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UVSS ELECTIONS | WUSC referendum

Tuqa Al-Mosawi wants to increase the student fee levy for the World University Service of Canada Student Refugee Program that brought her to Canada. The program sponsors refugees who cannot…

UVSS ELECTIONS | Meet the candidates from Inspire UVic

Leading up to the 2020 UVSS election, the Martlet spoke with candidates from the Inspire UVic cooperative. Though each candidate has issues close to their heart, the Inspire cooperative unites…

UVSS ELECTIONS | Meet the candidates from Our UVic

Leading up to the 2020 UVSS election, the Martlet spoke with candidates from the Our UVic cooperative about the most important aspects of their campaign, what compelled them to run,…

UVSS ELECTIONS | Meet independent candidate Dalal Tubeishat

Leading up to the 2020 UVSS election, the Martlet spoke with independent candidate Dalal Tubeishat. Tubeishat is running for Director of Student Affairs on a platform of affordability, sustainability, and…

UVSS ELECTIONS | Meet independent candidate Victoria Ritchie

Leading up to the 2020 UVSS election, the Martlet spoke with independent candidate Victoria Ritchie. Ritchie is running to be a Director-at-Large on a platform of sustainability, inclusivity, and decolonization.

UVSS ELECTIONS | Meet independent candidate Justin Lo

Leading up to the 2020 UVSS election, the Martlet spoke with independent candidate Justin Lo. Lo is running for Director of International Student Relations on a platform of inclusion, multiculturalism,…

Juliet Watts and Kate Fairley elected student representatives for UVic Board of Governors

The results are in — the newly elected student representatives for the 2020-21 UVic Board of Governors are Juliet Watts and Kate Fairley. Although voting ended at 4:30 p.m. on…

UVSS SAGM Tweetcap: UVSS continues to value fun, despite best efforts

The proposed changes to the UVSS’ values involved removing “FUN!!” from the list of values and adding two values, environmental sustainability and decolonization. At the SAGM, multiple students expressed their…

EDITORIAL | What would you do with 15.5 million dollars?

With the deadline for UVSS election nominations coming up on Feb. 10, it’s time for students to step forward. But year after year, we watch as very few people run…