FOI bill creates barriers for student journalists December 1, 2021December 2, 2021 Martlet Staff Government accountability, freedom to information, and freedom of the press are just some of the hallmarks of a healthy and functional democracy. B.C.’s now-passed Bill 22 hampers these freedoms and
Goodbye, and thank you December 1, 2021December 2, 2021 Kate Korte The thought of leaving the Martlet always seemed like a distant possibility. I had stored a drafted goodbye letter in the back of my brain's filing cabinet, collecting dust over
NFTs are an embarrassment to the art world November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Sie Douglas-Fish Logging into websites like Twitter, I am greeted with tweet after tweet of .jpg images. It seems every day is accompanied by the repetition of the same weird monkey and
A show or real reconciliation November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Boston Laferté In June 2021, in response to the uncovering of 215 unmarked graves at Kamloops residential school. Pope Francis offered a thread of tweets. Now, he has agreed to come to
Letter to the Editor: Beyond Symbolic Gestures November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Letters The Martlet accepts Letters to the Editor! Letters must be 200 words or less and cannot contain any images, videos, or links. They must be written by an individual (not...
Introducing our climate issue: why we’re committed to good climate coverage November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Martlet Staff To act as an agent of constructive social change. That is one of the commitments in our mission statement that the Martlet has made to the university and local communities
Indigenous resistance is vital to climate action November 3, 2021December 2, 2021 Boston Laferté In the last few years, climate change movements have grown increasingly popular, and many people are being exposed to these ideas through social media. Figures like Greta Thunberg and David
Letter to the Editor: Open Letter to the UVSS October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Letters The Martlet accepts Letters to the Editor! Letters must be 200 words or less and cannot contain any images, videos, or links. They must be written by an individual (not...
Facebook outage shows need for infrastructure regulation October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 Sarah Suleman On Monday, Oct. 4, billions of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users from every corner of the world reached for their phones — only to find that they could not access
Last-minute switches to online courses hurt students October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Raheem Uz Zaman This fall semester, UVic marked the return to in-person classes after a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19. In their early announcements about the return to campus, UVic indicated that 100
