Check out our committee schedule and a description of what committees are. These are all open committees, so you can just pop on in!
We have board meetings two Mondays a month at 6pm, which are live streamed via our Facebook page. You can see past minutes and upcoming agendas, too.
We’re looking for many awesome volunteers throughout the year, and especially at the beginning of the term!
Thank you, Elder Terri Barnhard for your welcome and prayer
Good afternoon everyone, My name is Bunni Williams. I use they/them pronouns and I am your Director of Outreach and University Relations of the University of Victoria Students’ Society. I am from the unceded and unsurrendered territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen and Semiahmoo nations and move to the Lekwungen and Wsanec peoples land to start my education in 2019.
Dear Dr. Dix, Ms. Greengoe,
The University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) is writing to express our strong support for the implementation of a drug testing program at the Student Wellness Centre (SWC). Earlier this year, a tragic incident occurred in which an undergraduate student living in residence at the University of Victoria passed away as a result of the province’s pervasive toxic drug supply epidemic. Since 2017, the UVSS has been actively conducting naloxone training programs through the Student Wellness Centre. Following the unfortunate fatal overdose of 18-year-old Sidney McIntyre-Starko in January, we have observed increased participation in our naloxone training program among undergraduate students.
June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day on Turtle Island. National Indigenous Peoples Day acknowledges the resilience of Indigenous communities and culture despite ongoing cis-hetero-patriarchal colonialism that strives to uphold systems of oppression through genocide, racism, land dispossession efforts and more. Their celebration is a form of resistance for the self determination that Indigenous communities demonstrate in preserving their diverse culture that North America continuously infringes on.
Reconciliation is not just reflection but it requires meaningful action in the ways of being, knowing, and doing as we continue to exist on Indigenous lands. It is encouraged that students who are settlers recognize and reflect on their privilege to live and learn on the unceded, unsurrendered territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Notably, those of us who are settlers living on these lands have a responsibility to understand that our continued presence on stolen lands showcases that the structure of colonialism continues to this day; colonialism is ongoing, not simply an event of the past (Tuck & Yang 2012).
Undergrad students who are members of the UVSS and are registered in at least 3 units of on-campus classes in September or January including co-op or distance students are automatically covered by the UVSS Enhanced Health & Dental Plan.
UVSS Members now have access to a flexible benefit model that offers students two different coverage options, the Enhanced Plan (higher coverage at higher cost) and the Basic Plan (lower coverage at lower cost).
Choose your coverage plan , mix and match portions of both, or opt out during the Change-of-Coverage Period each year.
See studentcare.ca for more info.