graduate students’ society

GSS fee referendum questions pass, cutting funding for WUSC UVic

“It’s hard to see this club that we all love, and the impact we make, be threatened for reasons that still don’t fully make sense to us. There is still…

GSS referendum question could lead to one fewer refugee being sponsored, critics say

This election period, the GSS is proposing to reduce the fee collected per graduate student, per term for WUSC from $5 to $1.

UVic student housing delayed five years following B.C. budget announcement

“[The delay] was definitely very abrupt,” Lawton said. “I know UVic was on the brink of breaking ground. We were actively in the process of helping them advocate with Saanich…

Graduate Students Society referendum introduces gender affirming care

On June 7, 2024, UVic’s Graduate Students Society (GSS) passed a referendum that will introduce gender affirming care and other amendments. 

UVic graduate community joins nation-wide walkout to demand a living wage

On May 1, hundreds gathered outside UVic's McPherson library as part of a Canada-wide walkout organized by Support our Science (SOS).

Graduate Student Society Director of Communications resigns

The Graduate Student Society (GSS) held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Just the day before, GSS Director of Communications Nicole Kent resigned from her position on…

Social justice panel connects dots from societal barriers to individual suffering

The “Social Justice and Human Rights” panel at UVic on April 5 encouraged participants to look beyond the individual to the structures of society that are granting or limiting their…