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The Orontes Guitar Quartet are celebrating their time in Canada with a gala downtown finale at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall on Oct. 18.

Vic marine biologist and coastal geographer Lauren McWhinnie is now looking at how we can also reduce noise pollution from small vessel traffic on this population of whales.

Helping one another to advance respect and reconciliation

The Palliative Outreach Resource Team is built upon lessons learned from a three-year study led by UVic palliative care researcher Kelli Stajduhar, lead investigator of the Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care program.

Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions funds new $1.5M international research project. The global team of scientists, engineers and social scientists plan to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into rock permanently beneath the Earth's ocean floor

Gustavson School of Business third-year students get familiar with global sustainability challenges through the Mission Impossible annual project matching teams of domestic students with incoming exchange students. First conceived by Monika Winn, it’s a rite of passage for BCom students entering the core year.

As a celebration of global contemporary art, the opening of the Venice Biennale in May 2019 provided the ideal backdrop for the formal signing of a three-year research agreement between UVic’s Faculty of Fine Arts and La Fondazione Morra, a major art centre in Naples. The first formal agreement between the faculty and an Italian cultural institution, it also paves the way for further engagement, collaboration and exchange between institutions.

Diabetes is a disease often associated with obesity but a new study led by sociologist Karen Kobayashi indicates that Japanese Americans who are not overweight are at a much higher risk of developing the disease. The new research points to the vital need for health screening in this population.

With the 2019 UN climate action summit now underway in New York City, environmental journalist and UVic PhD candidate Carol Linnitt reflects on Canadian media’s commitment to covering environmental issues.

University of Victoria experts are available to media to discuss various aspects of climate change ahead of the Sept. 23 UN Climate Action Summit 2019 and during the federal election campaign.

A new palliative care program is providing care to people with life-limiting illnesses who are homeless in Victoria. The Palliative Outreach Resource Team is a UVic, Island Health, Victoria Cool Aid and Victoria Hospice collaboration connecting people in need with health and social supports.

Approximately 300 people gathered in the heart of the University of Victoria’s campus on Sept. 17 to be with each other for comfort, healing and reflection following the devastating bus accident in which two students died and several were injured.

During the federal election campaign, UVic experts are available to media to provide political commentary and expertise on a wide range of subjects including data privacy, gender politics, fiscal policy, electoral procedure and federal-provincial relations.

In its continuing commitment to promote a sustainable future, the university is updating two policies related to its investments and is inviting feedback from interested faculty, staff and students. Goals of the review include continuing to achieve UVic’s investment objectives, updating responsible investment practices and aligning each of the policies within the university’s Strategic Framework. Consultations will continue through October.

A community gathering for reflection and support will be held at the University of Victoria on Tuesday, Sept. 17 to provide students, faculty and staff with a space to unite and reflect in the wake of the recent bus accident in which two students died and several were injured.

As you return to campus this morning, I know many of you share my sense of sorrow following the devastating accident Friday night in which two UVic students were killed and several others were injured. The loss of members of our campus community in any circumstances is distressing. These bright young people were united in their desire to experience the research and learning possibilities on Vancouver Island’s west coast. My heartfelt condolences go out to them and their loved ones.