Over 220 University of Victoria students and alumni will fan out across the region on Saturday, Sept. 27, to volunteer in 19 local organizations as part of Project Serve Day. Coordinated by UVic and Volunteer Victoria, Project Serve introduces stude…
At first, the idea was a futuristic pipe dream. It popped into Dr. Quentin Mackie’s head while the University of Victoria researcher was attending a conference on underwater archeology and the first peopling of the Americas. One day, he thought, arc…
Sex-workers and sex-buyers aren’t who we thought they were, the first national report on the Canadian sex industry has found, only one of the findings from the five-year study, led by Cecilia Benoit of the University of Victoria’s Centre for Addicti…
A fine-art reproduction of the only handwritten illuminated bible created since the advent of the printing press in the 15th century is being officially presented to the University of Victoria in a public event at St. Andrews Cathedral, Sept. 20.
As one of Canada's leading research universities, the University of Victoria is home to a wealth of world-class expertise across a broad range of disciplines. More than 800 faculty researchers are at the forefront of discovery-on everything from agi…
Two UVic researchers—a psychologist and a computer scientist—are charter members of a new national “college” for outstanding young scholars.
A study for the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, co-authored by researchers at UVic and SFU, has found that a disproportionate number of people chronically staying in Victoria’s emergency shelters are seniors.
September is World Alzheimer’s Month. By 2031, 25 per cent of BC’s population will be at increased risk of dementia due to old age. How can we make our urban spaces more accessible and convenient for people with dementia? University of Victoria grad…
The following UVic experts are available to discuss the historic referendum on Sept. 18 and what it might mean after three centuries of union between Scotland and England: Paul Wood (Faculty of Humanities) is an expert on the history of Scotland and…
Negotiators with the Professional Employees Association (PEA) and the University of Victoria have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract.
Two UVic scholars have joined the ranks of Canada's academic elite. Historian Eric Sager and poet Tim Lilburn have been elected as fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their remarkable contributions to their field and to public life.
“Why, when the evidence is so strong, and so many agree that this is our greatest problem, are we doing so little about climate change?” Climate change communications specialist George Marshall has been grappling with that question since he co-found…
