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Impending earthquake on Vancouver Island ‘inevitable,’ experts say

According to the current earthquake media frenzy, experts are claiming that impending events will rip open the earth “like a zipper.” Unfortunately for residents near the Juan de Fuca plate,…

Students work in big oil

UVic invests more than just money in fossil fuels

Judge rules in favour of UVic in recent YPY lawsuit

UVic’s pro-life group, Youth Protecting Youth (YPY), faces a legal setback after a B.C. Supreme Court ruling last week. In 2013, the group was denied the booking of an outdoor…

Upcoming forum explores assumptions in the classroom

UVic will hold its eighth annual Provost’s Diversity Research Forum from Jan. 29–30. This year’s forum, titled Privilege & Prejudice: Assumptions in Learning, will explore how perceptions such as gender,…

UVic seeking input for campus infrastructure plan

With the first phase of the Campus Plan Update officially underway, the University of Victoria welcomes input and participation from the campus community and general public to help provide a…

Board Shorts: Jan. 19

Correction: A previous version of this article erroneously stated that UVic Pride representative Cal Mitchell promoted the Walk A Mile In Her Shoes campaign, and that Pride and the Students of Colour…

Divestment discussion reaches municipal level

On Jan. 12, students and citizens of Victoria packed the Downtown Community Centre for a town hall meeting on fossil fuel divestment. The event, named Our Dollars, Our Future, was…

Grading anonymity in UVic Course Experience Surveys

While the new electronic system does require a NetLink ID, Dawson says the previous system was not ideal as procedures thought to be university-wide were not uniformly implemented.

UVic sociology prof shares his research via TEDx Talks

Though he hasn’t been in Victoria for long, UVic sociology professor Garry Gray has stepped beyond the classroom to present his research on the ethics of knowledge production. In November…