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New student housing and dining project

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Construction begins on UVic's Student Housing and Dining project The initiative will create 621 new student housing spaces, plus a modern 600-seat dining hall, classrooms and conference space.

Watching wastewater for COVID-19

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A team of three UVic researchers and a local tech firm are partnering to develop a sewage monitoring system that will provide information to help public health authorities detect and track future outbreaks of COVID-19.

Unconstrained path leads to study of the brain

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During her five years at UVic, Hannah Eilertsen strove to be the best student possible. Her focus, smarts and determination paid off this month when she was awarded the Jubilee Medal for holding the highest academic standing in the Faculty of Social Sciences. She graduates with a BSc in psychology.

Mapping the COVID-19 recovery

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UVic scientists are leading efforts to protect our health, and working with the community to ensure the social and economic resilience of our society.

Commerce feeds curiosity at campus food bank

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Tari Murwira, UVic BCom class of 2020, can count her spare hours over the last year in cans of soup, jars of peanut butter and liters of milk. Murwira is the coordinator of the UVSS food bank.

Nursing grad supports aging in place

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The physical convocation ceremony for UVic’s 2020 nursing graduates will have to wait—they’re already playing key roles in community health. Sydney Hofmeyr is one of them, joining Island Health.

Propelled by a passion for French

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A year living in a Francophone village in Quebec instilled a life-long love of French language and culture in University of Victoria graduate Pamela Fraser. Fraser, who graduates in July with a master’s degree in French, credits her parents, especially her dad, for passing along an enthusiasm for French culture and language.

Indo-Canadian artist fuses traditions

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Graduating honours artist Rudra Manani explores her Indo-Canadian identity through her contemporary art practice by challenging generic spiritual practices like yoga.

Study what you stand for

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When UVic student Simone Blais was invited to attend a 2016 summit in Toronto for Indigenous and racialized students at the start of the Black Lives Matter movement, she jumped at the opportunity. It was a profound experience, one that compelled her to question the usefulness of post-secondary education. But Blaise has since used her experiences outside of the classroom to build on her studies.

An internship during a pandemic

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On the same day German student Isabelle Staiger landed in Victoria for her UVic internship, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada was closing its borders. This is her story – of virtual colleagues, a cancelled honeymoon, routine visits to the beach and a red bike that became her friend.

Theatre scholar wins major award

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Mary Kerr’s designs have helped transform Canadian culture over the past five decades. And now she’s the first designer in history to win a Molson Prize, joining the likes of Margaret Atwood, Richard Wagamese and Glenn Gould.

Decolonizing the library

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Indigenous leader Ry Moran becomes Canada’s first-ever Associate University Librarian—Reconciliation at UVic Libraries. In this new role, Moran will be looking to partner with Indigenous communities and work to directly address the need to help preserve and sustain Indigenous knowledge, as well as introduce Indigenous approaches to knowledge into the daily work of the Libraries.

When a course is a community

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During the rapid shift away from face-to-face course delivery in March, Janni Aragon knew she wanted to get a jump on circumstance. So she took immediate steps to ensure her students would have the same kind of dynamic, community-oriented learning experience they have come to expect from UVic, using a mesh of technologies she also studies. That effort put Aragon, and students in her course in young adult literature, politics and culture, more than a small step ahead. Her course doesn’t begin until July.

Medieval course features local landmarks

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How much do you know about Craigdarroch Castle, Ross Bay Cemetery and Christ Church Cathedral? Michael Reed has been using these local landmarks to explore medieval architecture in Victoria—with a virtual twist.

How COVID-19 student bursary helped

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Close to 2,000 students received the COVID-19 Support Bursary between March and June, 2020. The university initially committed $200,000 to meet the immediate challenges students were facing as a result of the pandemic, from lost jobs, to technology issues, to urgent housing needs. Within weeks, hundreds of alumni, community members, staff and faculty contributed to the bursary to help the university meet the overwhelming demand for support.

Field school on a cargo bike

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As COVID-19 turned the world upside-down, urban geographer Cam Owens had the immense task of shifting his International field school into an online course. The fourth-year geography course, Sustainable Cities, has been a surprising success considering how rapidly Owens had to adapt the field school to an online environment.

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New student housing and dining project

Watching wastewater for COVID-19

Unconstrained path leads to study of the brain

Mapping the COVID-19 recovery

Commerce feeds curiosity at campus food bank

Nursing grad supports aging in place

Propelled by a passion for French

Indo-Canadian artist fuses traditions

Study what you stand for

An internship during a pandemic

Theatre scholar wins major award

Decolonizing the library

When a course is a community

Medieval course features local landmarks

How COVID-19 student bursary helped

Field school on a cargo bike