UVSS successfully advocates for ONECard name change
The option is available for two-spirit, trans, non-binary, gender nonconforming, or recently married students
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Statement against transphobia on campus
To the UVic students, staff, and faculty, It is with great sadness and pain that we must respond to a spree of transphobic and transmisogynistic graffiti across campus. This type of hate is not welcome on our campus. Collectively as the University of Victoria Student Society’s (UVSS) Advocacy Groups, we exist to support the diversity […]
UVic Students’ Society asks for better communication from university
The University of Victoria Students’ Society says they want better communication from the university in the future to avoid situations like the last-minute move to online exams earlier this week.
UVSS Statement on UVic’s decision to shift to online exams
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the UVSS has continued to advocate for the safety and accessibility needs of students at the University of Victoria. We support UVic’s decision to shift from in-person exams to online exams or alternative arrangements — something that students have been asking for since last week’s rise in COVID-19 cases on campus. […]
UVSS Statement on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. This new statutory holiday, also known as Orange Shirt Day, was established to recognize lives lost to and survivors of residential schools across so-called Canada. As students who work and study at an educational institution, the UVSS Board acknowledges the connection our education […]
National Indigenous Peoples Day
June is National Indigenous History Month, and today is National Indigenous Peoples Day. Today, the UVSS Board recognizes the beauty, strength and knowledge of Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island. We especially recognize the W̲SÁNEĆ and Lək̓ʷəŋən peoples of whose lands we do our work and our learning on. If you are on or near the […]