Great Moments
Since its establishment as an independent university on July 1st, 1963, UVic has seen many historical and significant moments throughout its 50 year history. In 2012, to celebrate our 50th anniversary, we asked students, alumni, staff, faculty, retirees and community members to nominate their "great moments" from UVic's history. Below are some of the highlights.
- Vikes Athletics
- Congress 1990 and 2013
- Commonwealth Games
- Iqaluit convocation
- Indigenous research partnerships
- Learning and Teaching Centre
- Malahat Review
- Destination university
- Making science fun
- Graduate studies
- IESVic
- Norma Mickelson
- First year residence guarantee
- TRIUMF to CERN
- Links to Asia
- CanAssist
- Bamfield
- Fine Arts
- Climenhaga observatory
- Engineering faculty
- ONC Observatory
- CFUV
- LE,NONET
- Alumni association
- Island Medical Program
- Research growth
- Bob Wright Centre
- UVic writers
- Gustavson School
- Maclean's rankings
- Climate solutions (PICS)
- Birth of UVic
- Olympians and Paralympians
- Lafayette String Quartet
- Speakers Bureau
The full set of nearly 250 Great Moments in UVic History nominated and submitted by members of the university community during 2012 is also available on the 50th Anniversary website.