EDITORIAL | COVID-19 is no longer news, it’s the new normal April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Martlet Staff If looking back on “normal life” feels surreal, you’re not alone. The social and economic impacts of the past three weeks have been tremendous. Life has ground to a halt
Engagement starts with YOU(VSS) March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Astra Lund-Phillips In the main 100- and 200-levels of the David Turpin building and on the exterior, there were 60 posters up, including multiple large billboard-style posters, not to mention the chalking
Why does Indigenous-international solidarity feel so unreachable? March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Lynn Ng Yu Ling "To my international pals: have you ever wondered about your relationship to Indigneous land struggles? We must remember that one does not automatically occupy a decolonial perspective with sufficient humility
Despite moving towards gender equality, look how far we haven’t come March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Natasha Simpson "Waves of feminism have brought Canadian women the vote, legal personhood, and progressive consent law, but as X-Site’s disturbing “Greta” decal demonstrates, misogyny is still latent."
LETTER | Dear international students at UVic March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Letters We know these are strange times, and that there is a great deal of uncertainty. We know that a lot of you are concerned about what is happening, and how
EDITORIAL | What if we treated climate change like a pandemic? March 18, 2020April 1, 2020 Martlet Staff COVID-19 is indisputably a global crisis that demands an immediate, effective, and informed response. It deserves the effort, money, and attention being devoted to it. However, the coronavirus is just
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | Re: Government and law enforcement, please do your jobs March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Emily Fagan The Martlet would like to take this opportunity to formally apologize to our community for our failure to support our mission statement. We acknowledge that this article’s perspective contributes and
Why disruptive protests are the protests we need March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Truly Hunter "Why do protests need to disrupt society? If there is one straight answer to this question, it is this: asking nicely does not work. The idea that those who have
EDITORIAL | It’s time to get prepared, not paranoid, about coronavirus March 4, 2020March 5, 2020 Martlet Staff While it's true that anxiety and paranoia have no place in dealing with an outbreak, preparation and vigilance are not the same as anxiety. It's important to be prepared and
LETTERS | Re: “Concerns that candidate Justin Lo not the representative international students deserve” March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Letters "I was disappointed to see a letter in this publication attacking his character. Not his platform, not his policies, but his character. While I understand that student elections are often
