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Mayoral candidate Lisa Helps takes action

UVic alumna Lisa Helps is a front-runner in the mayoral election, taking place on Nov. 15.

UVic Senate meeting recap: Oct. 3

UVic’s Senate met on Oct. 3 to discuss a variety of proposals and reports from the Committee, Faculty, and Vice-President Academic and Provost.

Fossil fuel divestment: an FAQ

At its annual general meeting, the UVSS will ask undergraduates to choose whether or not to hold a referendum on the issue of fossil fuel divestment next year. In response,…

UVic Board of Governors meeting summary: Sept. 30

Campus planning, fossil fuel divestment, and community engagement updates were on the docket for UVic's BoG on Sept. 30.

LNG to reduce B.C. Ferries’ fares: It’s just going to take a while

On Sept. 22, B.C. Ferries proposed the conversion of its two Spirit-class vessels, the Spirit of Vancouver Island and the Spirit of British Columbia, to dual-fuel engines, which would allow…

UVic satellite team nominated for Dyson Award

UVic’s satellite design club ECOSat has been shortlisted as runner-up for the James Dyson Award, allowing them to compete internationally in the hopes of moving on to the final stage…

Fossil fuel divestment on upcoming UVSS AGM agenda

Following a heated debate at the Sept. 22 UVSS board meeting, the motion to introduce a divestment referendum question to the Annual General Meeting was approved, and scheduled to take…

You can’t say that: Comedy, censorship, and sensitivity

Sitting in his new office on the Fine Arts side o’ town (just across from his old haunts at the Phoenix Theatre), Mark Leiren-Young looks like the kind of professor…

Bringing mental health to light: Info fair aims to raise awareness, decrease stigma

The Equity and Human Rights office, the Mental Health Task Force, and the University of Victoria Students’ Society will be collaborating for “Out of the Shadows and into the Sunshine,”…

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