Jamie Cassels

UVic Senate passes program changes and talks enrolment at Nov. 1 meeting

Driven out of the Senate Chambers by convocation regalia and without President and Senate Chair Jamie Cassels, the UVic Senate met in a lecture room in the David Strong Building…

The four biggest news stories you might have missed this summer

Although many students were away from campus this summer — visiting home, on co-op, or traveling to exotic places — that didn’t keep UVic and Victoria from announcing several major…

UVic President Jamie Cassels announces resignation effective June 2020

Earlier today, UVic President Jamie Cassels announced that he will be stepping down from his position at the university next year, on June 30, 2020. According to the university, the…

EDITORIAL | Activism shouldn’t take a summer holiday

As classes end and exam season wraps up, students head back home, jet off to Southeast Asia, or relocate for a four-month internship or co-op in a new city. The…

The Students Strike Back: UVic students take over Senate Chambers

On Tuesday, March 26, a mass of students — estimated between 100 and 200 people — rallied outside the University Centre Building at the University of Victoria to protest the…

EDITORIAL | Money can’t buy a rich learning environment

On March 26, the UVic Board of Governors is planning to raise international student tuition fees once again, this time by 15 per cent. When the cost of university is…

EDITORIAL | Why lack of student engagement is in UVic’s best interest

As students shuffle about, UVic laughs All across campus last week, students  walked past the larger-than-life images of aspiring student politicians on posters half-falling off buildings and — let’s face…

May 29 Board of Governors Tweetcap

Tuesday, May 29’s board meeting was a casual one, held in a boardroom in the Michael Williams Building, rather than the typical location within the Senate Chambers. Still, an important…

Now I am become bees, destroyer of clock

Tick-tock, Jamie Cassels. Tick. Tock. Clearihue Clock was first installed in 1963, when the building was unveiled to the public. Nowadays, students might not notice the clock because they have…

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