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International research rankings released today by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands once again show that UVic researchers consistently publish a greater concentration of high-impact findings based on international collaborations than any other school or institute in North America—a distinction it’s held for eight of the last 12 years. In mathematics and computer science, UVic is the top university in Canada, and number 50 globally, for its proportion of high-impact research findings. UVic also scores second nationally for research in physical sciences and engineering, closely tailing the University of Toronto.

Two humanities-based projects received $5M in SSHRC support to create global connections and partnerships, alongside funding announced June 16 for four other faculties and UVic’s business school.

UVic is leading a team that has been awarded a $1.65-million NSERC grant to train emerging engineers to work on water and sanitation projects in Canada and abroad.

From co-op, work-study and volunteering to graduating with honours, international visual arts student Dieu Anh Hoang embraced all her degree experience had to offer

UVic Libraries’ Associate University Librarian Reconciliation Ry Moran has been appointed to a new federal leadership circle designed to guide and support Indigenous research in Canada. Librarian Pia Russell has also received two awards from the British Columbia Library Association for her work on the BC Historical Textbooks Project. CAPI director Victor V. Ramraj has also been appointed to a new federal Indo-Pacific advisory committee.

UVic historian and professor of Slavic studies Serhy Yekelchyk is recognized as an esteemed scholar, public intellectual and advocate for democracy in Ukraine. Since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, he has been thrust into a much more public role.

UVic anthropologist Melissa Gauthier uses art and the HT94 project to shed light on illegal economies and global impacts on those living in the shadows cast by globalization of human smuggling.

What happens when Indigenous People lead resource decision-making on their own terms, across their own traditional territories? Communities in Tanzania and Canada are documenting and sharing their experiences, supported by a University of Victoria Department of Geography project that illustrates how partnerships can advance the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

UVic is proud to be recognized in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for our innovative and impactful research, campus operations and partnerships to protect the environment and improve conditions for the planet and people.

New federal funding of $1M will provide 120 undergrads with life-changing experiences abroad, with a focus on underrepresented groups including those who might face barriers to overseas learning.

Less than 0.1 mL of blood is all that UVic researchers need, in an exciting commercial-academic partnership that has developed a “gold standard” test for COVID-19 using cutting-edge technology.

An Ocean Networks Canada-led initiative invites young people in Canada to get involved in creating a sustainable ocean future during the UN's Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030.