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Check out UVic's brand refresh

A modernized UVic mark, updated colours and new templates are here.

Visit the refreshed brand site to explore the new toolkit and use them in your work.

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EDI and anti-racism course update

The 2024 version of the Increasing Equity in Decision Processes course offers numerous updates, including a revised section that reviews the harms of colonialism and the ways they limit our vision of academia and scholarship.

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Distinctly UVic

Our new Strategic Plan urges us to be creative, compassionate and brilliant—not on our own, but together. The plan articulates the values and priorities that make UVic distinct and guides us towards building a better tomorrow. 

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Reproducibility for all

UVic Libraries and Research Computing are hosting a series of workshops October to February dedicated to training researchers in tools and techniques for greater research reproducibility with the aim of making scholarly knowledge openly available, accessible, and reusable.

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Open UVic’s newest Rhodes Scholar

UVic’s newest Rhodes Scholar

For Shaeleen (Shae) Mihalynuk, there are three things in life that matter most: community, health and joy. There has certainly been joy in Mihalynuk’s life recently. On Nov. 18, the microbiology...

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Learning from one another

This year, we were proud to highlight the ITOTELNEW̱TEL ȽTE: LEARNING FROM ONE ANOTHER—Elders Engagement Fund as one of our key priorities for Giving Tuesday. This fund, in honour of SWETALIYE,...

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Taking action on gender-based violence

Every December, the University of Victoria takes time to pay homage to the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women (NDRAVAW), which honours 14 women who were killed and 14...

University flag to be lowered for NDRAVAW

The university flag will be lowered on Friday, Dec. 6 to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

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Help us improve the library website

The UVic Libraries Web & User Experience Team is currently redesigning the library website. We want to figure out the best way to group information on the new site.

3M National Fellowship nominations

Nominate an undergraduate student leader for the 3M National Fellowship by November 15.

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Territory acknowledgement

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

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