by Ruby Harris | Apr 16, 2026 | Campus, News, Provincial
This move supports the province’s “Look West” strategy to grow targeted sectors, including technology, AI and quantum, and life science. On Feb. 19, the B.C. government announced an investment of $1.9 million in UVic research infrastructure through the British...
by Ruby Harris | Mar 26, 2026 | Campus, News
Several grad students have filed a formal complaint, arguing the GSS’s referendum process was “substantially unfair” In the most recent Graduate Students Society (GSS) election, almost two-thirds of voting graduate students supported a referendum question to cut...
by Ruby Harris | Mar 5, 2026 | Meetings
Senate heard discussions about the university’s demographic data, awards, enrolment levels, and an overhaul of the AWR The full agenda is available for review here. The meeting started with a motion to approve the minutes of the last Senate meeting on Jan. 9. After a...
by Ruby Harris | Mar 4, 2026 | Campus, Elections, News
Graduate students can vote from March 4–6 on this and four other referendum questions UVic’s World University Service of Canada (WUSC) local committee, which sponsors three to four refugees each year to study at UVic, is currently the subject of a fee reduction...
by Ruby Harris | Feb 26, 2026 | Culture, Events, Film
A Wolf Among Swans The 2024 film, A Wolf Among the Swans, directed by Helena Varvaki and Marcos Schechtman, follows the career of Thiago Soares (Matheus Abreu), a young hip hop dancer from the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, who is offered the once-in-a-lifetime...