In this episode Laura sits down with Editor-in-Chief Kate Korte to talk about how UVic handled the COVID-19 pandemic over this past year, some questions she has about how an in-person campus might look come September, and what it's been like to run a newspaper during a global pandemic.
Apr 22, 2021
35 min
Kate sits down senior Martlet staff writer Michal John Lo to discuss his recent trip to the Fairy Creek Blockades which have been set up in an attempt to protect old growth forests near Port Renfrew from being logged by Teal-Jones.
Apr 14, 2021
29 min
On this episode, Senior Staff Editor Mary Heeg talks about her recent article on grading at UVic where she investigated the high percentage of A grades, grade distribution and how that all affects students.
Mar 26, 2021
33 min
This episode features Senior Staff Writer Chris Driscoll about the upcoming UVSS Election... covering why students should vote, what the UVSS does, and why this election looks a little different than years prior.
Mar 12, 2021
35 min
Social enterprise, housing, and what it's like to be a student journalist
Feb 26, 2021
30 min
This week Laura sits down with senior Martlet writer Kiley Verbowski to talk about the Martlet's upcoming issue focusing on sex, sexuality, and gender; we'll hear an update on Uvic's Chair in Transgender Studies; and Laura talks to the Students of Colour Collective about what they've got planned for Black History Month.
Feb 10, 2021
27 min
Laura sits down with Boston Laferté to talk about News Unsettled (the Native Student Union's regular column in the Martlet), and the upcoming issue of the Martlet which has seen Indigenous writers, editors, & artists hired to create an entirely Indigenous-focused issue of the paper.
Feb 3, 2021
27 min
In this episode, Laura chats with editor in chief, Kate Korte, about UVic's investments - and what the on campus group Divest UVic has to say about it, as well as looks at MSP raises for international students, UVic's esports community, and a new approach to ending sheltering in parks.
Jan 14, 2021
28 min
In this episode: Laura sits down with the Martlet's Editor-in-Chief Kate Korte on the importance of local independent media, what it looks like behind the scenes of a collectively-created bi-weekly publication, the Martlet's top stories of 2020, and their goals for 2021.
Dec 18, 2020
25 min
In this episode: Laura explores how online classes are going at Uvic, the newly announced COVID-19 restrictions, a mural by Divest-UVic, and the city of Victoria's upcoming by-election for city council.
Dec 3, 2020
28 min
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