Higher learning or efficient spending?

by | Sep 25, 2014 | Op-eds, Opinions

My feelings for our institution are familial; it is both loved and hated. These feelings confounded me one day in the bookstore café. After buying coffee from the university-owned subsidiary, I saw a shelf of plastic piggy-banks for sale which read “UVIC,’ scrawled...
Bringing mental health to light: Info fair aims to raise awareness, decrease stigma

UVic-wide campaign speaks out for consent

by | Sep 11, 2014 | Campus, News

For the first time, Sexualized Violence Awareness Week will be included as part of UVic’s New Student Orientation. The Anti-Violence Project (AVP), the on-campus sexual assault centre, is co-operating with the University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) and UVic...

Local community unites for AfriCa Fest

by | Jun 11, 2014 | Local, News

The second annual AfriCa Fest took over Centennial Square in downtown Victoria on May 24, aiming to educate the public about African and Caribbean culture. “There’s a non-negligible amount of Afro-Caribbean people here in Victoria and in B.C., and it’s about time to...