Scenes from Join the Circle: Act Against Violence

by | Dec 7, 2012 | News

On Dec. 3, classes were cancelled between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. for an event called Join the Circle: Act Against Violence. A crowd gathered in UVic’s quad near Petch Fountain to hear people speak out against violence in its myriad forms. (To read more about how...

Changing the way we build

by | Dec 6, 2012 | News

UVic and the UVic Students’ Society (UVSS) have not yet met accessibility goals say front-line advocates including the Society for Students with a Disability (SSD) and Gordon Argyle, the accessibility co-ordinator for UVic Facilities Management. Argyle, who began...

Grappling with group projects

by | Nov 29, 2012 | Business | Tech

The slacker. The control freak. The coat-tail rider. The space case. No one wants them in the big group project assigned in class. Students bemoan group projects even without having to work with these types of people. Everyone was so busy, coordinating was nearly...

B.C. launches anti-bullying website

by | Nov 29, 2012 | News

The launch of the ERASE Bullying website (erasebullying.ca) on Nov. 13 is the latest addition to the B.C. government’s 10-point anti-bullying strategy. The website not only provides students, parents and educators with resources and information; it also offers...