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Climate doom is the idea that our current rising climate is beyond repair; an intense sense of hopelessness for the future. The Martlet asked UVic students: What do you do…

‘It was no longer something on the horizon that was coming to get us. It was in our live reality. That almost made me feel validated in some sick way’

I worked at a concession stand at the beach in a little hut. I think there was just one big fan in the whole little hut for us to be…

‘We’re on fire. And people catch fire from your fire’

My first experience of the degradation of man towards nature was as a tree planter back circa 1980 to 85. At times, it would feel like I was being sucked…

‘Nature is powerful and it doesn’t care if there’s a town there’

This was 2021, the year after COVID. Things were starting to open up again and I planned a trip with my friend Amelia from high school to stay at her…

‘It was like walking into a sauna’

It's an old building with really, really old windows, and they don't close properly. So in the winter, there's a draft. In the summer, there's hot air coming in through…

Missed motion at UVSS meeting highlights hurdles in student activism

Tension arose during the UVSS Annual General Meeting (AGM) hosted on Oct. 17, when the VictoriaStrike4Palestine group discovered their motion for a student strike endorsed by the UVSS was not…

Decorated Vikes basketball star Diego Maffia takes last run at national championship

Vikes basketball player Diego Maffia enters his fifth and final season at UVic with one thing left to accomplish: winning a national championship. 

Five days of events to honour UVic’s ‘5 Days of Action’

UVic’s 5 Days of Action event is back — from Nov. 4-8, head to campus and “learn through workshops, engage in art and contribute to community dialogue,” which workshop speaker…

UVic Renewable Energy Club identifies solar energy hotspots on campus

UVic’s Renewable Energy Club (UREC) is working to map UVic’s solar energy potential by measuring the amount of solar energy received in a number of key locations around campus. 

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