A new palliative care program is providing care to people with life-limiting illnesses who are homeless in Victoria. The Palliative Outreach Resource Team is a UVic, Island Health, Victoria Cool Aid and Victoria Hospice collaboration connecting people in need with health and social supports.
Approximately 300 people gathered in the heart of the University of Victoria’s campus on Sept. 17 to be with each other for comfort, healing and reflection following the devastating bus accident in which two students died and several were injured.
In its continuing commitment to promote a sustainable future, the university is updating two policies related to its investments and is inviting feedback from interested faculty, staff and students. Goals of the review include continuing to achieve UVic’s investment objectives, updating responsible investment practices and aligning each of the policies within the university’s Strategic Framework. Consultations will continue through October.
Sex scandals absorb voters in the US and UK, but new research by UVic political historian Penny Bryden shows that nothing gets under Canadians' skin more than misspent taxpayers' dollars.
UVic historian Penny Bryden knows what riles Canadian voters. For her five-year research project, she is focusing on political scandals in Canada. And her preliminary findings, released Sept. 11, proves that taxpayer pocketbooks are most sacrosanct in the true North.
Four University of Victoria researchers in the fields of social sciences and humanities are recognized with Canada's highest academic honour.
Four University of Victoria researchers in the fields of social sciences and humanities have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada.
Sybil Seitzinger, executive director of the UVic-led Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, will be among the 62 scientists honoured as fellows at the American Geophysical Union’s meeting this December in California.
