Make Transit Work – UVic to Swartz Bay ferry terminal bus route set to return in 2025
The route has been inactive since the pandemic, will be reinstated in January
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Let’s Get Consensual – UVic warns of drink spiking at ‘off-campus’ events
Good Night Out in Victoria, which works to promotes safety in the nightlife scene, says drink spiking can be used to render someone incapacitated and unable to consent to sexual activity
Time to Vote – How to vote in this provincial election as a UVic student
“The most important thing students can do beyond voting to get involved in an election is get informed,” wrote Isabelle Easton, UVSS Director of Campaigns & Community Relations, in a statement to the Martlet.
New Student Welcome 2024
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 […]
Make Transit Work – ‘We have all the tracks. It just needs to be fixed’
Advocates say Vancouver Island’s dormant rail line could be better serving our communities — and students
UVSS Letter in Support of Drug Testing on Campus
Honourable Adrian Dix, Minister of Health PO Box 9050 Stn Prov Govt And Nicole Greengoe Executive Director, Wellness, Recreation, and Athletics Department ARC A250, University of Victoria July 22, 2024 Re: Drug Checking Program at the UVic Student Wellness Centre and Harm Reduction on Campus Dear Dr. Dix, Ms. Greengoe, The University […]
Safer Use – Residence staff began requesting naloxone training in 2022
It took the death of a student for UVic to listen. UVic Community Leaders are not naloxone trained despite being first point of contact in emergencies
Make Transit Work – BC Transit seeks feedback on RapidBus expansion
We talk to Isabelle Easton from the University of Victoria Students’ Society about BC Transit’s proposed plans for RapidBus expansion and their response for students’ calls to reinstate a route connecting UVIC with the Swartz Bay ferry terminal.
UVSS Pride Month Statement – June 2024
The month of June commemorates Pride and is a time of celebration and reflection. Pride was born out of a series of riots, The Stonewall riots, which were championed by the most marginalized within the LGBTQ community — specifically Black and Brown trans women. The Stonewall riots began at the end of June 1989 after […]
Make Transit Work – Your bus might not show up
Safety recall sidelines natural-gas buses, about 11 per cent of the Greater Victoria fleet is being removed from service for repairs.