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Alumni guest speaker series

Join us for a series of events featuring alumni experts speaking on a diverse range of topics. Dive into some of today's complex challenges and learn how innovation and collaboration can lead to solutions

Upcoming events

Feb. 26
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Understanding Happiness

Join best-selling author and self-proclaimed “clinically depressed happiness maven” Reen Rose as she explores why unhappiness isn’t something that needs “fixing,” practical ways to build real, sustainable happiness into daily life and how small, research-backed changes can be truly transformative.

7 p.m. | In person at UVic's David Lam Auditorium or online via Zoom

Past events

Missed one of our guest speaker events? All past events are available on demand.

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Seeing the Unhidden Truth in Settler Colonialism

Hosted by Dr. Tammy Hopper, Dean of the Faculty of Health, this event brought together UVic distinguished alumnus k'ʷunəmɛn Joe Gallagher and John Matterson for a conversation about their powerful new book, Now You Know Me: Seeing the Unhidden Truth in Settler Colonialism.

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2024/25 Guest Speaker Series

  • A New Approach to Handling Stress and Anxiety with Dr. Russell Kennedy