Opinions
We needed climate action yesterday
Heat wave emphasizes the crisis in “climate crisis” We sound like a broken record. Students, scientists, and concerned members of the community have been calling for climate action for decades…
Our climate crisis foreshadows the end of days, but we may still have time to rewrite the ending
It’s the end of the world, and it didn’t start with COVID-19. Our ecological crisis has been going on for much longer than that.
Horgan’s old-growth logging rhetoric exposes his colonial ignorance
Horgan's government’s actions and rhetoric surrounding old-growth logging and the blockades at Fairy Creek only point to how entrenched in it they really are.The importance of Indigenous history month
This Indigenous History Month, and all after, read a book by an Indigenous author, unlearn what you have and learn the true history of Canada.
Our home on stolen land
Indigenous peoples have watched white colonial settlers celebrating over 150 Canada Days — celebrating a day when four provinces joined together and proclaimed land that was not theirs to be…
Nocturnal studying, disconnection, and stress: The life of an international student studying online from South Asia
Time differences have disrupted my body clock, social life, and connection with Canadian culture Like many students, I started online classes in September 2020. However, unlike most of my classmates…Letter to the Editor: Hold the NDP Accountable to Protecting BC’s Old Growth Forests
This is a letter to the editor. The Martlet has an open letters policy and will endeavour to print every letter received from members of the universitycommunity, with priority to…
Why doesn’t UVic have more buildings named after women?
Walking around campus it is easy to see the longstanding legacy of many past Presidents, Chancellors, and Chairs of the Board of Governors at UVic when looking at the names…Our Digital Print Issue
