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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.

A generous donation from the Walker Wood Foundation will support a Social Sciences undergraduate student through the duration of their degree.

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

What better way to thank School of Music donors and supporters than with a free concert?

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.

A renewed agreement between 12 faith communities ensures the Interfaith chapel, renovated in 2016 thanks to the Chapel Endowment Fund, remains a special place on campus.

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

This video shows what the Chair in Transgender Studies and Transgender Archives have done in 2017 to improve the lives of trans, gender non-binary and Two Spirit people.

Chancellor Emeritus Murray Farmer and his wife, Lynda's generous gift to the university has established the Vikes High Performance Fund, intended to provide important financial support to high performance athletic initiatives that will benefit Vikes student-athletes in realizing their full potential, while contributing to the university's reputation of excellence.

Giving Tuesday was a huge success. We raised $25,000 and the donations are still coming. Check out the highlights.

"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.

The Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation, in conjunction with Seaspan, have made a $1 million investment to support innovative teaching and research for cleaner and more environmentally friendly transportation solutions.

Shelagh Rogers and Ian Case share student messages of thanks.

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

The sprinkles are returning to campus on November 28.

This year's David Harris Flaherty Undergraduate Student Library Scholarship and William Petrie Graduate Student Library Scholarship recipients are Rebecca Steel and Rachel Lallouz. The Libraries website features their bios and winning essays.

A Greater Victoria family with a personal connection to cognitive health issues today announced a donation of $2.5 million to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation for a five-year initiative that will bring together the University of Victoria, Island Health and the University of BC for a research project aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of dementia.

A letter of thanks from a student to a donor.

It was a milestone year for the Vikes Championship Breakfast. The 2017 event raised over $540,000, the highest annual total to date, while the 10-year total broke the $4.4 million mark. $25,000 from this year's breakfast funds will create a new endowed award called 'The Simon Ibell Vikes Inspiration Award'.

YouTuber, athlete, business student – and Black Press Scholar, Makari Espe on what it means to receive this scholarship.

Leading up to Thanksgiving, hundreds of UVic students will be joining together to say thank you to the university's many supporters.

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.

Congratulations to the new Black Press scholars joining us from across BC.

Congratulations to the first scholarship recipients and fellows funded by the Chair in Transgender Studies.

The new 2017 Donor Impact Report celebrates donor-funded initiatives and thanks our supporters.

Members from the Victoria chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women joined us on National Indigenous Peoples Day to sign gift agreements to establish three new awards in the faculties of Education and Human and Social Development. Two of the awards are directed to Indigenous students.

Increased help for education students thanks to faculty and staff campaign

A $500,000 donation from The Joyce Family Foundation will establish new bursaries at the University of Victoria to help Indigenous students with financial need achieve their academic goals.

Alumni to host Ken Shields Roast to support Vikes basketball future

Retired Oak Bay High music teacher Dave Dunnet has made a generous gift to establish a new music education scholarship in the Faculty of Fine Arts.

The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships initiative, established with financial support from the Government of Canada, provincial governments and the private sector, is taking UVic students overseas, and bringing international students to UVic.

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.

Over 100 faculty and staff donors were treated to breakfast and coffee served by UVic Executive in appreciation for their support.

UVic is so proud of its special community of loyal donors who choose to give to UVic year after year. To honour those donors, and their on-going support, we have created the Ring Road Loyalty Circle.

A donation of a Steinway piano joins the School of Music's all-Steinway collection.

A new award from the Stephens family, whose family-owned business Nature's Path is committed to organic food and farming, will support undergraduate students learning about organic and sustainable food systems.

A new gift of $75,000 from the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia will fund the John Albert Hall Lectures at the the Centre for Studies in Religion & Society.

The Mischa Weisz Foundation recently made a second gift to the Youth in Care Cost of Living Bursary. This endowed fund supports youth who were formally in care with the costs associated with completing a degree.

The Victoria Foundation has pledged $30,000 for UVic Vital Conversations, which is part of the disability work being conducted by the School of Public Health and Social Policy.

Two new law firms have committed $25,000 to the Business Law Clinic.

A generous gift in the Will of Hungarian-born Tibor Szamecz creates opportunities for increased exchange with the country he loved.

On November 23, donors to the Faculty of Human and Social Development came together with some grateful student recipients.

Two students who show promise as outstanding scholars and young leaders are this year’s recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarships as they enter their first year of studies at the University of Victoria.

Stories and highlights of the impact of donor support at UVic