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[Victoria Watcher]

And the great thing is there is no target or end goal. Reconciliation goes on forever. It’s specifically designed that way.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 July 2022 - 07:09 AM.

[Spy Black]

Agreed ... I don't believe I've ever read, or heard any party describe what a fulfilled reconciliation agenda might look like in Canada?

As long as the dollars flow, and shuffling of land ownership (through land claims) continues, the process continues unabated. 

 

That UVIC is now offering an advanced degree in the reconciliation process, your note that the process is being designed to simply be endless rings so true.

Edited by Spy Black, 24 July 2022 - 07:29 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

If the idea is we keep “reconciling” until the socio economic lives of indigenous people equals that of other minorities, or even immigrants, that will also never happen as long as we promote staying on reserve.

New immigrants - even those that don’t speak English - are often better off than the average fifth-generation indegenous person, the month the immigrant arrives.

We are doing the natives no favours. But UVic sure feels good.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 July 2022 - 07:34 AM.

[Nparker]

The social justice system in Canada is no more effective than the legal justice system.

[spanky123]

If the idea is we keep “reconciling” until the socio economic lives of indigenous people equals that of other minorities, or even immigrants, that will also never happen as long as we promote staying on reserve.

 

I don't know about that. Currently there are loads of successful FN people across all walks of life. In fact in many regions FN are overrepresented proportionally in elected and appointed political roles as an example. 

[Victoria Watcher]

I don't know about that. Currently there are loads of successful FN people across all walks of life. In fact in many regions FN are overrepresented proportionally in elected and appointed political roles as an example. 

 

There are some successful ones, for sure.  But on the whole, their high school graduation rate is horrendous.  And on-reserve, it's even worse.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 25 July 2022 - 07:41 AM.

[Mike K.]

More funding for UVic’s ocean research:

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria, today welcomes a new federal investment in its world-leading ocean observatories located on the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic coasts of Canada. The support will help drive climate change solutions, safer coastal communities, Indigenous ocean data stewardship, a healthier ocean and a sustainable blue economy.



The funding announced today is awarded to UVic through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Major Science Initiatives Fund, which supports a portion of the operating and maintenance costs of selected national science facilities across Canada. ONC will receive an investment of almost $115 million over six years to continue advancing ocean observing, extending the reach and application of its open access big data to benefit science, society and industry.



In the past 16 years ONC has expanded beyond its early work observing the Salish Sea to becoming a true national ocean observing facility, with installations and local and Indigenous partnerships on all three coasts of Canada, attracting more than 23,000 users of its scientific data around the world.



The real-time and long-time series ocean data that ONC collects from its cabled, mobile and community-based observing networks make possible a wide range of services that support scientific discovery, climate impact monitoring, maritime safety, tsunami and earthquake early warning, innovation in climate change mitigation, and a sustainable ocean economy, says Kate Moran, president and chief executive officer of ONC.



“Canadians can be proud of their national observatory that not only yields valuable insights into this undersea world that covers two thirds of our planet, but also contributes to Canada’s climate leadership through innovation in ocean nature-based and technological climate mitigation solutions and coastal resilience.

This investment also means that ONC, through its work with the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, can continue working with partners In Canada and internationally to advance projects in pursuit of healthier oceans, science that promotes ocean resilience, and a citizenry engaged with the oceans’ role in supporting life on this planet,” says Moran.



“This funding recognizes Ocean Networks Canada for its leadership and the profound difference it’s making on all three Canadian coasts and internationally,” says Kevin Hall, UVic’s president and vice-chancellor. “As a research university, we take pride in working in partnership to create a better world—by taking action on climate change and working with partners to make life better on land and below the water.”


In our teaching, research and operations—and through our local, national and international partnerships—UVic proudly supports and works to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. UVic’s commitment to climate, environmental change and sustainability measure up. We are second in the world for climate action as ranked in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.



The CFI funding will increase equitable and inclusive participation in ocean observing by making data collection and accessibility more community-friendly, automated, and scalable, while also supporting the development of new sophisticated data interpretation tools, products and services by ONC and its partners.

[spanky123]

^ So OCN has about 15 cameras that they have installed in various spots in Canada which record 5 minutes of video every hour. The data is then stored so that researchers can look at it for free.

 

All of this for only $20M a year. Must be a number of UVIC profs and researchers thanking their lucky stars that they get another 6 years.

[lanforod]

Thats all you think they do?

[Victoria Watcher]

Langford post-secondary campus gets green light from council

 

City signs 10 year-phased development agreement with Royal Roads

 

https://www.vicnews....t-from-council/

 

The campus is set to be jointly occupied by Royal Roads University, the University of Victoria, Camosun College and the Justice Institute of B.C. Premier John Horgan announced the project, set to be completed in 2024 with a capacity of 1,200 students, and called it “an unprecedented collaboration.”

[spanky123]

Of course the drop is due to lack of immigration and not that UVIC's wokeist policies have diminished the value of a degree at the institution and students are deciding to invest their dollars elsewhere. Downturn doesn't seem to be impacted UBC whose enrollment has been increasing! The Ubyssey's 2021/22 breakdown of UBC's enrolment stats, admission rates and more

 

 

Student numbers lower than expected at UVic - Victoria Times Colonist

 

A drop in student enrolment at the University of Victoria and a number of other post-secondary institutions is being attributed in part to delays in federal processing of international study permits

Edited by spanky123, 10 September 2022 - 09:38 AM.

[Mike K.]

$6000 tuition per year (two semesters) is very cheap, isn’t it?

[AllseeingEye]

$6000 tuition per year (two semesters) is very cheap, isn’t it?

 

Wow - another reason we late boomers or Generation Jones or whatever the hell we're being called these days, were very fortunate; my entire UVic 4-year degree (1985 grad) cost about $5k in total, for all four years.

[Nparker]

Keep in mind that one's year's tuition in 1985 dollars would be equal to about $3500 today. Still cheaper of course, but not quite the bargain it seems like at first glance.

[spanky123]

Keep in mind that one's year's tuition in 1985 dollars would be equal to about $3500 today. Still cheaper of course, but not quite the bargain it seems like at first glance.

 

And back then gas was still $.90 a gallon!

[Mike K.]

And $1 for a beer at the pub.

Now UVic students are flooding bars, paying $8-9/pint plus tax and tip.

[Victoria Watcher]

Well that one is helping herself to booze at the liquor store at North Dairy and Shelbourne.

[Mike K.]

I guess liquor prices at Felicita’s are too bourgeois.

[Mike K.]

What a sad, pathetic social culture UVic has dissolved into. The administration has to clean up its act, clearly, after an out of control party lead to property damage and injuries at campus residences over the weekend.

It’s embarrassing to be a graduate of an institution that for whatever reason can’t get a handle on nonsense like this: https://www.facebook...vfpWaxYeEHb4wl/

Good thing we have voting stations at UVic. To, you know, capture that important vote.

[spanky123]

^ Lets face it, UVIC is known as the "party university" and they have demonstrated yet again that they can live up to their reputation. UVIC will of course do nothing as it is generational trauma that fueled the parties and that of course is something we need to respect and honour.