Native Students Union News Today

The words “Free, free Palestine” echoed throughout UVic as hundreds of students made their way around Ring Road with six calls to action.

As the search for a new coordinator continues, the NSU is facing the repercussions of the UVSS decision to fire their coordinator. 

This October marks the launch of the UVic Advocacy for Inclusive Recreation’s (AIR) fall program after a successful summer pilot program.

This is my last News Unsettled and my way of saying farewell. I joined the Native Students Union (NSU) three years ago. It was at the fall

I spent my first year at the University of Victoria (UVic) isolated from the Indigenous community on campus. I come from a small town known for its totems and hiking trails and spent 13 years at the same small private school with a student population of just over 300 people. At university, I was a small fish in a big pond for the first time.

The UVSS has come under scrutiny after the Jan. 24 board meeting renewed interest in the previous year’s Board of Directors’ decision to reallocate funds collected for the PIRG.

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UVSS student affairs race heats up as candidate Hazam Nasir expresses reservations about sexualized violence training and advocacy groups on the board Photos provided. Two candidates are vying to be the next UVSS director of student affairs. Their platforms and stances on key issues, like advocacy groups and sexualized violence, are very different. Mariel Hernández is currently a director-at-large on the board and Hazam Nasir runs the UVic Tip Instagram page.  In her platform, Hernández emph...

A typical wall in the David Turpin Building during the 2020 UVSS election. Photo by Astra Lund-Phillips. We are about to enter the quietest UVSS election campaign yet. With on-campus chalking, in-person campaigning, slates, and cooperatives all banned during this year’s election, how will UVSS director-hopefuls attract the attention of the fickle student vote?  We’re the only newspaper that regularly reports on what’s happening at the UVSS. Our advice to this year’s UVSS hopefuls: don�...