Victoria – Today UVic and Camosun students delivered 2,200 postcards to the Victoria Regional Transit Commission (VRTC) calling on the Commission and BC Transit to expand late-night bus service. “Since the Transit Commission launched a limited late-night bus service six years ago, this program has seen enormous success and has experienced a large spike in […]
In regards to many questions and concerns that have been raised by our members about the overturn in funding for the Undergraduates of Political Science (UPS) and their upcoming conference “Discourses on Sovereignty: Land, Borders and Bodies” the Board of Directors would like to issue this statement to explain our actions. On October 7, the […]
At the October 26, 2015 meeting of the UVSS Board of Directors, the Undergraduates of Political Science (UPS) requested $6000 for their conference on Sovereignty: Land, Borders and Bodies, through Course Union Council. The Board tabled this motion as concerns were raised about the content of the conference and the lack of proper consultation with […]
Victoria – The Victoria Regional Transit Commission will provide every refugee resettled in the greater Victoria region with a free one-year bus pass. A motion to establish this program was brought forward by Kenya Rogers, Director of External Relations for the University of Victoria Students’ Society (UVSS) and member of the Victoria Regional Transit Commission. […]
Victoria – As British Columbians were focussed on Canada’s 2015 Federal Election, the B.C. government quietly proposed amendments to the University Act that could result in funding cuts to vital programs and services for BC’s college and university students. Bill 41 – the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act – is set for a second reading today. […]
Victoria – Post-secondary students can now be added to the growing list of community stakeholders that local Conservative candidates running in the federal election are refusing to meet with. “It’s unfortunate that the Conservative Party is choosing to put the control of its message and iron-fisted media management ahead of engaging with students – some […]
Victoria – The University of Victoria Student Society (UVSS) Board of Directors recently passed a motion standing in solidarity with survivors of the residential school system and those living with the intergenerational effects of colonial violence and systemic racism. The motion supports all 94 recommendations made by the TRC and urges all levels of government, […]