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Austrian shares Holocaust research at Legacy Gallery

On Jan. 22, Legacy Gallery hosted the first of four lectures to take place this spring, titled Racism, Memory, and Politics of the European City. Victoria welcomed Dr. Barbara Kintaert…

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…

UBCO to study marijuana as PTSD treatment

The University of British Columbia Okanagan (UCBO) and Tilray, a Health Canada-licensed producer of medicinal marijuana, will team up in a study to treat veterans, first responders, and sexual assault…

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