The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and the University of Victoria Students\u2019 Society (UVSS) recently reached an amicable, out-of-court resolution regarding the UVSS\u2019 membership in the CFS and outstanding membership fees. The resolution was that as of June 30, the UVSS\u2019s membership in the CFS ended and no outstanding membership fees are owed.<\/p>\n
Elimination of interest rates recommended<\/strong><\/p>\n The BC government\u2019s Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services has released a report featuring recommendations to reinstitute postsecondary student grant programs and eliminate interest rates on student loans. Both of these recommendations were presented earlier this year by the University of Victoria Students\u2019 Society through the Where\u2019s the Funding?! campaign.<\/p>\n Swell guys win big<\/strong><\/p>\n Victoria-based indie\/folk\/rock band Current Swell recently beat out Vancouver-based acts Boom Booms and Matinee for the $100,500 top prize at this year\u2019s Peak Performance Project. Other local acts to make the trip to Vancouver from Victoria included Acres of Lions (who placed fifth overall), Ashleigh Eymann, Avairis, Lindsay Bryan, Maurice, and Robocode.<\/p>\n 2012 grants available<\/strong><\/p>\n The Africa Initiative recently announced an opportunity for graduate students from Africa and Canada to apply for $300,000 in funding as part of their 2012 graduate research-funding program. The program will be awarding $10,000 grants to as many as 15 African students applying to study in Canada and to 15 Canadian students to conduct field-based research in Africa. Applications for the Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant can be found online at africaportal.org\/exchange<\/a>, and must be submitted by January 15.<\/p>\n Paddle Out paddles out for public access<\/strong><\/p>\n Fifty sports enthusiasts braved the cold and the weather to paddle out beyond the waves at Jordan River on Sunday, November 20 as part of the third-annual Paddle Out. Paddle Out is an event organized by the Vancouver Island chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, an international non-profit organization attempting to generate awareness of the importance of public access to the area, and preservation of coastal ecosystems along the Juan de Fuca coast.<\/p>\n Our Place looking for executive director<\/strong><\/p>\n Our Place Society\u2019s board of directors has begun the search for an interim executive director to replace Sandra Danco, who recently resigned to take an out-of-province position. For more info, call Shannon Renault, Our Place Society chair, at 250-661-5374.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UVSS and CFS settle The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and the University of Victoria Students\u2019 Society (UVSS) recently reached an amicable, out-of-court resolution regarding the UVSS\u2019 membership in the CFS and outstanding membership fees. The resolution was that as of June 30, the UVSS\u2019s membership in the CFS ended and no outstanding membership fees […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-november-30-2011"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/66-11-Arts-F-Current-Swell-web.jpg\" "\\"66-11-Arts-F-Current-Swell-web\\"")
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