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Indian farmers are protesting inequality and corporate domination. Why aren’t the rest of us?

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021
James Fraser
Photo by Gayatri Malhotra via Unsplash History is being made in India. Since the passing of three controversial farming bills in September 2020, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to...

The university shouldn’t pass the costs of the pandemic onto students

March 29, 2021April 1, 2021
Martlet Staff
(Kevin Hall | photo by UVic) As we approach the time of year when the UVic Board of Governors decides whether or not to raise tuition, we’re asking UVic not to...

The Vancouver Police Department has consistently met Indigenous land defenders with hostility, but sit idly by while ‘Freedom’ marches occur

March 26, 2021April 5, 2021
Boston Laferté
Colonizers have been spreading disease for decades, but Indigenous rights are where they draw the line Graphic provided by the Native Students Union. The night of March 12-13, 2021, the Vancouver Police...

Women are not responsible for making sure they are not the victims of sexual assault

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021
Sarah Madsen
(graphic by Sie Douglas-Fish) Sarah Everard investigation opens up conversation about all forms of gender-based violence Readers should be advised that the following article discusses sexualized and gender-based violence, including sexual assault.  In...

Is online learning the future of education? I hope not

March 25, 2021April 5, 2021
Patrick Ferreira
Artwork by Sie Douglas-Fish My experiences with online learning have been irritating and impeded my success I was recently listening to a podcast about machine learning and education, in which Charles Isbell,...

UVic, let’s go beyond anti-racism workshops and towards structural changes

March 25, 2021April 8, 2021
Michael John Lo
Community-centered resilience is key in dismantling institutional oppressions Photo by Belle White. In response to the Atlanta shootings last week, UVic President Kevin Hall put out a statement. Hall is committing to...

Letter to the Editor: UVSS ties fees to economic/inflationary uncertainty

March 25, 2021April 6, 2021
Letters
Letter to the Editor submitted by Jacob Macauley: As a past member of the UVic Bank of Canada (BOC) Challenge team that's presented in front of the Bank’s leading economists, I...

Statement from the Editor regarding Hazam Nasir’s disqualification

March 24, 2021April 6, 2021
Kate Korte
Hazam Nasir has been disqualified from the UVSS Elections. Nasir was originally running for the Director of Student Affairs position. The UVSS electoral office ruled that he defamed his opponent,...

Letter to the Editor: “At least we’re better than Trump” isn’t going to cut it anymore

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021
Letters
Letter to the Editor by Laurel Collins. Collins is the Member of Parliament for Victoria. President Biden extended the student loan payment freeze on his first day in office. Since the beginning...

UVSS candidates should focus their promises on achievable, and badly needed, ways of supporting students

February 25, 2021February 25, 2021
Martlet Staff
From petting zoos to two-ply paper, we've seen enough empty promises A typical wall in the David Turpin Building during the 2020 UVSS election. Photo by Astra Lund-Phillips. We are about to...
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Full articles about both exposures are on our webs Full articles about both exposures are on our website. UVic will not be releasing public information about these cases. 

UVic says they have worked with Island Health to inform some students that they should self-monitor for symptoms and were not considered high risk.
Tuition will go up next year: 💵 Domestic stud Tuition will go up next year: 

💵 Domestic student tuition is going up by 2% 
💵 International student tuition is going up by 3.75% (went up by 20% in 2018, 15% in 2019, and 3.75% in 2020) 

At the meeting, UVic president Kevin Hall called the budget fair and said that the process for determining the budget was transparent. 

Student representatives Juliet Watts and Kate Fairley voted against the budget. 

Full article at the link in our bio.
The Fairy Creek blockades started as an effort to The Fairy Creek blockades started as an effort to save old growth forests. Eight months and nine locations later, a rotating case of forest defenders continue to join those that have been there from day one.

An injunction was served at all camps this morning. The B.C. Supreme Court granted the injunction on April 1 to the logging company Teal-Jones Group. 

For more on this developing story, check out our article at the link in our bio.

Photos and words by @michaeljohnlo
The Province has issued new COVID-19 guidelines fo The Province has issued new COVID-19 guidelines for March 29, 2021. Here is what you need to know.

#covid_19 
#bcpoli 
#pandemic 
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UVSS election results! A full article will be uplo UVSS election results! A full article will be uploaded to our website shortly.
CW - Atlanta shooting | Read the full article by S CW - Atlanta shooting | Read the full article by Senior Staff Writer Michael John Lo on martlet.ca
In one of our latest news articles, we tried to fi In one of our latest news articles, we tried to find out how much UVic is spending on social media. 

UVic recently hired seven new Social Media Ambassadors (SMAs) to help promote UVic on Instagram and TikTok. Each Social Media Ambassador is paid $19.50 an hour and is required to work for five hours or less each week.

The total cost of the new SMA program is covered under UVic’s communications and marketing budget and is included in the approximately $14 600 000 budgeted for external engagement. The seven new SMAs will cost UVic ~$10,920 for a semester. Aside from the SMAs, UVic also spent $63,340 on Facebook, which also owns Instagram, from 2019-2020.

For more on the SMAs and what they do, check out the news article about these new positions on martlet.ca — link in our bio. 

#uvic #victoriabc
Join us on FRIDAY for the UVSS Election Debates!! Join us on FRIDAY for the UVSS Election Debates!! This is a great opportunity to ask candidates your questions directly and get their thoughts on issues that matter to you. 

At the link in our bio, you'll find a form to submit questions and more links to our election coverage where you can learn more about the candidates. 

#uvic #victoriabc
all about the vaccine rollout 🤗 this is a summa all about the vaccine rollout 🤗 this is a summary of the information available on ImmunizeBC.ca and Island Health's website. If you'd like to learn more, check out those sources. 

#uvic #victoriabc

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