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UVic’s fall return plan neglects international, immunocompromised, and disabled students

UVic’s fall return plan does not accommodate the needs of all students. Many international, immunocompromised, and disabled students are not comfortable with the return plan.
News Unsettled Native Students Union column

One day of support is not enough

Settlers and Indigenous people need to keep working together beyond cancelling Canada Day once On July 1, 2021, there were several events in Victoria to honour the children that never…
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We needed climate action yesterday

Heat wave emphasizes the crisis in “climate crisis” We sound like a broken record. Students, scientists, and concerned members of the community have been calling for climate action for decades…
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Our climate crisis foreshadows the end of days, but we may still have time to rewrite the ending

It’s the end of the world, and it didn’t start with COVID-19. Our ecological crisis has been going on for much longer than that.
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Horgan’s old-growth logging rhetoric exposes his colonial ignorance

Horgan's government’s actions and rhetoric surrounding old-growth logging and the blockades at Fairy Creek only point to how entrenched in it they really are.
News Unsettled Native Students Union column

The importance of Indigenous history month

This Indigenous History Month, and all after, read a book by an Indigenous author, unlearn what you have and learn the true history of Canada.
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Our home on stolen land

Indigenous peoples have watched white colonial settlers celebrating over 150 Canada Days — celebrating a day when four provinces joined together and proclaimed land that was not theirs to be…
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Nocturnal studying, disconnection, and stress: The life of an international student studying online from South Asia

Time differences have disrupted my body clock, social life, and connection with Canadian culture  Like many students, I started online classes in September 2020. However, unlike most of my classmates…

Letter to the Editor: Hold the NDP Accountable to Protecting BC’s Old Growth Forests

This is a letter to the editor. The Martlet has an open letters policy and will endeavour to print every letter received from members of the universitycommunity, with priority to…

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