by Paul Voll | Nov 21, 2024 | Campus, Culture, Environmental, News, Science
The university’s location and position on Reconciliation show opportunity for more field study, says professor According to Dr. Ben Neal, a biology professor at UVic, the university’s undergraduate marine biology program could expand to include more locally applied...
by Paul Voll | Nov 21, 2024 | Campus, Culture, News
UVic’s climate action plan promises major changes to how we live and learn According to UVic’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan (CSAP), the university’s campus may look and operate quite differently by 2030. Although many of the CSAP’s initiatives are long-term...
by Paul Voll | Nov 21, 2024 | Editorials, Sports, Sports | Lifestyle
Varsity sports can’t keep contributing to the climate crisis The sports industry and climate change are inextricably linked. One estimate reports that the 600-billion-dollar global sports industry is responsible for a total of 350 million tons of CO2e (carbon...
by Paul Voll | Nov 7, 2024 | Sports, Sports | Lifestyle
‘I just want to soak it all in’ Vikes basketball player Diego Maffia enters his fifth and final season at UVic with one thing left to accomplish: winning a national championship. Individually, he’s done it all. Maffia’s 2023-24 accolades — too extensive to list in...
by Paul Voll | Nov 7, 2024 | Lifestyle, Sports | Lifestyle
Explore beautiful British Columbia this reading week Reading break at UVic runs from Nov. 11 to 13, but because Nov. 11 is Remembrance Day, students technically have just two official scheduled days off. I would advocate for a longer reading break that allows students...