The Martlet Pod

Episode 13: Kate Korte on a year of reporting amid COVID-19

CFUV, The Martlet — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:42:08 -0700

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.

Episode 12: Michael John Lo on the Fairy Creek Blockades

CFUV, The Martlet — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:15:11 -0700

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.

Episode 11: Mary Heeg - Grading at Uvic

CFUV, The Martlet — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:25:59 -0700

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.

Episode 10: Chris Driscoll on UVSS elections

CFUV, The Martlet — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 20:31:00 -0800

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.

Episode 9: Alec Lazenby - social enterprise and providing for unhoused youth in Victoria

CFUV, The Martlet — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:28:11 -0800

In this episode, Laura talks with Alec Lazenby about his story on a new social enterprise program focused on providing housing, services, and job opportunities for up to 30 unhoused youth living in Greater Victoria as well as his experience in student journalism.

Episode 8: The Martlet's Upcoming Sex, Sexuality & Gender Issue; UVic's Chair in Transgender Studies is Renewed; and SOCC's Black History Month Events

CFUV, The Martlet — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:39:17 -0800

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.

Episode 7: Indigenous-Centered Issue of the Martlet

CFUV, The Martlet — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:42:37 -0800

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.

Episode 6: Divest UVic , MSP Rates for International Students, Esports at UVic, and a New Approach to Ending Sheltering in Parks

CFUV, The Martlet — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:43:18 -0800

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.

Episode 5: Martlet Editor-in-Chief Kate Korte

CFUV, The Martlet — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:36:42 -0800

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.

Episode 4: Online Classes, New COVID-19 Restrictions, Divest UVIC, City By-elections

CFUV, The Martlet — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 09:00:00 -0800

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.

Episode 3: Vital Signs, UVSS Referenda, Experiential Learning

CFUV, The Martlet — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:08:00 -0800

Episode 2: UVSS AGM, Unhoused communities in Beacon Hill, Social Media & Elections

CFUV, The Martlet — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 15:43:00 -0800

On this episode of the Martlet Pod Laura looks into moving the Uvic Student Society AGM online, BC Elections and social media advertising, and the homeless crisis in Victoria and community showers built for the unhoused communities in Beacon Hill Park.

Episode 1: Secwepemc Land Defenders, Housing, University Centre

CFUV, The Martlet — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:58:00 -0700

On the first episode of the #MartletPod, Laura explores affordable housing in Saanich and Oakbay, Secwepemc Land Defenders, and the University Centre being renamed after the outgoing President.