by Stuart Armstrong | Feb 7, 2013 | Sports | Lifestyle
Like other universities in Canada, UVic has a growing problem with student depression, and UVic Counselling Services is having difficulty managing. There are 10 counsellors to deal with the entire student body (approximately one counsellor per 2 000 students), plus a...
by Stuart Armstrong | Feb 7, 2013 | News
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, spoke to a packed auditorium in UVic’s David Strong Building on January 23 for what she described as “part of my responsibility as the Member for Parliament for the Saanich-Gulf Islands.” She added, “regardless of...
by Stuart Armstrong | Feb 4, 2013 | News
On the evening of January 16 some 70 students attended UVic Environmental Round Table (UVERT) 3.0 , an annual activity put on by UVic environmental advocacy group Common Energy. These students generated some 18 issues that they wanted to discuss in six groups around...
by Stuart Armstrong | Dec 20, 2012 | News
Murray Rankin, the newly elected New Democrat MP for Victoria, is off to Ottawa and he is working with government ministers and public service officials on post-secondary funding and environmental regulations. Rankin says he wants to create a series of initiatives...
by Stuart Armstrong | Dec 13, 2012 | Opinions
As we approach the holiday season, I usually start thinking about the Dickensian themes of love, family and good will towards my fellow man. And then I remember that I know a lot of people who found their families not by being born into them, but by collecting them...