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New pathway for end-of-life care

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When Kelli Stajduhar was handed the 2017 Ehor Boyanowsky Academic of the Year Award last month from the Canadian Universities Faculty Association of BC, she was acknowledged as "a living ambassador for the very real difference scientific knowledge brings to revolutionizing health care."

CanAssist funding will help society’s most vulnerable

The Ring

Seniors with dementia and children with special needs will benefit from the latest provincial funding to CanAssist, a University of Victoria program dedicated to helping people with disabilities improve their quality of life, with a focus on promoting independence and inclusion.

New AVPR starts in July

The Ring

One of the new arrivals on campus this summer will be neuropsychologist Lisa Kalynchuk, who begins a five-year term as associate vice-president research (AVPR) on July 1.

Citizen scientists are the future for our oceans

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The impressive performance of more than 500 "citizen scientists" who signed on for a study counting deep-water sablefish off the Tofino coast is heartening proof that understanding our oceans is something we can all be part of, says one of the Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) scientists who co-authored the study.

Everyone has a role in ocean science

Media release

The impressive performance of “citizen scientists” who signed on for a study counting deep-water sablefish off the Tofino coast is heartening proof that understanding our oceans is something we can all be part of, says one of the Ocean Networks Canada scientists who co-authored the study.

Study asks people using drugs to shape their primary care

The Ring

A collaborative style of health research guided by those whose lives are the focus of the research is the model for a new Greater Victoria study aimed at helping people with multiple barriers get the primary health care they need without feeling judged, stigmatized and shut out.

Maximizing climate mitigation by BC forests

Media release

Researchers of the Forest Carbon Management Project—created by the UVic-led Pacific Institute for Climate solutions—found BC's forestry sector can greatly help meet climate targets through region-specific management, bioenergy, and more long-lived wood products.

REACH Awards recognize dynamic learning

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Two UVic professors whose efforts to infuse their teaching and research with lessons from the Holocaust are among 10 faculty members and three graduate students receiving top awards at the university’s inaugural REACH Awards.

Moderate drinking and heart health

Media release

Over the years, a number of studies have shown that adults who drink moderately have lower heart disease rates than non-drinkers. But a new paper led by scientists at the UVic's Centre for Addictions Research provides grounds for a healthy skepticism around the idea that moderate drinking is good for you.

Study asks people using drugs to shape their primary care

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Primary health care delivered with understanding and compassion for people who use drugs is the focus of Greater Victoria's first patient-oriented research study funded through a collaboration between UVic, Island Health, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

CARFMS 2017

The Ring

An international conference taking place mid May at UVic for the first time on the west coast of Canada will focus on global displacement and forced migration, closely exploring issues and experiences about one of the most pressing global issues of our time.

First Nations clean energy survey

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A new survey on clean energy was released April 24 by the BC First Nations Clean Energy Working Group in partnership with Clean Energy BC and UVic's School of Environmental Studies.

New report on BC wave energy progress

Media release

BC now has sufficient detailed information about the height, frequency and direction of its coastal waves to start developing and testing wave energy converters in the ocean, according to a new report released at an energy conference at UVic on April 27.

REACH Awards

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This May, an inaugural event—the REACH Awards—will combine the Teaching Excellence Awards with the Craigdarroch Research Awards into a single event that celebrates the extraordinary teachers and researchers who lead the way in dynamic learning and make a vital impact at UVic, in the classroom and beyond.

Award celebrates patient-oriented research

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Charlotte Loppie, a professor in UVic's School of Public Health and Social Policy and director of the Centre for Indigenous Research and Community-Led Engagement—is one of three Canadian researchers who will be awarded a prestigious Gold Leaf Prize from CIHR at a May 16 ceremony in Ottawa.

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.

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