“The sea is in my blood”
November 29, 2021
This year, Michael and Anita Hadley established the Hadley Memorial Award for Studies at the BMSC. And as part of Giving Tuesday they are challenging donors across the university.
The Ring
The Ring is the University of Victoria’s community newspaper. Its purpose is to:
- advance the mission and objectives of the university as articulated in the strategic framework
- foster awareness of and connection between the university and the Greater Victoria community
- inform the campus community about news and events of interest to them and
- help build a sense of community among faculty, staff and students at UVic.
Full Statement of Purpose document (pdf)
Ring policies
For policies covering publication rights, letters to the editor, opinion columns, calendar listings, advertising, Ring Forum comments and the Ring Editorial Advisory Board, see our policy page.
Print schedule
The Ring print newspaper is published eight times a year, usually on the first Thursday of the month. Our current publication schedule is available on our advertising page.
View electronic versions of past issues or visit UVic News—the university's online news hub.
Format
- Tabloid (approx. 11x17 inches)
- Length 8 pages (12 pages in June, November)
- Full process colour throughout
- Approximately 25 per cent ads, 75 per cent editorial
Environmental values
The Ring newspaper is printed on 100 per cent post-consumer recycled paper, Forest Stewardship Council certified, process chlorine free, manufactured using 100 per cent Green-E certified renewable carbon-neutral energy. It is printed in Canada by Black Press.
Circulation
Regular print run 6,500 copies:
- 3,000 in off-campus news boxes in the Greater Victoria community
- 1,400 in campus publication boxes
- 1,500 campus mail to departments
- 500 Canada Post to subscribers, media, Canadian university presidents
- 100 to government
Latest Ring stories
Read more: “The sea is in my blood”
Found in translation
November 5, 2021
Graduating with a master’s degree in French and teaching for Alliance Française, an international organization that promotes French language and culture, Olga Ziminova is contemplative about the unlikely path that has led her to success.
Staging Equality, representing change
November 5, 2021
Staging Equality is a three-year collaborative and creative research project based in the Department of Theatre that offers a vision of how theatre can address issues of race, diversity and inclusion by building relationships based on trust and respect.
Infrastructure and construction projects drive engineering grad
November 5, 2021
Growing up, Liam Sprangers spent long hours building tree houses out of scrap lumber, erecting makeshift bike ramps and designing bridges to span nearby creeks. Sprangers says he was drawn to study civil engineering by the prospect of being able to work in the construction industry.