Easing your Anxieties about Starting at UVic
In the weeks and months leading up to my first year at UVic, I was super anxious about logistics. How do I know where...
Author: Maddy
The Top 5 UVic Courses that Every Student Should Take
I often see posts on the UVic Reddit or other social media asking what courses are the easiest to take at UVic. But what...
The Impact Your Co-Op can Have
We see a lot on campus and online about what completing Co-Ops can do for students — whether it’s building career skills, bolstering your...
Tips for Maintaining a Social Life in University
One of the biggest challenges of university is finding ways to balance a social life with your academics. University is a time when you...
Random UVic Hailstorm
Ah Victoria—the weather always keeps us guessing. I was walking through the library today and heard what sounded like pounding rain. I braced myself...
4 Reasons Why Applicants to UVic Should Attend Recruitment Events at UVic
As someone who’s lived in Victoria for most of my life and thought I had a pretty good idea what UVic was like while...
5 Downtown Victoria Local Shops to Check out
Not only is shopping from a local business best for the economy and community, you can also find unique gifts when you shop local....
My 5 Favourite UVic TikTok Accounts
Most of us use TikTok everyday, but do you expect to see your school on your For You Page? Various groups and clubs on...
How to Spend Your First Holidays in Victoria
Whether it’s your first year at UVic or just the first time you’ve decided to spend the holidays in Victoria, this city has an...
It’s just that time of year
It’s the beginning of December. You’re on your third coffee of the day and have 37 tabs open. You’ve spent more time in the...
My Favourite Spots on the Westshore
It’s no secret that the housing market in Victoria could use some work—it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find rentals in the communities surrounding UVic....
Halloween for the Broke UVic Student
Money has always been tight for students, but we all have felt the effects of the rising cost of living in Victoria—whether it’s rent,...
My JCURA Experience
If you’re like me just over a year ago, you have no idea what a Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award (JCURA) is. That’s okay!...
My Third-Year in Photos
It’s absolutely crazy to think my third-year at UVic has already come to an end. While sometimes it feels like mentally I’m still in...
Pros and Cons to Being Back on Campus
Between a year of online classes, a full return to campus, a Christmas Covid surge that put us back online for the start of...
5 Ways I Make My Morning Commute Better
I like to complain a lot about how much time I have to spend getting to and from UVic every day living 40 minutes...
A Friday in My Life as a Third-Year Student
One of the things that stressed me out the most before entering University was not being able to grasp what day to day life...
The Ukraine Crisis: What you can do to help
On March 2, 2022, UVic hosted an online Teach-In on the rapidly evolving crisis in Ukraine after the invasion of Russia. The teach-in was...
My Personal Productivity Tips and How I (sometimes) Get Things Done
Avoiding procrastination and being realistic about how productive I can actually be is something that I struggle with, but after just over 2 and...
6 Things That Surprised Me About UVic
As someone who has lived in Victoria for most of my life and for many years before I started school at UVic, I thought...