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Traditional knowledge on marine species

Media release

Without Indigenous knowledge, the recent findings by conservation scientist Natalie Ban and her collaborators would not carry so stark a message about two culturally and ecologically important marine species—the Dungeness crab and yelloweye rockfish of BC’s central coast.

Mountain Legacy Project

Media release

Fresh images of the same vistas captured 150 years ago by intrepid mountain surveyors are now raising the alarm on impacts of climate change. Researchers with UVic's Mountain Legacy Project went deep into western Canada’s backcountry over 19 summers, with the results now online.

Improving drug delivery

The Ring

Four Canadian universities. Eight researchers. One goal: improve the way therapeutic drugs are delivered in the human body while diversifying the skillset of a new generation of researchers to build on that work in the academic and private sectors.

Canada Research Chairs in science

The Ring

UVic's three new Canada Research Chairs—announced in May and early November—are doing scientific research that cuts to the heart of issues related to human health and safety.

Long-lost letters from interned Japanese-Canadians

National Post

Long-lost letters from interned Japanese-Canadians

Searching for supermassive black hole pairs

The Ring

A team involving University of Victoria astronomer Sara Ellison has discovered an inspired method of finding the elusive pairing of supermassive black holes that mark merging galaxies, a discovery that may provide clues to the future of Earth's own galaxy.

BC grants ignite two innovative projects

The Ring

Two UVic researchers working with industry to develop and apply new technologies have been awarded BC Innovation Council Ignite grants for their research on the protection of endangered species and the future of personalized medicine.

300 letters of protest

The Ring

A recent discovery has given Judy Hanazawa some of her family's history back. Now 70, Hanazawa knew little of their experiences during the Second World War. Some 300 letters of protest from Japanese Canadians, rediscovered as part of the UVic-led Landscapes of Injustice project, reflect the outrage of dispossession.

Japanese Canadian letters of WWII

Media release

Three hundred letters from Japanese Canadians, written in the mid to late 1940s, were recently discovered by UVic historian Jordan Stanger-Ross, project director of the UVic-led Landscapes of Injustice research project. The letters reveal unsettling and moving accounts of dispossession.

Doctoral candidate presents in Ottawa on concussions

The Ring

UVic chemist Armita Dash is in Ottawa today to talk to parliamentarians and senior government officials about her innovative approach to early concussion diagnosis. Dash's research provides an early detection method of diagnosing concussion or traumatic brain injury through the use of nanotechnology.

Where ship that sailed Northwest Passage is stopping on BC coast

Times Colonist

Where ship that sailed Northwest Passage is stopping on BC coast

Climate change adaptation for buildings

The Ring

Forest fires in British Columbia. Floods in Quebec. Hurricanes in Texas. While it’s difficult to say definitively that such events are caused by climate change, there’s little doubt that a warming world exacerbates such extreme weather—and that our society will need to be ready for more of them.

UVic faculty involved in six CFI grants

Media release

Two University of Victoria projects with the potential to change how the world interprets the forces of nature have taken a major step toward being realized with today's Canada Foundation for Innovation announcement of $6.3 million in funding support.

Tiny life forms, big impact

The Ring

Biological oceanographer Diana Varela is studying the marine diatoms of Saanich Inlet, just north of campus. These unicellular lifeforms are the crux of ecosystems both aquatic and terrestrial. Part of a larger group of microscopic algae known as phytoplankton, diatoms drift across the top layer of oceans, seas and lakes.

Funded through Oceans Protection Plan

Media release

The world-leading University of Victoria initiative Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) received $7.2 million in new funding today from the Canadian government to continue its vital work monitoring Canada's ocean and coasts, including endangered southern resident killer whale habitat.

BC grants ignite UVic innovation

Media release

Two University of Victoria researchers working with industry to ignite the development and application of new technologies have been awarded BC Innovation Council grants for their vital work advancing the protection of endangered species and the future of personalized medicine.

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