Events and activities
The UVic Global Community initiative coordinates events that are open to all international and domestic students, staff, and faculty! These events aim to share perspectives, celebrate diversity, foster intercultural connections, and cultivate an inclusive and globally minded campus.
Upcoming events
Global Community Beach Social
Join us in the afternoon of Thursday, August 5th for our first in-person Global Community event this summer! Come to the Cadboro-Gyro Park to play games, eat delicious ice cream, and meet fellow Global Community students. Please register now, places are limited! We can’t wait to see you all there!
- Date: Thursday, August 5th
- Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm or 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Register here!
Global Community Summer Social Drop Ins
- When: Every second Tuesday starting May 4th, 7:30pm – 9:00pm (Pacific Daylight Time)
- What: Our Global Community Social Drop Ins are back this summer! Starting Tuesday, May 4th, join this bi-weekly session from 7:30-9:00pm to meet and hang out with other students in a casual online Drop-in Social! This will be a great opportunity to meet your peers, make new connections, play online games, and socialize. For each session, Isaac & Bipasa, ISS Student Staff, will plan fun activities that encourage connection and getting to know new friends from around the world. Please note the Zoom link will be the same each week!
- Where: Online Zoom Meeting. The link will be the same each week! Please see below for details:
- Join Zoom Meeting here !
- Meeting ID: 859 1531 7284
- Password: 124424
- List of Summer Social Drop In Dates:
- Tuesday, May 4, 2021
- Tuesday, May 18, 2021
- Tuesday, June 1, 2021
- Tuesday, June 15, 2021
- Tuesday, June 29, 2021
- Tuesday, July 13, 2021
- Tuesday, July 27, 2021
- Tuesday, August 10, 2021
- Tuesday, August 24, 2021
- Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Additional Online Activities
The below videos and resources have been compiled from previous workshops, information sessions, and webinars that pertain to your success as a student at UVic:
Academic success for international students
- Academic Success & Online Learning for International Students in the Canadian Context by the Centre for Academic Communication - Part 1 & Part 2
- Learn How to Use the UVic Library
- Get Started with Online Learning Technologies and their presentation slides
- Understand the Basics of Academic Writing & Research (Part 1 & Part 2)
- Avoid Accidental Plagiarism and learn about Academic Integrity (Part 1 & Part 2)
- Begin to understand your Canadian Job Search
Getting to know your community
- Know the resources at the Student Wellness Centre
- Get to know the UVic Multifaith Community
- Learn about Tips for living alone and protecting yourself against Fraud and Scams with the Saanich Community Police as well as Safety Tips from one of Campus Security’s Personal Safety Coordinators
International Student Welcome
- Watch our May 2021 International Student Welcome
- Check out the slides for the May 2021 International Student Information Sessions (for student inside Canada, for students outside Canada, for all students about health insurance)
The below videos are recordings from previous Global Community events:
- Check out our Culture Exchange Series Magazine and Recordings below:
- Virtual Visit to the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea - January 16th, 2021
- Virtual Hike with the UVic Global Community: SṈIDȻEȽ (Tod Inlet) - October 28th, 2020
- Virtual Hike with the UVic Global Community: UVic Campus & Mystic Vale - August 2020
The below links highlight some of the many online activities, articles, videos, and additional opportunities for entertainment that you can participate in during self-isolation, a lockdown, or in your spare time.
Explore Victoria virtually
- Take a Virtual Visit of Greater Victoria (Butchart Gardens, Royal BC Museum etc)
- Learn Fun and Interesting Facts about Victoria
- Walk (virtually in 4K) around Dallas Road or through Beacon Hill Park
- Browse through the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s Collection Online
- Explore the history of Hatley Castle
Explore online entertainment options
- IMAX films from the Royal BC Museum
- Social Distancing Festival, featuring online virtual arts, dance, theatre, opera, music performances/events that were cancelled due to COVID-19
- Google Arts & Culture, including virtual tours of museums around the world
- Virtual tours of museums
- Open Culture is a compilation of free movies, books, courses, articles, and more
- Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks
- BCcampus offers free webinars
- Test your knowledge with endless quizzes on Sporcle. Can you name the countries of the world? Take that quiz here.
- Take a free online course from Harvard University or Coursera
Health and wellness
- Free Online Yoga Classes
- Stop, Breathe, and Think app is a relation and meditation app
- There are many interesting articles on the UVic Counselling Self-Help website
- Well-being during COVID-19