PIRG, OER referenda fail to meet quorum during online fall electoral event November 6, 2020November 12, 2020 Kate Korte Despite a majority of "yes" votes, only 5.9 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballots File graphic by Niusha Derakhshan. During the UVSS fall electoral event, students voted on introducing an...
Tweetcap: Referenda proponents make their cases for Open Educational Resources, end to PIRG fee at Oct. 30 forum November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Boston Laferté On Oct. 30, a UVSS Electoral Office forum gave proponents of the upcoming referenda a chance to introduce themselves and dive into their referendum questions. From Nov. 4-6, students will
Three referenda in upcoming UVSS fall electoral event, but no in-person campaigning October 30, 2020November 5, 2020 Kate Korte and Boston Laferté Voting in the fall electoral event will take place online from Nov. 4-6. Campaigning will be entirely online, due to COVID-19. In order for the referendums to pass, they must
UVSS ELECTIONS | All Candidates Forum sees Directors-at-Large discuss plans for mental health, divestment initiatives March 4, 2020March 5, 2020 Josh Kozelj UVSS election week kicked off with an All Candidates Forum Monday afternoon in the SUB, with referendum proponents and candidates running for Director-at-Large positions sharing the stage in a two-hour
UVSS ELECTIONS | Open educational resources referendum February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 Truly Hunter A referendum question on the ballot in this year’s UVSS elections will ask students if they are willing to establish a fee levy to support the creation of open-source textbooks.
UVSS ELECTIONS | WUSC referendum February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 Natasha Simpson Tuqa Al-Mosawi wants to increase the student fee levy for the World University Service of Canada Student Refugee Program that brought her to Canada. The program sponsors refugees who cannot
LETTER | From the VIPIRG Board of Directors March 7, 2019March 18, 2019 Letters Moving beyond student politics Regarding the UVSS election and the VIPIRG referendum, we, as the board and staff of VIPIRG, would like to thank the University of Victoria student body for...
A quick guide to voting in the UVSS elections March 6, 2019March 18, 2019 Kate Korte Voting in the UVSS elections is open from today until Friday at 12 p.m. The University of Victoria Students' Society (UVSS) controls $14 million per year to run businesses, services, and events for...
UVSS ELECTIONS | Peer Support Centre referendum February 26, 2019March 18, 2019 Emily Fagan This March, students will have the opportunity to vote on a referendum that would establish a fee to fund the Peer Support Centre (PSC), a student-run mental health resource that...
UVSS ELECTIONS | VIPIRG referendum February 26, 2019March 18, 2019 Mike Graeme In the upcoming 2019 UVSS election, students will have the choice of voting whether $3.00 of their annual student fees (or $1.50 for part-time students) continues to support the Vancouver...
