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Throughout the weekend, university staff worked closely with the students involved with Friday’s tragic bus crash to get them the immediate and ongoing supports that they may need.

University counsellors, outreach and support staff, as well as senior administrators, met with students and their families throughout Saturday afternoon to provide help and support for their recovery from the tragic bus crash in which two students lost their lives.

It is with profound sadness and deep regret that I inform you that two students have passed away as a result of a bus crash mid-Island on the way to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre.

Sex scandals absorb voters in the US and UK, but new research by UVic political historian Penny Bryden shows that nothing gets under Canadians' skin more than misspent taxpayers' dollars.

UVic historian Penny Bryden knows what riles Canadian voters. For her five-year research project, she is focusing on political scandals in Canada. And her preliminary findings, released Sept. 11, proves that taxpayer pocketbooks are most sacrosanct in the true North.

Four University of Victoria researchers in the fields of social sciences and humanities are recognized with Canada's highest academic honour.

Four University of Victoria researchers in the fields of social sciences and humanities have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada.

Sybil Seitzinger, executive director of the UVic-led Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, will be among the 62 scientists honoured as fellows at the American Geophysical Union’s meeting this December in California.

Following a call for proposals in the spring, nine UVic initiatives have received funding of $294,551 in the first year of the new Strategic Framework Impact Fund. The fund provides up to $300,000 per year to strategic initiatives that are directly related to implementing the priorities of the Strategic Framework 2018-2023.

UVic’s Consent—it starts with a conversation campaign kicked off Sept. 1.

UVic has been rated as one of North America’s most sustainable universities, according to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

University of Victoria synthetic chemist Jeremy Wulff's research group has developed a vital link for a multi-university project that will design high-performance protective wear to keep Canadian soldiers safer and more comfortable during their missions.

It is with very heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of T’łat’laḵuł Trish (Patricia) Rosborough on August 15, 2019.  Dr. Rosborough, from the Kwakiutl First Nation, was an Associate Professor in UV…

As the new academic year gets underway, the university has new collective agreements with faculty members and librarians, and professional academic and administrative staff. For unions representing other employee groups where new collective agreements are not in place mediation and bargaining dates are scheduled.

UVic welcomes the newly appointed chair and vice-chair and newly elected student members to the Board of Governors for 2019-20.

For the third year, UVic will hold an Orange Shirt Day observation in the quad. Orange Shirt Day brings together Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the spirit of reconciliation to honour Indian residential school survivors and their families.