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 | 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
UVSS ELECTIONS | SOCC referendum February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 Josh Kozelj On Jan. 16, the UVSS approved three questions to be posed to UVic students alongside the 2020 student society elections. One of the three questions will ask students whether they
UVSS CEO recommends second VIPIRG referendum March 23, 2019March 24, 2019 Josh Kozelj Just when you thought the UVSS elections were done for the year, a recent investigation from the UVSS Chief Electoral Officer has called for a second VIPIRG referendum “as soon
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...
Food Bank referendum seeks to increase funds, resources February 24, 2018March 1, 2018 Emily Fagan From Feb. 28 to March 2, students will be asked by the UVSS to vote on a referendum to increase student contributions to the Food Bank Fund. If passed, fees...
UVic Pride referendum voted down after WebVote error December 3, 2015December 2, 2015 Cormac O’Brien The referendum proposing increased resources for the UVic Pride Collective through an increased student levy has been struck down following a 54 per cent “no” vote on Thursday, Nov. 26. About...
