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A conversation with Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire
UVic’s Department of Humanities honoured Roméo Dallaire as the first recipient of their Public Humanist award for his role as the commander of the United Nations peacekeeping mission during the…
10-day pledge to eat only dumpster food raises money for Inuit communities
Today — Monday, Jan. 14 — marks day seven of the UVic students’ challenge As garbage bins fill with food waste in urban centres across the country, the stomachs of…
Legal action continues against forced or coerced sterilization practices in Canada
In 2017, two First Nations women in Saskatoon launched a class-action lawsuit against the province of Saskatchewan, each seeking seven million dollars in damages after they had been sterilized without…
The Minister of Status of Women on gender in politics, student leadership, and referendums
“You are the most powerful generation to have ever lived. You have the most at stake and the least voice at the table.” On Nov. 26, the Martlet had the…
Hundreds block Johnson Street Bridge, six arrested in name of a livable climate
Around 250 people gathered in the middle of Johnson Street Bridge, Victoria, on Monday night to hold a candle-lit vigil for a livable climate. Traffic was disrupted for about two…
UVic hosts fourth annual Building Reconciliation Forum
“Education got us into this mess, so it’s education that has to get us out” Nearly 250 leading thinkers from universities, federal and regional governments, and Indigenous communities and governing…
New campus group asks why UVic isn’t talking about generational poverty
Shoestring Initiative aims to dismantle ‘Bootstrap’ ideology at UVic and beyond A new group on campus is taking big steps to break down the stigma students experience with generational poverty.…Our Digital Print Issue
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