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Meet Avalon Wasteneys: UVic student and Olympic champion
Avalon Wasteneys was sitting in a second year UVic anthropology course when the class discussion sidetracked to the Olympic Games. The psychology major contributed to the conversation, and her peers…
Following resignation, Barney Williams suspended by Rowing Canada for 12 months
Rowing Canada (RCA) has released their full decision into the conduct of former UVic Women’s Rowing Coach Barney Williams. Williams resigned in a mutual agreement with UVic on April 18.…
Women’s rowing coach Barney Williams resigns in mutual agreement with UVic
After multiple investigations, a lawsuit, and an alumni letter, Williams is moving on UVic Women’s Rowing Coach Barney Williams has resigned in a mutual agreement with UVic. Since 2019, at…Inside UVic’s investigations of Vikes rowing coach Barney Williams, and the 60 alumni calls to re-conduct them
Williams is still coaching, despite at least 17 known allegations, a pending lawsuit from a former Vikes athlete, and an alumni letter calling for more action from UVic By spring…
UVic Women’s Rowing team deletes Instagram comments, shares photos of former rower critical of athletes who spoke out against head coach
Following UVic’s investigation into allegations against coach Barney Williams, members of the Vikes varsity women’s rowing team deleted comments on the team’s Instagram account which criticized the team, and shared…
LETTER | Re: “Celebrated Vikes Women’s Rowing Head Coach under investigation for abuse and harassment”
"In its exchanges with the writer, the university explained that privacy law strictly limits what information it can provide. This includes whether a complaint has been filed against an employee,…Vikes teams head into championship month
November is a stressful month for most students, with midterms in full swing and finals not too far away. For plenty of varsity athletes, however, November means something entirely different:…No trophies, but boatloads of medals for UVic rowing team
When the Vikes rowing teams returned to Victoria after the Canadian University Rowing Championships, they did so with heavier suitcases. The men’s and women’s teams won eight medals at the…Our Digital Print Issue
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