by Cormac O’Brien | Mar 17, 2016 | News, Provincial
It seems like every week that new contentions arise surrounding the controversial Site C Energy Project. The project, a proposal to dam the Peace River in Northern British Columbia, has been flooding headlines for nearly a decade, and taking up provincial budget plans...
by Cormac O’Brien | Mar 17, 2016 | Culture, Literature
My first exposure to Jordan Abel came in my second-year poetry class at the University of Victoria. Abel came into our class to perform several pieces, and rather than stand meekly at the front of the classroom reading off of a piece of a paper, Abel grabbed his...
by Cormac O’Brien | Mar 16, 2016 | News, Provincial
Premier Christy Clark has pledged her support for the Post-Secondary Sexual Violence Policies Act tabled last week by Andrew Weaver, MLA Oak Bay-Gordon Head, it was announced this afternoon. Premier @christyclarkbc pledges to work with @AJWVictoriaBC on Post-Secondary...
by Cormac O’Brien | Mar 16, 2016 | Campus, News
After a disturbing sexual assault in the spring of 2014 by a classmate, the last thing Lane Foster wanted to face were challenges when beginning her healing process. Foster went to UVic’s Counselling Services just days after her attack, where she alleges her...
by Cormac O’Brien | Mar 4, 2016 | Campus, News
The UVSS Elections Office has announced that Encompass UVic won a decisive victory against the other slates, with only a single director-at-large from Woke UVic winning a place on the next year’s UVSS Board of Directors. A fee increase to support University 101 passed...