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Our undergraduate health programs are designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to make a meaningful impact in your community and beyond.
Our graduate health programs are built on research and real-world experience. This mix of ideas and practice gives our students a strong advantage.
Stories & news
Meet our research excellence winners
April 30, 2025
The winners of this year’s HSD Research Excellence Awards are changemakers who mobilize knowledge for good. Three Nursing faculty members and an Indigenous Governance scholar were...
Legacy honoured on Indigenous Nurses Day
The first Indigenous woman to become a registered nurse in Canada—Edith Monture—was a powerful matriarch whose legacy continues to inspire nurses today. Fourth-year University...
Harm reduction without borders
What does harm reduction look like in a Colombian context? Julian Quintero and Vanessa Morris, co-directors of the Colombian non-profit Acción Técnica...
Events
Wed, Jun 04, 2025
- Free
- Lectures & seminars
This year’s recipient of the Harold Johnson “Changing the Alcohol Story” award is Bryany Denning. Join us for the award presentation and hear Bryany speak about her work on alcohol policy in the Northwest Territories.
This event will be in-person only at the Sngequ House Conference Centre Meeting Room. Please RSVP on this page.
Thu, Jun 12, 2025
- Lectures & seminars
Equity, Inclusion & Why Indigenous Knowledges are Important to Health Research: A Presentation and Dialogue with Dr. Rheanna Robinson
UVic’s Faculty of Health, with Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation (LTSI) and Equity and Human Rights (EQHR), is pleased to present the 2025 University of Victoria Distinguished Woman Scholar award recipient, Rheanna Robinson.
Tue, Jun 24, 2025
- Free
- Lectures & seminars
Masculinity from Adolescence to Adulthood: Local & International Perspectives
Join us as for a panel discussion exploring the issues confronting boys, men and masculinities. Together we will consider the tensions and struggles of masculinity in contemporary culture and their impact on all students.
Territory acknowledgement
We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
Campus tour
Take our virtual tour to see the natural beauty of the UVic campus from wherever you are in the world.
