSS election, the Martlet spoke with independent candidate Victoria Ritchie. Ritchie is running to be a Director-at-Large on a platform of sustainability, inclusivity, and decolonization.
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UVSS ELECTIONS | Meet independent candidate Justin Lo

Leading up to the 2020 UVSS election, the Martlet spoke with independent candidate Justin Lo. Lo is running for Director of International Student Relations on a platform of inclusion, multiculturalism,…

UVic Women’s Rowing team deletes Instagram comments, shares photos of former rower critical of athletes who spoke out against head coach

Following UVic’s investigation into allegations against coach Barney Williams, members of the Vikes varsity women’s rowing team deleted comments on the team’s Instagram account which criticized the team, and shared…

New B.C. Access Grant could see UVic students get $1 000 each year

UVic students could receive up to $1 000 more in grants per year with the newly-announced B.C. Access Grant. The needs-based grant will be assessed alongside StudentAid BC, and accompany…

Juliet Watts and Kate Fairley elected student representatives for UVic Board of Governors

The results are in — the newly elected student representatives for the 2020-21 UVic Board of Governors are Juliet Watts and Kate Fairley. Although voting ended at 4:30 p.m. on…

TWEETCAP | Feb. 7 Senate meeting

President Cassels faces tough questions as one Senator calls UVic’s lack of public support for the Wet'suwet'en “morally reprehensible.” The Senate hears a presentation on UVic’s (not great) place in…

Your candidates for the 2020-2021 Board of Governors elections

The 15-member board has two student representative seats open — one for a graduate and one for an undergraduate student. All students can vote on webvote.uvic.ca, from 9 a.m. on…

Indigenous land defenders and allies set up soft blockades at all B.C. Legislature entrances ahead of Speech from the Throne

For the first time in B.C.'s history, the B.C. Legislature’s throne speech ceremony was cancelled, due to an occupation in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en people on the front steps that…

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