Op-eds

Victoria should do everything they can to keep Hermann’s Jazz Club and View Street Social alive

Victoria should do everything in its power to keep two iconic venues — Hermann’s Jazz Club and View Street Social — alive.

It’s not ‘just pixels’: X has become a weapon against women

X is a platform that gave abusers a tool to attack and control women and girls online. It’s a platform that allowed at least three million non-consensual sexualized images to…

Attacks on DEI are the harbinger of more hostility for our post-secondary sector

If new and diverse perspectives are considered a threat to Canadian post-secondary, that exposes how lacking in diversity our institutions already are.

Reflections of a ‘senior’ student

I’ll always cherish the friends I made a decade ago in Victoria and elsewhere, but what excites me now is returning to campus and making new connections with students and…

Is Victoria really a ‘student city?’

Bergen has many advantages for students, ranging from affordable housing to safer nightlife. Sammen, Norway’s student welfare organization, offers a double dormitory for just 3553 NOK (about $489 CAD) per…

BC Ferries high fares are leaving students stranded

Ferry travel may be priced like a luxury, but for many students, it’s a necessity. 

Cyclist-pedestrian shared spaces are an accident waiting to happen

I know the spokes of change turn slowly, especially at a university navigating a limited budget. But when it comes to the safety of students simply trying to get to…

Trudeau’s resignation spells trouble for students

In addition to university budgets, academic freedoms on campus could also suffer under a Poilievre government. The Conservative leader has threatened, both on Twitter/X and in an interview with The…

Exams are over, but the wait for marks persists

Is there anything more frustrating than spending countless hours scrambling to finish a final, only to still be refreshing UVic’s grading portal awaiting your results in January?