We cleaned up 1000lbs OF TRASH for #plasticfreejuly!
After an inspiring semester and the first couple months of warm weather I was met with the latest environmental hashtag #plasticfreejuly. My girlfriend and...
After an inspiring semester and the first couple months of warm weather I was met with the latest environmental hashtag #plasticfreejuly. My girlfriend and...
Sometimes you look through your course list and you see a course title and know immediately that it is going to incredible. This summer...
When I saw UVic undergraduate student Paige Whitehead’s picture up on the main page of the UVic website I was like “gosh dang it...
Have you ever been in class hearing about some cool project or initiative that you have wanted to check out, but it exists on...
When I decided that I was going on exchange it didn’t really seem like a big deal. This trip would be a cool experience,...
The Netherlands is known for their bikes, and after two months of riding one every single day I feel like I’m already taking it...
Since my first day in a Geography class I have been looking for real world examples of what we we’re learning about. We would...
As a geography student I hear a lot about these idyllic European cities that have solar power and windmills and gigantic bike parkades, so...
My international exchange to the Netherlands has had a rather interesting start. Within 8 hours of landing in my new home of Utrecht I...
Every year the Geography department hosts a grown-up field trip for the hydrology nerds to go visit our city’s drinking water reservoir. Forty five...
It seems that my reading breaks are destined to be be interesting, what a bummer. This time around we went on a family trip...
Remember that one time I went to the Philippines for my reading break? *Long Profound Silence* Since I’ve come back, I’ve been asked a...
As a student, dreams of reading break start as soon as your midterms are over. “I’m going home to visit my family” or “I’m...
Every time my parents come to see me it’s like my whole life gets an overhaul. The fridge gets emptied then re-filled again. We...
Whether you’re coming from your parents’ basement in our local municipality of Saanich, or the other side of the planet, you’re going to need...
It gives me great shame to admit that I am a job snob. I have spent months trying to find an occupation that is...
Let’s set the scene; you’ve just graduated high school and you’ve been accepted by the University of Victoria. With this whole new life ahead...
With so many things happening around campus it is easy to let things slip by. Ideafest should not be one of them. At the...
Every day I get to see this awesome view while I wait for the bus to school, and every day this boat just sits there....
There’s a mentality in the academia world that says you should be willing to ‘do everything it takes’ and to ‘sacrifice it all’ to...