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Kamal Narayana with Craig Brown

Neuroscience grad makes stroke recovery discovery

June 11, 2025

A neuroscience graduate whose research focuses on improving the recovery of stroke survivors has been awarded best master’s thesis at the University of Victoria.   Kamal Narayana...

HSD Research Excellence winners Hōkūlani Aikau, Bernie Pauly, Nancy Clark and Mariko Sakamoto pictured with Acting Associate Dean Research Karen Urbanoski

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...

Two fourth-year University of Victoria Bachelor of Science in Nursing students smile at the camera.

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...

Bruce Wallace

Bruce Wallace wins CUFA BC award

A social work scholar from HSD has been named one of the province's top academics for a groundbreaking University of Victoria drug-checking project that addresses BC's toxic drug crisis. Bruce...

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