Kindness on campus

Kindness on campus

Heartwarming first-person accounts from UVic students Student stories have been edited for length and clarity. American journalist and poet George Elliston summarized the power of kindness in the opening lines of her poem “How Beautiful”: “How beautiful a day can be /...
UVic says no to faculty layoffs 

UVic says no to faculty layoffs 

The 2026 budget will not include plans for reductions or layoffs  Financial instability has led to faculty layoffs at several B.C. colleges and universities. However, UVic’s Associate Vice President of Academic Resource Planning, Tony Eder, said that UVic’s 2025-26...
A season of champions

A season of champions

How youth clubs and the Vikes created a Vancouver Island basketball revolution Vikes fourth year forward Ethan Boag was cut from his Royal Oak Middle School basketball team in Grade 6. That summer, Boag’s older brother encouraged him to attend the Vikes Nation youth...