The University of Victoria is welcoming more than 300 delegates from around the world to Victoria May 20-22 to discover and highlight the innovative experiences of universities and communities working in partnership.
Outstanding members of the University of Victoria alumni community—selected by each of the university’s faculties, divisions and the UVic libraries—will be honoured on Wed., Feb. 5.
BC’s proposed new liquor laws have grabbed the headlines for allowing people to buy and consume alcohol in more places, but the recommendations related to health were largely overlooked. Among the 73 recommendations of the BC Liquor Policy Review, f…
The University of Victoria has achieved a gold rating in the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). UVic is the fifth Canadia…
The University of Victoria is now home to one of two new European Union Centres of Excellence (EUCE) announced this month by the Delegation of the European Union to Canada. There are only three other such centres in Canada and 37 worldwide. UVic has…
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is beginning a major research project to explore the costs and benefits of a range of electrical grid integration options for Canada.
UVic is a founding partner of the annual Victoria Leadership Awards, now celebrating its 10th anniversary. The first award for local community heroes was announced Jan. 29 - to Mickey and Donna Hajash – and they will be lauded at the Feb. 26 gala
The following University of Victoria faculty members are available to discuss the political unrest and unfolding situation in the Ukraine: Serhy Yekelchyk (Faculty of Humanities) is an expert on Modern Ukraine who has published four books on this na…
The University of Victoria will be hosting the seventh annual Provost’s Diversity Research Forum from January 29 to 30, 2014. Titled “Critical Conversations: Arts, Allies and Activism,” the forum will feature keynote speakers Denise Chong (The Concu…
A new online, animated course released today by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) outlines an arsenal of practical methods and policy options for successfully combating human-induced climate change.
A new model for BC’s fresh-water management and policies, including improved accountability for decision-makers, is proposed in a report released today by the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria.
Each year, local community leaders are lauded at the annual Victoria Leadership Awards. UVic is a founding partner of the VLA awards program which celebrates the inspirational talents of our city's most tireless champions. In advance, Leadership Victo
