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Student 'likely would not have died' if UVic staff acted differently: report New review by retired Abbotsford Police Chief Bob Rich is critical of the university's response to the overdose of two ...
Paramedic suspected fatal UVic call was more serious than 911 report Paramedic, firefighter, police officer testify at coroner's inquest for UVic student Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, who died of a ...
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey, associate vice-president of academic programs, says UVic will release guidelines on AI use before January.
Six unions from the University of Victoria presented a letter Monday urging the province to put an end to years of budget cuts. The letter, handed to Post-Secondary Education Minister Lisa Beare ...
Two new student housing buildings at the University of Victoria (UVic) have been given names to reflect the language and culture of local Indigenous people.
The inquest into the drug death of an 18-year-old University of Victoria student last year heard testimony Friday from the 911 operator who handled the call.
The mother of an 18-year-old student who died in a University of Victoria dorm wept as she testified at a coroner’s inquest into her daughter’s death, a high-profile case that has led to major ...
The University of Victoria has discontinued an almost 20-year-old program that provided free, non-credit courses to people who have difficulty accessing higher education, citing “recurrent ...
Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, a student at the University of Victoria, died in January 2024 of fentanyl poisoning. She and her friend collapsed in a dorm room. Her friend survived.
The University of Victoria is creating a new Bachelor of Science degree focussing on climate science. Students will learn how to gather and analyze climate data, and then how to engage with public ...
Paramedic, firefighter, police officer testify at coroner’s inquest for UVic student Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, who died of a drug overdose.