We asked community leaders and educators about Canada’s sesquicentennial anniversary, to reflect on this country’s present, past, and future. Annalee Lepp | Chair of the Gender Studies Department The Martlet:…
Autism and Neurodiversity in Universities If you look at how autism is portrayed in the popular media, you might be forgiven for assuming that autistic kids never grow up to…
The ‘cultural appropriation prize’, proposed by then-editor Hal Niedzviecki in an issue of Write magazine dedicated to Indigenous writers and the following bandwagon of high-profile white Canadians who publicly jumped…
Dear UVic, I have a confession: I’m a nerd. That’s right; a pun-loving, glasses-wearing, life-long learner, a lover of science and politics and all things academic. I am involved in…
On May 4, Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver led a townhall discussion at UVic introducing Bill 23, or the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act. While this latest legislation…
Hello, The gender-neutral washrooms in the SUB interested me for a few seconds when I first entered the building. Then it became pretty clear that they were previously gender-binary and…
This story was originally published in The Strand, Victoria University’s student paper, on Feb. 23. TORONTO — With the drawn-out release of his seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo , Kanye West…
This story was originally published in The Other Press, Douglas College’s student newspaper, on Feb. 24. NEW WESTMINSTER — On Feb. 24, many people across B.C. will participate in Pink Shirt Day,…