by Myles Sauer | Feb 3, 2017 | Campus, News
UVic President Jamie Cassels has appointed a working group to develop “effective and responsive” ways to address the executive order which bans entry into the United States by citizens and refugees of seven designated countries, it was announced at...
by Myles Sauer | Jan 30, 2017 | Campus, News
UVic President Jamie Cassels has issued a statement in response both to President Donald Trump’s executive order which bans entry into the U.S. by citizens and refugees of designated countries, and the terror attack at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City, where...
by Myles Sauer | Jan 26, 2017 | Local, News
A crowd of approximately 2000 people (as reported in the Times Colonist) gathered in Centennial Square on Saturday, Jan. 21, to show solidarity with those women who marched on Washington, D.C. the same day. With the inauguration of Donald Trump fresh in everyone’s...
by Myles Sauer | Jan 26, 2017 | Campus, News
E-cigarette concerns blown out of proportion A comprehensive review of the harms and benefits of e-cigarettes and vapour devices shows that fears of vaping acting as a gateway drug to tobacco use are unfounded, according to UVic’s Centre for Addictions Research of...
by Myles Sauer | Jan 25, 2017 | Campus, News
The halls of the Cunningham Building have lost some of their cheer this year, as science students and faculty mourn the passing of Greig Cosier, a long-time custodian with UVic Facilities Management. Cosier died suddenly on Saturday, Jan. 7. “It was a shock to all of...