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UVSS elections maintain high turnout for the second consecutive year

A recent upward trend in UVSS voter turnout is striking compared to voter turnout between 2020 and 2023, which fluctuated between 4 to 14.8 per cent.

The UVSS election results are in

Abhee Senthilkumaran will join the Board of Directors as Director of International Student Relations. Previously, Senthilkumaran said she aims to advocate for tuition reduction and transparency. “A lot of time…

Meet the students running for Lead Director roles in this UVSS election

The election opens at 9 a.m. on March 17 and runs until 3 p.m. on March 19. Eligible voters will receive a link to the online ballot at the start…

UVic’s gender affirming care plans enter their second year available to students

Medical care through the UVSS’s insurance partner GreenShield covers up to $5 000 per eligible procedure, to a lifetime maximum of $10 000. Procedures covered by GreenShield in B.C. include…

The SSD is bringing back its popular cooking classes

Donaldson told the Martlet that the suspension, enacted ahead of SSD’s 2024–2025 budget, was in response to a pivot in financial planning due to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

UVSS asks continuing studies students not to use food bank anymore

The UVSS requested that students from continuing studies, a key demographic of regular food bank users, no longer access the resource. 

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…

Students of Colour Collective set to open communal pantry 

“We’re really hoping to have this lounge sort of feel like a third space for BIPOC students when they’re on campus,” said Qureshi. “We want people to know we exist…

Graduate Students Society referendum introduces gender affirming care

On June 7, 2024, UVic’s Graduate Students Society (GSS) passed a referendum that will introduce gender affirming care and other amendments. 

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