Pandemic forcing UVic students to grapple with uncertain housing situations

On a mid-March morning, after the COVID-19 pandemic hit and UVic officially moved all courses online, Joe Hansen got a call from his mom.

He was planning on returning home to Olympia, WA at the end of the month. His mother, who was getting increasingly worried as Washington state became the first coronavirus hot spot in the U.S., urged him to come home immediately.