EDITORIAL | The role of the Martlet in fostering social change April 4, 2019April 23, 2019 Martlet Staff So what is our role as the Martlet? In our efforts to remain objective, we have sometimes shied away from expressing support for students in a way that counters
NEWS UNSETTLED | Understanding Unist’ot’en Part II March 29, 2019April 4, 2019 Kolin Sutherland-Wilson Understanding the weight and consequences of the situation on Wet’suwet’en land requires nothing less than diligent and critical research into Canada’s founding and the convictions of the settlers who justified
Why we need to pay attention, Jody Wilson-Raybould isn’t the only one March 24, 2019March 24, 2019 Sumbal Sabah If Wilson-Raybould couldn’t escape the circumstances plaguing her career, think about how many Indigenous women are currently in a workplace situation that demotes them, fires them, or forces them to
EDITORIAL | Money can’t buy a rich learning environment March 24, 2019April 4, 2019 Martlet Staff On March 26, the UVic Board of Governors is planning to raise international student tuition fees once again, this time by 15 per cent. When the cost of university is
Waiving interest on student loans makes education more accessible March 23, 2019March 25, 2019 Glenn Howard The B.C. NDP has kept their 2017 campaign promise: ending interest payments on provincial post-secondary student loans. The government’s announcement is a crucial step forward for making post-secondary education more
LETTER | To the UVic Board of Governors on international tuition hikes March 21, 2019March 22, 2019 Letters I am writing in advance of your March 26 meeting, [having] learned that UVic is proposing to increase the tuition fees of international students. At a time when xenophobia, racism,
UVic’s engineering program is a recipe for burnout March 18, 2019 Evie Ockelford If you are reading this, there’s a good chance you have someone in your life who suffers from what I like to call “engineering studentitis.” Those who suffer from this...
NEWS UNSETTLED | These lands aren’t free March 16, 2019March 18, 2019 Kolin Sutherland-Wilson and Steve Faryna The Native Students Union regular column Canadian colonialism is not merely a historic event or relic of the past. It is an ongoing process that continues to negatively impact Indigenous people....
Union or bust: BuzzFeed Canada joins U.S. in unionizing March 12, 2019March 18, 2019 Devon Bidal If you follow any BuzzFeed employees on Twitter, your feed was likely flooded with Tweets about people being laid off around the end of January. The company let go of...
Decriminalizing sex work is a better solution March 10, 2019March 18, 2019 Janine Rzeplinski A response to “It’s time to legalize prostitution in Canada” It’s not time to legalize prostitution in Canada. It’s time to listen to what sex-workers’ rights groups are saying. And these...
