In an ongoing effort toward reconciliation, Andrea Walsh has been on a decade-long journey to repatriate residential school art work. “The repatriation work began with the Alberni IRS,” says Walsh, “and our collaborative work to build research partnerships has extended across the country to smaller northern institutions in Manitoba and Ontario.”
Linda Campbell, now a cook in Mystic Market, was also behind menu revisions at Village Greens, UVic's vegetarian and vegan food outlet. She plans a day's cooking on a scale that few outside the restaurant industry would dream of.
The Ocean-Climate Building officially opened Jan. 10 with an event acknowledging the funding support to renovate and reconfigure the Queenswood residential care facility. At the opening, the Government of Canada announced $12.6 million over four years for ONC, the anchor group in the building.
UVic President Jamie Cassels this month unveiled a far-reaching package of initiatives that will accelerate the implementation of the university’s new Strategic Framework and drive UVic forward in line with the priorities the university community identified during the development of the framework.
When UVic Professor Emeritus Werner Israel donated several early first-edition Cambridge volumes to UVic Libraries about black holes, quantum physics and relativity, a personal letter from notable physicist Stephen Hawking, recommending Israel for election to the esteemed Royal Society, came along for the ride as well.
World-leading ocean and climate researchers at the University of Victoria have a new centre where they can continue producing the critical knowledge used by communities, governments and industry for sustainable ocean management and to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
An international workshop on visual storytelling held at a former Nazi concentration camp for women brought Holocaust scholars, graduate students and visual artists from Canada, France, Greece, Germany and Israel together to examine how graphic novels can be used for Holocaust education.
Human influence played a major role in British Columbia's 2017 wildfire season, significantly increasing the risk of wildfires, says a study by research scientists from the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium at the University of Victoria and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
In 2017, a project began behind the scenes to enhance online services and information for trans, Two-Spirit and non-binary students and employees. The new web resource launched on the Equity and Human Rights (EQHR) website in the fall.
Over the last 27 years, eight ships and one airplane have been intentionally sunk off the BC coast for the enjoyment of recreational divers—and to enhance habitat for local marine life. Yet artificial reefs remain controversial. Desiree Bulger, a master’s student in UVic's School of Environmental Studies, set out to find some answers.
As 2018 swings to a close, we’re also looking back at 12 months of captivating stories which helped shape a year of great news about our people, projects, ideas, creativity and research.
Whether it's welcoming visitors and students to campus, creating learning and teaching opportunities overseas or making connections with partners and others around the globe, UVic is connected to the world. And in 2018, there were dozens of stories with compelling messages about globalization including the remarkable news of the Orontes Guitar Quartet from Syria—here now for a year at UVic.
