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UVSS elections maintain high turnout for the second consecutive year

A recent upward trend in UVSS voter turnout is striking compared to voter turnout between 2020 and 2023, which fluctuated between 4 to 14.8 per cent.

The UVSS election results are in

Abhee Senthilkumaran will join the Board of Directors as Director of International Student Relations. Previously, Senthilkumaran said she aims to advocate for tuition reduction and transparency. “A lot of time…

Meet the students running for Lead Director roles in this UVSS election

The election opens at 9 a.m. on March 17 and runs until 3 p.m. on March 19. Eligible voters will receive a link to the online ballot at the start…
News Unsettled Native Students Union column

Are you checking up on your Elders?

Many people are worried about jobs, money, and education through the pandemic; but, the gift of families, our Elders, and our communities is worth more than any material gain that…
News Unsettled Native Students Union column

The healthcare system’s treatment of Indigenous people needs to change

Something that has been clear about healthcare in Canada for a long time is that it is, among many other services and institutions, an extremely unsafe place for Indigenous peoples.
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How COVID-19 has emboldened colonial governments

COVID-19 has greatly impacted the entire world in almost every aspect of society. If one is not deemed an essential worker, risking their life every day in the face of…

NEWS UNSETTLED | Changing the name

UVic has decided to decline taking a stance of support Unist’ot’en. For me, this is a testament to the limits of reconciliation. For universities and many Canadian institutions, even the…

LETTER | To the UVic Board of Governors on denying support for the Unist’ot’en

As an institution supposedly committed to supporting the process of reconciliation, UVic must first reconcile its own complicity in silencing the voices of Indigenous matriarchs, and reconsider the decision to…

NEWS UNSETTLED | Addressing the bigger picture

As the Firekeeper of the Native Students Union, I started writing in this column for the sole purpose of pressuring the University of Victoria to address the injustices against the…

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