COVID-19 Support Bursary will be phased out after giving over $1 million to students May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Kate Korte Students received between $500 and $1 500 each, but some found the process confusing and delayed File photo by Belle White UVic's COVID-19 Support Bursary was an attempt to offer students some...
UVic announces undergraduate classes will be “predominantly online” May 11, 2020June 17, 2020 Kate Korte Graphic by Darian Lee Many undergraduate students won't be returning to in-person classes in the fall as UVic will provide "predominantly online” instruction. Further clarification will come with the fall timetable...
Trudeau’s $148 million plan for international students is about dollars, not diversity September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Kate Korte Last month, the Trudeau government outlined a $148 million five-year plan to diversify global recruiting efforts. But this policy announcement isn’t really about improving diversity on campus — it’s a
Ford’s OSAP cuts and tax breaks hurt working class students August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 Glenn Howard I am one of the thousands of Ontario students who woke up shocked in early June to discover that Doug Ford's OSAP had cut my financial aid by $9
It’s time to really protest, UVic April 12, 2018April 10, 2018 Martlet Staff Students must get radical to stop ever-rising tuition fees With it being the Martlet’s 70th anniversary, we’ve been doing a lot of digging through archives. What’s remarkable is how similar our...
Board of Governors approves budget, 20% hike for incoming international students March 27, 2018April 2, 2018 Cormac O’Brien Ignoring the shouting from the 50 or 60 students gathered outside the University Centre and eventually inside the Senate Chambers, the UVic Board of Governors passed their 2018–2019 budget which...
B.C. students pay tuition, Ontario students don’t November 2, 2017November 15, 2017 Josh Christopher This fall, some University of Victoria students are having their tuition paid by the province — the province of Ontario. This is the inaugural semester of the Ontario Student Grant, an initiative from...
International students thrilled at prospect of tuition hikes April 6, 2017April 5, 2017 Michelle Yun According to a recent poll commissioned by the UVic Board of Governors, 97 per cent of UVic’s international students reported feeling “moderately excited to completely thrilled” about the increase in...
EDITORIAL: Tuition hikes leave international students with a mountain to climb April 6, 2017April 5, 2017 Martlet Staff Last week, the UVic Board of Governors approved a $356-million balanced operating budget for the next year. As part of that budget, the university is implementing a six per cent...
Board of Governors approves international tuition hike March 28, 2017March 29, 2017 Myles Sauer The UVic Board of Governors (BoG) has voted in favour of increasing international student tuition fees by four per cent effective May 1, 2017, during open session at their meeting...
