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Research

Spirit bear hair reveals new genetic secrets

The New York Times

Spirit bear hair reveals new genetic secrets

Physical distance impact on GBQT2+ men

How communities emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with health and well-being intact is a key question for a University of Victoria researcher, who is studying ways isolation has impacted gay, bisexual, queer, trans and Two Spirit (GBQT2+) men in Canada.

Building energy efficiency

knowlEDGE

UVic civil engineering professor Ralph Evins is using machine learning to design energy-efficient buildings that don’t yet exist.

Four UVic Vanier scholars

The Ring

Four University of Victoria researchers are named Vanier Canada Graduate Scholars in an annual competition announced today by the Government of Canada. Vanier scholars, who receive $50,000 funding each year for three years, demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies. The scholarships are earmarked for social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health.

Brand trust sinks to all-time low

Media release

The Gustavson Brand Trust study shows that faith in brands is on the decline, even as society becomes more reliant on certain services and products during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The search for virus-resistant material

Canada Foundation for Innovation

The search for virus-resistant material

Grad student research on kelp forests

The Ring

On World Oceans Day, two geography grad students prepare for an immersive two weeks of remote field work studying kelp forests on BC’s central coast. Adhering to strict COVID-19 protocols, Brian Timmer and Lianna Gendall will be self-isolating for 14 days before they embark on their MITACS internship with the Hakai Institute.

Killam Prize to Benoit

The Ring

Cecilia Benoit, a scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) and professor emerita with the Department of Sociology, has been awarded the 2020 Killam Prize in Social Sciences from the Canada Council for the Arts

Development of a real-time COVID-19 home test

A low-cost screening test that can be used from your home and read in minutes could change how public health officials track and control the spread of COVID-19.

New COVID-resistant wash basins

The Ring

Wash basins made with COVID-19-resistant material may be popping up in malls and other crowded places, once the work of a UVic researcher and BC manufacturer is complete.

SSHRC Storytellers finalists

The Ring

Two UVic researchers named top 25 "Storytellers" in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's annual competition. They show Canadians the impact of their research in just three minutes.

Study reviews heat stress on reef fish

Media release

In one of the first studies to assess the direct impact of heat stress on reef fish, University of Victoria biologists assess the direct impact of heat stress on reef fish.

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Research

Statistics don’t add up in wolf control

Stepping up to the challenge

Raincoast Research Chair

Substance use in Canada costs: new data

Spirit bear hair reveals new genetic secrets

Physical distance impact on GBQT2+ men

Building energy efficiency

Four UVic Vanier scholars

Brand trust sinks to all-time low

The search for virus-resistant material

Grad student research on kelp forests

Killam Prize to Benoit

Development of a real-time COVID-19 home test

New COVID-resistant wash basins

SSHRC Storytellers finalists

Study reviews heat stress on reef fish