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April 9, 2016April 3, 2018

Relaxation Station at the Law Library

On Friday, the Law Library blissfully launched the Relaxation Station, a pilot initiative aimed to support mental, emotional and physical well-being during the exam period. The Relaxation Station, located in a quiet corner on the main floor of the Law Library, can be a stopping point in anyone’s day.

With comfy couches, natural light, and activities that may calm, relax, or refocus the mind, the Station is a place all students, faculty and staff can pause for a while to knit, crochet, colour or just be. You may also be helping someone else: completed knit and crochet projects will be donated to a local charitable organization. Let the Relaxation Station be a stopping point for you!

March 15, 2016July 8, 2016

First Nation advocate Mavis Gillie carries Gitxan Talking Stick

Mavis Gillie received an honourary doctorate from UVic March 9, and carried the Gitxan Talking Stick, which is held by and displayed in the law library, at the special convocation ceremony in her honour.

Professor Hamar Foster quoted from Spirit Dance at Meziadin: Joseph Gosnell and the Nisga’a Treaty by Alex Rose (E99 N734G67) when he praised Ms. Gillie as “a tireless, volunteer soldier in the struggle for justice.” A Times-Colonist article provides further coverage.