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UVic Students ticketed after partying for a second weekend in a row

For UVic students, the party doesn’t stop for a pandemic. In a press release, Saanich PD said they issued 11 tickets for lack of physical distancing and 14 tickets for…
on campus party at UVic during pandemic being shut down by SaanichPD

On the first weekend back on campus, UVic residence students party on during pandemic

Around nine p.m., UVic students started trickling out of their residences and began gathering in the quad. The crowd quickly
Graphic of person feeling the long wait times for mental health services

Students detail long wait times for mental health services

“So having this feeling of ‘I’m doing the right thing to obtain counselling,’ but when those services are difficult or even unattainable it feels like a huge failure.”
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Pandemic! At the Campus: free roaming deer, activism ephemera, a campus without its people

A look around campus during the COVID-19 pandemic
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UVic launching new website and Brightspace online learning system

Brightspace to replace Coursespaces ahead of term where 90 per cent of undergraduate courses will be online The University of Victoria will not only welcome a new President this fall,…
RAF UVic chemist Katherine Elvira is investigating low-cost patient monitoring solutions for COVID-19. Photo: UVic Photos Services

UVic announces new fund dedicated to speed up COVID-19 research

Research Accelerator Fund focused on COVID-19 recovery, future research projects As the world rushes to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Victoria announced on July 28 that they’ve…
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Undergraduate-led initiative calls for greater action on equity, diversity, and inclusion by UVic’s Faculty of Science

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, two UVic undergraduate students noticed a marked absence of engagement with racism and its role in the world of science.…
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CSEC undergoing increased training, accountability measures after UVSS negotiations

Additional suicide intervention skills and Indigenous Cultural Acumen Training will be given to all CSEC officers Following two major peace rallies that brought thousands of people to Victoria’s downtown core…
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B.C. government breaks ground on two new UVic residence buildings

New residence buildings will provide nearly 800 beds On Monday morning, representatives from the B.C. government came up to UVic to officially announced the construction of two new UVic residence…

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