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For new poetry fans

June 12, 2014June 11, 2014
Mia Steinberg
An interview with John Barton and Chris Hutchinson

What is love?

February 6, 2014February 20, 2014
Adam Hayman
“I have three very quick questions—no right or wrong,” he starts off. “Okay,” I say, feeling a little blindsided. This is not how most of my interviews start out. The Harbour Towers...

Satisfied with dissatisfaction

January 9, 2014January 16, 2014
Max D'Ambrosio
UVic alumna Andrea Routley’s debut collection of short stories is entertaining and deeply affecting. Her voice is contemplative, always questioning assumptions or presenting alternative ways of thinking, and it’s fairly...

Writing workshops start early with Story Studio

November 28, 2013November 29, 2013
Adam Hayman
Victoria’s Story Studio Writing Society is a registered charity that aims to help young people through the creative-writing process. Backed by book-lovers and a growing pool of dedicated volunteers, they...

UVic confessions hit bookstore

November 21, 2013November 20, 2013
Adam Hayman
UVic students and alumni held a book launch at the UVic bookstore on Nov. 7 for their modern love anthology called: Campus Confidential. The book shares personal essays about students’...

Providing a safe space for storytelling

November 7, 2013November 21, 2013
Adam Hayman
The feeling of seeing your art in print, the weight of it in your hands, the paper, the fresh-print scent, and the soft creak of the book’s new spine. This...

Ted Grant: Sixty Years of Legendary Journalism

October 31, 2013October 30, 2013
Brandon Everell
Around 300 people filled the David Lam Auditorium on Sunday, Oct. 27 for the book launch of Thelma Fayle’s, Ted Grant: Sixty Years of Legendary Photojournalism. The book launch consisted...

Walter Moers and Germany’s dark fantasy

October 24, 2013October 23, 2013
Chorong Kim
Germany boasts an extremely rich history in the literary genre of surreal fantasy fiction, and this history has had a distinct influence on literature worldwide. We have the Grimm Brothers’...

UVic Writing faculty reading brings students and professors together

October 3, 2013October 2, 2013
Adam Hayman
Free food was involved. The seats were packed, as were the aisles. There was laughter and contemplative nods, much applause, and did I mention free food? That sold me. That,...

Tale-end of summer

September 26, 2013September 25, 2013
Max D'Ambrosio
Now that summer is over and there’s less time to read at leisure, it’s wise to do a little research on prospective reading material before investing your time and money...
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Full articles about both exposures are on our webs Full articles about both exposures are on our website. UVic will not be releasing public information about these cases. 

UVic says they have worked with Island Health to inform some students that they should self-monitor for symptoms and were not considered high risk.
Tuition will go up next year: 💵 Domestic stud Tuition will go up next year: 

💵 Domestic student tuition is going up by 2% 
💵 International student tuition is going up by 3.75% (went up by 20% in 2018, 15% in 2019, and 3.75% in 2020) 

At the meeting, UVic president Kevin Hall called the budget fair and said that the process for determining the budget was transparent. 

Student representatives Juliet Watts and Kate Fairley voted against the budget. 

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The Fairy Creek blockades started as an effort to The Fairy Creek blockades started as an effort to save old growth forests. Eight months and nine locations later, a rotating case of forest defenders continue to join those that have been there from day one.

An injunction was served at all camps this morning. The B.C. Supreme Court granted the injunction on April 1 to the logging company Teal-Jones Group. 

For more on this developing story, check out our article at the link in our bio.

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In one of our latest news articles, we tried to fi In one of our latest news articles, we tried to find out how much UVic is spending on social media. 

UVic recently hired seven new Social Media Ambassadors (SMAs) to help promote UVic on Instagram and TikTok. Each Social Media Ambassador is paid $19.50 an hour and is required to work for five hours or less each week.

The total cost of the new SMA program is covered under UVic’s communications and marketing budget and is included in the approximately $14 600 000 budgeted for external engagement. The seven new SMAs will cost UVic ~$10,920 for a semester. Aside from the SMAs, UVic also spent $63,340 on Facebook, which also owns Instagram, from 2019-2020.

For more on the SMAs and what they do, check out the news article about these new positions on martlet.ca — link in our bio. 

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