UVic senate to revise misconduct policy to ensure students call for help for overdoses

The University of Victoria’s senate has approved a change to the non-academic misconduct definition in order to help ensure students call for help in overdose situations. References to drug use and possession will be removed from the definition, while the manufacturing, sale, or distribution for monetary gain of illegal or prescription substances will remain. Vancouver is Awesome reports that this change follows the recommendations from a recent investigation and inquest into an on-campus student death that occurred in 2024. UVic President Kevin Hall asserted in a memo that this change will help encourage help-seeking behaviour and ensure “students feel empowered to act responsibly.”