UVic students rally for needs-based grants March 23, 2015March 25, 2015 Adrian Paradis On March 24, students will rally outside the downtown ICBC office with over 3,000 signatures on a petition demanding more needs based, non-repayable student funding from the B.C. government. With...
Fight for $15 comes to UVic March 17, 2015March 17, 2015 Adrian Paradis UPDATED: March 17, 2015 at 5:25 p.m. On March 17, proponents and unions gathered outside the SUB to support Fight for $15, a B.C. Federation of Labour sponsored campaign with the...
B.C. may withhold driver’s licences for those with student debt March 12, 2015March 11, 2015 Michel Ghanem The British Columbia provincial government has decided to intervene with unpaid student debt by allowing ICBC to withhold driver’s licences from students who fail to make their loan payments. The proposed...
SFU rebuffs calls to reduce planned tuition hikes for international students January 15, 2015January 13, 2015 Leah Bjornson and Melissa Roach This story was originally published in The Peak, SFU's student newspaper. The SFU administration has officially responded to a letter sent by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) on Oct. 24...
UCBC committee raises awareness on university funding cuts December 4, 2014December 3, 2014 Michel Ghanem The Universities Coordinated Bargaining Committee (UCBC) has been working since September to promote a campaign to raise awareness on the post-secondary education budget cuts in B.C. and their impact. The
Streeters: We asked you about the Burnaby protests December 4, 2014December 4, 2014 Melissa Faye Reid Cate White Third year Poli-sci I think what’s interesting about non-violent protests in general is it is more about relationships. It’s about community. People think this is such a polarized issue but in...
B.C. liquefied natural gas not climate’s saviour, report says November 20, 2014November 20, 2014 Michel Ghanem The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) and Pembina Institute have published a report suggesting stronger environmental policies to ensure liquefied natural gas (LNG) will positively impact the global climate....
Former UVic president David Turpin announced as new U of A president November 14, 2014 Richard Catangay-Liew Former UVic president David H. Turpin will succeed Indira Samarasekera as the U of A's 13th president.
SFU becomes first Canadian university to accept Bitcoin donations September 4, 2014September 3, 2014 Leah Bjornson via The Fulcrum
What makes a hate crime? March 27, 2014March 26, 2014 Taryn Brownell On March 17, the minister responsible for multiculturalism, Teresa Wat, announced that the B.C. government has launched an anti–hate-crime campaign called Know Hate. The campaign, which is run in partnership...
