Eleven members of the University of Victoria alumni community will be honoured with Distinguished Alumni Awards on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Hotel Grand Pacific as part of Alumni Week 2015.
In the countdown to Valentine’s Day, couples are busy buying the right gift and booking reservations for romantic dinners. But where does it all begin? University of Victoria PhD student Lisa Hoplock is delving into the psychology behind successful …
The University of Victoria is inviting participation and input from the campus community and the public as it undertakes an update to the 2003 Campus Plan to provide a refreshed vision, guidelines and direction for future campus development.
The University of Victoria’s eighth annual Provost’s Diversity Research Forum will look at the concepts of differences that can create challenges to learning in all its forms. Titled Privilege & Prejudice: Assumptions in Learning, the forum will pre…
This month marks the 315th anniversary—on Jan. 26, 1700—of the Cascadia megaquake off the west coast. The following three experts from the University of Victoria are available to discuss recent earthquakes off Vancouver Island, including the Jan. 8 …
The following University of Victoria faculty members are available to discuss the breaking news today on the thawing of relations between the US and Cuba: Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier (Dept. of Anthropology) is an expert in the cultural policies …
The University of Victoria welcomes Dr. Christian Vandendorpe to campus this month as the university’s first Honorary Resident Wikipedian. A widely respected scholar, former magazine editor and author of From Papyrus to Hypertext, Vandendorpe’s hono…
Schoolchildren learn in the classroom about the importance of water and water cycles in daily life. Now, thanks to landscape architect and University of Victoria environmental studies master’s student Catherine Orr, this learning experience moves ou…
Victoria Police Department News Advisory Victoria, BC – “Book ‘em!” It’s a phrase commonly used in police TV dramas and refers to the handwritten charge books used on the front lines of law enforcement. On Nov. 26, historic charge books were returne…
When Reuven Gordon describes the biomedical engineering technique of listening to, and recording, the “voice” of proteins, it sounds a lot like a modern take on Horton Hears a Who, Dr. Seuss’s children’s story of an elephant who hears a voice callin…
The following University of Victoria expert is available to discuss the marketing and retail aspects of Black Friday, the pre-Christmas sales frenzy that originated in the United States and has taken hold in Canada. Stephen Tax (Gustavson School of …
A University of Victoria research centre that’s helping reshape policies to reduce alcohol-related illness, disability and death has won a national award for its work. UVic’s Centre for Addictions Research (CARBC) is the recipient of the first-eve…
