CUPE unions contest UVic executives’ salaries

Amid recent UVic budget cuts and the current CUPE strike on campus, CUPE UVic has expressed concerned over executive compensation at the university. CUPE UVic stated in an Aug. 24 press release that the union’s post-secondary workers’ wages “fell in real terms by six...

UVic raises Work Study wages, cuts hours

UVic’s Work Study program, which provides campus work experience for students requiring financial assistance, is seeing an increase to its pay rate for the first time in over a decade. But the increase means fewer Work Study hours will be available to students. In...

Beyond PowerPoint and YouTube

<p class=”p1″>When a cell phone ring interrupts a class or a student watches the latest talking-animal video on their laptop instead of listening to the professor, it’s clear the age of technology has taken over campus. While some UVic...
Gender-inclusive washrooms officially open in the SUB

Gender-inclusive washrooms officially open in the SUB

On Aug. 29, two formerly gendered washrooms in the main concourse of the UVic Student Union Building (SUB) were reopened as multi-stall gender-inclusive washrooms, meaning any person of any perceived gender can use either space. “The driving force behind why we...