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CAUT Award to Aaron Devor

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Aaron Devor, the Chair in Transgender Studies at UVic, received national acclaim in late November for his exceptional contributions to inclusivity and social change—with a 2017 Equity Award from the Canadian Association of University Teachers, the national voice for academic staff at universities and colleges across the country.

The Malahat Review celebrates golden anniversary

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One of Canada’s leading literary journals is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Established in 1967, The Malahat Review has featured emerging and established writers, discovered promising new talent and presented perceptive critical comment on other works.

Grad blends passion for conservation with citizen science

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Stephanie Korolyk is working at her dream job as the executive director of the Laskeek Bay Conservation Society on Haida Gwaii, after completing a degree in biology.

Day in the Life: Michael Lines

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Michael Lines has a passion for the history of the book. That's why, in addition to his role at UVic Libraries as a learning and research librarian, he leads bookbinding workshops for younger students.

The Digital Scholarship Commons is open for business

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This Digital Scholarship Commons is a new unique space on campus. If you love to tinker, create and collaborate, you've come to the right place: the makerspace place.

Victoria to Vimy

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As Canada marks the 100th anniversary of the Battle for Vimy Ridge on April 9, a new virtual exhibit of historical material--Victoria to Vimy--is unveiled by Special Collections and University Archives with compelling stories from the home front including of Joseph Clearihue, UVic’s first Chancellor.

Plath acquisition by UVic Libraries

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UVic Libraries has acquired a rare print edition of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and revealed this one-of-a-kind volume on Oct. 26 in time for a lecture at UVic on Plath's birthdate, Oct. 27. This unique volume features original sketches added by hand by Plath's own daughter, the artist and writer Frieda Hughes.

Day in the Life: Christine Currie

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Anyone who’s ever misplaced keys, glasses, a wallet or a purse in their own home learns to appreciate the value of placing things in a consistent place. Now imagine keeping track of more than two million sets of ‘keys’—each o…

New online inventory for Chinese Canadian artifacts in BC

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The UVic database of Chinese Canadian Artifacts officially launches July 7 at the evening reception of an annual international conference, ISSCO 2016 in Richmond, BC, bringing together 300 scholars and researchers of the Chinese diaspora.

The roots of Canadian ecology

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Ian McTaggart Cowan archive a living legacy for contemporary research The launch of a digitization project and a new archive are a providing a powerful combination of resources for ecological researchers, on and off campus. The Ian McTaggart Cowan archive, recently donated by the Cowan family to UVic Special Collections and University Archives, contains materials from McTaggart Cowan’s remarkable 75-year career as one of Canada’s foremost wildlife biologists and conservationists.

Looking good 900 years later

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The age of a manuscript fragment from the Sandra Mattia Collection in UVic Libraries’ Special Collections—depicting Abraham about to sacrifice his son Isaac—has been re-assessed, making the fragment among the oldest manuscript fragments in the collection.

UVic Libraries: a community resource

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UVic is recognized around the world for our extraordinary academic environment, supporting the dynamic learning experiences of our students and fuelling research and discovery. UVic libraries are a key support for learning and research, as well as a hub for projects and resources that serve the Greater Victoria community.

Manuscripts and white gloves

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When it comes to handling old manuscripts, there’s no fooling around for UVic researcher Dr. Jamie Kemp—the gloves are definitely off. Despite the lingering meme of white-glove clad researchers delicately handling archival material, Kemp says bare skin is best when it comes to the centuries-old books in UVic Special Collections and University Archives.

Sharing history’s riches with BC

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Thanks to a groundbreaking agreement with one of North America’s leading sources of historical information, people and classrooms across the province now have unprecedented access to a wealth of archival materials spanning several centuries.

Food for Fines

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Nearly 850,000 Canadians turn to food banks every month, according to the 2014 HungerCount survey. Here in Victoria, in time for a holiday season of giving, two initiatives on the UVic campus will help fill local food-bank shelves. The annual Food f…

Whodunnit of a WWI diary

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It’s a history mystery worthy of its own exhibition. When Dr. Marcus Milwright, of UVic's recently renamed Art History and Visual Studies department, began planning his upcoming exhibit The Arts of World War I, he knew there was one item in the university library that he just had to use: a beautiful two-volume leather diary set illustrated with watercolours and pen-and-ink drawings of life during wartime. There’s only one problem: he has no idea to whom it actually belonged.

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