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Faculty of Graduate Studies Council gets Senate approval

The landscape of graduate education will be getting a makeover in the coming year, as the Senate approved the proposal to establish a Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) Council on…

Board of Governors continues divestment stall, moves on residence fee increases

The UVic Board of Governors stood firm on two big issues March 30 by stalling any decision regarding divestment from fossil fuels, and passing the budget framework for the 2016-17…

No foolin’—March 31 SGM makes quorum

While most students were preoccupied with final exams and assignments, or just content to lie in the afternoon sun, enough of them made it to the UVSS Special General Meeting…

Student arrested for sexual assault won’t be charged

A University of Victoria student who was arrested on five counts of sexual assault will not face criminal charges after Crown Counsel decided not to approve them on Thursday, April…

State of the unions: What CUPE 4163’s fight teaches us

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. And where there’s a union, there’s an answer. The status of employment on campus may not be at the forefront of everyone’s minds,…

Woke UVic disqualification overruled

An arbitration panel has found insufficient grounds to disqualify Woke UVic from the 2016 UVSS elections, and has overturned the previous rulings of the UVSS Elections Chief Electoral Officer and…

Woke UVic disqualified, appeals ruling; Senate and BoG results released

UPDATE March 23: The disqualification has been overruled. On Tuesday, March 8, the UVSS Elections office announced that the entire Woke UVic slate had been disqualified from the UVSS student…

R.I.S.E. Summit gathers students to ‘support, nurture, and heal’

Two University of Victoria students, Sue Bishop and Simone Blais, will be attending the inaugural Racialized Indigenous Student Experience (R.I.S.E) Summit, hosted in Scarborough, Ont., from March 19–21. The summit…

UVic answers TRC’s call with Indigenous Academic Plan

On Dec. 15, 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada released its final report, outlining the ways in which Canadian society must redress the country’s legacy of residential…

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