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Co-op graduate preserves BC’s natural world

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Growing up in some of BC's most beautiful landscapes—from the snow-covered peaks in Whistler to the shores of the Salish Sea in Victoria—inspired Keegan Meyers to develop a deep appreciation for the natural world.

Fledgling researcher takes flight

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Victoria Philibert, who graduates this month with a double major in philosophy and Pacific and Asian studies, is a perfect example of how the Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) can impact UVic students whose first forays into deep research evoke personal insights and discovery.

Visual arts project offers "something to ponder"

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It sounds like a riddle: what has six legs, was built for camping and can walk on its own? The answer, however, is no joke—it's actually the incredibly complex final project of visual arts BFA graduate Xiao Xue.

Six degrees of inspiration

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Honorary degrees—the university's highest academic honour—will be presented to six exceptional individuals during spring Convocation ceremonies.

Donation provides bursaries for Indigenous students

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A $500,000 donation from The Joyce Family Foundation will establish new bursaries at UVic to help Indigenous students with financial need achieve their academic goals.

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.

National award fuels student’s drive to be a family doctor

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Sarah Khan has a distinctive definition of the word "leadership," the quality for which she was recently awarded a prestigious 3M National Student Fellowship. Every project that Khan takes on is a piece of a puzzle that fits into her ultimate goal of becoming a family physician.

International student focuses on applied theatre

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Taiwo O. Afolabi, a UVic international PhD student from Nigeria, had travelled extensively beyond Africa before deciding to pursue his graduate studies in applied theatre with UVic theatre prof Warwick Dobson.

QE Scholars

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The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships program at UVic supports our students as they take part in work experiences that strengthen links to international communities and foster extraordinary education opportunities.

Legacy of Nancy Turner

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UVic ethnobotanist Nancy Turner, as part of her legacy and the 2015 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellowship, is leading a four-day ethnoecology symposium at UVic (now full to capacity), which will also feature a keynote address on May 3 by renowned essayist John Ralston Saul.

Students connect with Australian Aboriginal community on Indigenous exchange

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Jackson McDermott and Tami Schiefelbein had no lack of support before leaving on their work exchange to Newcastle, Australia, last fall. The two Indigenous students received $6,000 from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship program for young global leaders, had a team of co-op staff to assist with travel logistics, and attended cultural competency classes to prepare themselves for three-and-a-half months of working at the Wollotuka Institute at the University of Newcastle.

Crossing Borders incoming scholar research

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Graduate student Jeanique Tucker continues her research—as a new Crossing Borders Incoming Scholar at UVic—on institutional violence with a focus on police violence in Jamaica and South Africa through an examination of art, music and discourse.

New find on Triquet Island

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UVic PhD candidate Alisha Gauvreau is one member of an archaeological team from UVic, the Hakai Institute and local First Nations that found an ancient village site on Triquet Island, reaffirming Heiltsuk First Nation oral history of an ice-free place during the last Ice Age.

Momentous event in Victoria’s gay history inspires new play and course

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A new play by University of Victoria theatre professor Jennifer Wise celebrates a little-known event in Victoria's gay history. "A Queer Trial" tells the real-life story of John Butt, an openly gay man who in 1860 was acquitted of sodomy charges by two successive juries—the first jury preferring to spend a night in jail rather than convict him.

Visiting world-class artists inspire theatre students

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In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Department of Theatre gave each of its students a special gift this March: a chance to work with five internationally renowned theatre experts through a weeklong series of innovative workshops.

New Indigenous program is a first for Canada

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A UVic program in Indigenous nationhood that is the first of its kind in Canada will train the next generation of leaders, scholars and researchers in how law, politics and governance intersect at a critical time for Indigenous relations in Canada.

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