Live blog for Voters Viewpoint panel, touching on what was missing this election race ctvnews.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ctvnews.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UVic reaches capacity: January applications closed two months early
Photo by Noelle Collins Photography.
Classes are full, folks: the University of Victoria is no longer accepting new undergraduate applicants for January 2022, saying that they have “reached capacity” amidst an increase in applications. The application closure comes two months in advance of the previously posted deadline of September 30.
Prospective students that have started an application for a January entry but have not yet finalized or submitted their application will have to delay their entry date until Summer or Fall 2022. These applications open on September 30, and students who have already submitted an application for January 2022 will be contacted by the university by email regarding their status.
ON COVID-19 project combats misinformation
Millenials, Gen Z target demographic
The pandemic experience, while frustrating and restricting, has been the inspiration for some individuals to use their skillsets for the benefit of others. In the area of combatting misinformation, Samanta Krishnapillai took a break from her Master’s in Health Information Sciences at Western University to start the ON COVID-19 project, aimed at disseminating credible information to communities that have been left out of the narrative.
“I studied the health care sector for several years so I felt really privileged when the pandemic started.” Krishnapillai said. “I don’t understand all the nitty gritty parts with the biology of the virus, but I had a good understanding of how it was transmitting, what that meant, and what sort of restrictions would have to be put in place because I had studied this stuff.”