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Over the last three years, Giving Tuesday has raised over $83,000 for student clubs and student led initiatives. Our generous donors have helped students launch rockets, host conferences, put on case competitions and travel overseas to do volunteer work.

The late Roger J. Bishop, the first head of the University of Victoria’s Department of English who was also known as the "father of UVic Special Collections," has left a lasting legacy as both an educator and philanthropist.

Two Schulich Leader Scholars will attend UVic in 2019

Ev and Audrey Van Eerden donated a 12-harness Counermarche loom to the Department of Visual Arts in hopes of installing a love of weaving in students.

Thousands of UVic students and their families and friends will gather on campus this June to celebrate the achievement of an academic milestone. The moment is extra special for Dominique Rochefort, a citizen of the Métis Nation, who will be accepting her BEd from UVic.

Elizabeth Buckley School has established an annual student award at UVic to support students with physical or learning disabilities.

May 2, 2019, Victoria, BC – Gustavson is excited to honour and thank Dr. David Black for his long-time support of the business school. From serving as the School’s first board chair in the early nineties to his engagement with students today through business case analysis, Mr. Black has been a valued friend of the School’s. In appreciation of his support, Gustavson has named its primary instruction space for its Bachelor of Commerce students the Black Ink Classroom. “We are proud to name our undergraduate classroom after such an inspirational leader,” says Saul Klein, dean of the Gustavson School of Business. “We want all of our students, future students, alumni, staff and faculty to know of David’s immense contribution to our school.” Black served as the school’s first board chair from 1991-1996 after helping the local business community successfully lobby the provincial government and university leadership to establish a business school at the University of Victoria. His continued involvement with the school has included the establishment of the Black Press Scholarships for undergrad students and case analysis with Master of Business Administration students. He is a valued advisor, mentor, donor and volunteer.

A monumental art installation by Kwagiulth and Coast Salish artist Carey Newman, who is currently teaching at the University of Victoria, was today the centrepiece of an announcement by Winnipeg’s Canadian Museum of Human Rights (CMHR) of a historically unique collaboration that unites Western legal principles with Indigenous ways of knowing and being.

Two new scholarships with distinct—and distinctly important—aims were awarded to our PhD students for the first time in 2018.

The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Victoria are proud to announce that first-year Vikes men's rugby player Lachlan "Lockie" Kratz is the 2019 recipient of the Bate Family Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame Award.

Kira Chong is a fifth-year education student at UVic with a love for art and giving back to the community. She recently brought these two passions together with her "Faces of the Community" mural. Chong received funding from the Student Activity Grant and the Victoria Visual Arts Legacy Society. She hopes that other students will apply for those grants and use the money to continue community-based art projects.

Powered by Ten Thousand Coffees, UVic Connect is an exclusive networking platform that introduces you to alumni and students based on specific career interests and goals. You can schedule and set up a coffee chat to take place in-person or online.

For hundreds of UVic students walking across the stage at convocation is the achievement of an academic milestone earned through hard work and perseverance. During Fall Convocation on November 13th and 14th, 1,493 degrees, certificates and diplomas were conferred to students.

On Nov. 2, the UVic Vikes women's field hockey team took home the McCrae Cup for the first time since 2008 after a 3-1 victory over hosts York in Game 2 of the U SPORTS National Championships.

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The Vikes Championship Breakfast is the largest annual fundraising event for Vikes Athletics and has raised $5 million since the inaugural event in 2008.

The I-witness Field School is giving students a greater understanding of how the lessons of the Holocaust are relevant in today’s world. The program is supported by generous donors who help keep costs affordable for students.

Congrats to UVic Law Alumna and donor Leena Yousefi who is featured in Canadian Lawyer magazine’s Top Most Influential List of 2018!

Two BC, high school students, have received prestigious scholarship awards as they launch into their first year of study at the University of Victoria.

UVic’s faculty and staff are known for their generosity and support; they consistently donate their time, knowledge and contribute financially to give UVic students access to rich and life-changing experiences.

Giving is personal for both you, the donor, and the recipients whose lives are forever changed by your gifts.

As thousands of UVic students celebrate during Spring Convocation, we celebrate your role as donors supporting their academic journey.

The Ames Family Foundation generously donated $10,000 in support of CARTE Academy, a day camp program for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

As the Sisters of St. Ann celebrate 160 years since their arrival in BC, UVic is grateful and honoured to play a role in continuing their legacy in education and healthcare.

Fans and researchers of Johnny Cash can now glean new insights from the perspective of his Canadian manager, Saul Holiff, through an extensive archive of memorabilia recently donated by the Holiff family to UVic Libraries. The archives and related exhibit "Volatile Attractions: Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash, and Managing a Music Legend,” chronicle the highs and lows of this astonishing relationship.

A generous gift from Terry and Leslie Farmer will help students in nursing.

Through a gift of $350,000 over 10 years from the Canet Foundation, a new endowed graduate student award will be established within the School of Child and Youth Care.

Dr. Chris Darimont is named Raincoast research chair, thanks to funding from an anonymous donor and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. The five-year chair role supports Darimont and his Applied Conservation Science Lab to grow their research, teaching and outreach programs in community-driven applied conservation science.

Donors and friends of UVic Libraries attended an appreciation evening where they got to experience first-hand what it means to be a student in the digital age.

The Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Social Sciences both held donor appreciation events in March where students got to meet and dine with the generous donors of their awards.

Aspiring Indigenous entrepreneurs in Canada will benefit from a $1 million gift from BMO Financial Group to expand the Aboriginal Canadian Entrepreneurs Program (ACE).

This year's Harvey Southam Lecture will take place on April 5 at 7 pm in Room 240 HSD. The annual Harvey Stevenson Southam lectureship was established in 2006 and is made possible by a significant gift from one of the country’s leading publishing families.

A new video reflecting on donor support

In April 2017, former University of Victoria Vikes women's field hockey player Carmen (Kirkness) Asche passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. Field Hockey alumni gathered together to drive the creation of an endowed award in her honour and on Feb. 24 first-year Vikes defender Anna Mollenhauer became the award's inaugural recipient.

The Mercer Report visits UVic and discovers two interesting projects supported by donors.

"Haw’aa (thank you)," says Chantal Adams on page 2 of the latest issue of the HSD Quarterly Newsletter. Chantal is a student in the School of Child and Youth Care and a recipient of the Ramona Williams Memorial Scholarship.

Donors got a taste of hands-on learning during a tour of the native plant garden at UVic.

A letter of thanks from a student to a donor.

The 2017 edition of Investing in Achievement, celebrating the donors who support UVic through endowed funds at the University of Victoria, is now out.

The university is establishing the Learning from Each Other fund to provide meaningful engagement with Elders and opportunities for learning Indigenous ways of knowing to students, faculty and staff.

This year's thank you video captures how your gifts to our teaching and research programs reach far beyond the UVic campus. Without you, we wouldn’t be able to tell inspiring stories like this one.