A journey into university-Indigenous relations November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 Peter Elson "Indigenous worldviews and ways of knowing, doing, and being are significant and important contextual and methodological challenges to this Eurocentric worldview that have an influence far beyond the classroom."
Consequences of a broken promise: Proportional representation and the 2019 federal election November 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Mary Heeg and Alec Lazenby Despite Liberal promises that 2015 would be the last federal election using first-past-the-post, the voting system remained the same in 2019. Had this promise been kept, the election would
Time zones: A relic of timekeepers-past November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 Branden Sugden In a globalized world, where international coordination is essential, why continue using our antiquated, localized way of telling time? It’s time to abandon time zones and switch to a global
LETTER | Re: Assistant adjunct UVic professor allegedly let go for “politically incorrect” views on polar bears November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 Letters "Dr. Susan Crockford was not “allegedly let go.” Rather, her unpaid adjunct appointment expired and she was not renewed. The criteria for renewal are publicly posted and consistently
NEWS UNSETTLED | The word “genocide” is not up for debate November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Skye Lacroix "I find myself extremely frustrated that the use of the word “genocide” to describe the violence and oppression that Indigenous Peoples in so-called North America have experienced and continue to
Social media is harming our democracies and ads are just the tip of the iceberg November 14, 2019 Kate Korte Politicians using money to gain influence is nothing new. But with Facebook under fire for refusing to fact-check political ads and Twitter deciding to ban them, any voter has to
EDITORIAL | For students struggling with work, debt, and mental health, reading break isn’t enough November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 Martlet Staff As we come back from reading break, let's be real: for how many students was it actually a real, stress-free "break,"and for how many was it a much-needed few days
Surviving Ecuador: National riot breaks out while studying abroad November 8, 2019November 8, 2019 Kyra Bridges Five UVic students arrived in Ecuador for a study abroad program. One month later, intense protests broke out across the country against the government’s cessation of fuel subsidies.
Censorship hinders social change November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Truly Hunter It’s no surprise that Canada doesn’t make a habit of banning or burning books. Although it feels foreign to think about the suppression of free expression, it happens here too.
What can Hong Kong help us remember? November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Lynn Ng Yu Ling The struggle of protesters to express a deeper sense of historical awareness around Hong Kong’s sovereignty, or any other kind of struggle for the right to control the nation-state for
