This will be my second last update as your campaigns director! What a journey it has been. I will leave reminiscing to my April update. Let’s talk about what has happened in March! Count on Our Vote The Count on Our Vote campaign really came to the forefront this month, with tabling and many different […]
This February the “community relations” bit of my title was most prevalent, with amazing conferences and partnerships formed across Canada. Converge 2017 Early in the month, I had the incredible opportunity to represent UVic at Converge 2017, a conference where students, politicians, and university executives came together to develop a vision for what we wanted […]
Happy new year! I know, a little late. The start of 2017 has been awesome for UVSS campaigns, and we are excited to let you know what we have been up to! TextbookBroke Semester 2! This year we ran the #TextbookBroke campaign for the second time, and although we got less entries, the reach was […]
What a wonderful last couple weeks it has been at the UVSS! Definitely some exciting updates from the campaigns department and much more in store for next semester. Lobbying on Housing First, we have continued to meet with Saanich city councilor Fred Haynes and the University of Victoria to discuss a viable solution to the housing crisis in Victoria: allowing […]
Last Friday, on October 27th, a host of spooky, quirky and creative costume-attired runners joined the UVSS campaign team to participate in Run for your Brain, a Halloween themed obstacle course with the purpose of promoting mental health on campus. The course, which consisted of fun challenges such as hay bails, quidditch, a spoon race […]
The University of Victoria Students’ Society is at it again! In addition to providing students with many fun events throughout the school year, your student-run non-profit also does municipal, provincial, and national advocacy to represent everyone in the UVic community. On October 11th, UVSS Director of Campaigns Maxwell Nicholson presented a series of student-focused recommendations to […]