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If approved, the changes to the policy will be effective September 2026. If not, it will be the second time in two months that Senate voted against updates.

The UVic SSI group is not affiliated with UVic, a UVic spokesperson said. They told the Martlet the university was “aware” of the event, but that it was not taking place on campus, nor was it sanctioned by the university. 

While exams are over for UVic students, graduating VAB dancers Sydney Mix and Natalia Hidalgo face their final performance of the season, "Take Flight," in less than two weeks' time.

A majority of delegates voted to support advocating for the $10 flat student ferry rate, provincial student food bank grant, and the Alliance of BC Students' Student Issues Backgrounder.

The anticlimactic final meeting of the term ratified advocacy reps for 2026–2027, approved capital expenditures for kitchen equipment replacements, and heard directors report on preparations for their successors.

The Board of Directors approved the annual report, updated the Board of Directors Policy, ratified clubs, and received questions about SSI's club status.

The penultimate meeting on saw heated debate over revisions to the Policy on Academic Integrity and the establishment of a Core Writing & Research Requirement.

The Board heard a presentation from the Chief Electoral Officer, voted to accept the 2026 General Election results, and tabled changes to the BoD policy.

In preparation, the artists worked together to turn the Visual Arts Building into a gallery, temporarily moving the building's furniture and classroom fixtures out to prepare the space.

“We will not stop marching,” Coastsalish2palestine said in their statement, “We will not stop until the Canadian state completely ends its complicity in apartheid, war crimes, and genocide in occupied Palestine.”