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EDITORIAL | We’ll do fine without the UVSS’s AGM ads. But will they?

At the UVSS Annual General Meeting, the UVSS board passed a motion to eliminate requirements for UVSS AGMs and SAGMs to be advertised on notice boards and in the Martlet.…

Quorum maintained throughout 2019 UVSS Annual General Meeting

Quorum was maintained at the 2019 UVSS Annual General Meeting, allowing for the completion of the entire agenda for the first time in four years.

SOCC sends formal request to move into VIPIRG’s old room in SUB

The Students of Colour Collective (SOCC) has issued a formal request to the University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) to move into room B122 of the SUB.

Candidates clash at all-candidates forum in Vertigo Lounge

With the federal election kicking into high gear, the UVSS, the Martlet, Elect Her, the Political Science Course Union, and the Get Out The Vote campaign partnered to host an…

Students protest UVic fossil fuel investments at September Board of Governors meeting

Several dozen student protesters attended the first UVic Board of Governors meeting of the year to speak out against the university’s investments in fossil fuels. In the meeting, the BoG…

Recap of the Sep 23 UVSS Board of Directors meeting

The UVSS Board of Directors met for just over two hours earlier this week to finalize the agenda for their Annual General Meeting (AGM), introduce a new board member, and…

“My heart aches:” UVic community gathers to grieve lives lost in Friday bus crash

University staff and students gathered on Sep. 17 to grieve and support one another after a bus crash killed two first year students in the third incident on road to…

Sexualized Violence Awareness Week brings much-needed discussions to campus

In the era of Me Too, conversations around consent and sexual health are still relatively new to university campuses. UVic's Sexualized Violence Awareness Week hopes to start those conversations through…

EDITORIAL | Dear UVSS Board: We want substantive change, not empty stances

As students head back to school, they’ll get access to a bunch of UVSS-funded perks like Campus Kick Off and the plethora of coupons inside those coveted student agendas. All…