An innovative program designed by a chemist and social worker at the University of Victoria is being piloted at Victoria harm reduction sites to provide a quick, accurate chemical analysis of drugs in order to prevent overdoses while also comparing and evaluating different drug-checking technologies.
A strong knowledge of how the body processes sugar is crucial in designing one-of-a-kind cancer treatments. University of Victoria immunologist Julian Lum, the recipient of a $1.08 million research grant, is engineering natural immune cells to fight cancer using a kind of immunotherapy called CAR-T therapy.
The Witness Blanket by Carey Newman, UVic’s sixth Audain Professor of Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest with UVic’s Department of Visual Arts, is the centrepiece of a historic agreement which Newman signed April 12 with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. It unites Western legal principles with Indigenous ways of knowing and being. UVic Law plans to incorporate the agreement into its curriculum.
Kate Field, a geography grad student, is lead author of a study focusing on the animal care policies used by peer-reviewed journals that commonly publish wildlife research. Here she answers questions about her new research, which she hopes will safeguard wildlife from unethical research practices.
In 2008, Annette Fraser graduated from UVic with her master’s degree in dispute resolution. A decade later, in September 2018, she returned to the campus as the university’s ombudsperson. An ombudsperson works under three guiding p…
Using profits from selling flowers and frames at convocation, this year's cohort of Student Ambassadors is donating $1,000 to the Student Emergency Fund, which supports students who are in financial crises and need immediate assistance. An anonymous alumni donor surprised the group—matching their contribution to the Student Emergency Fund this year, making their total gift $2,000.
Acting Director of the UVic Equity and Human Rights office Cassbreea Dewis has been named to a new federal advisory committee on the Framework to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions by Maryam Monsef, Canada&…
Securing funding for a new national centre for Indigenous law and reconciliation, and launching the world’s first Indigenous law degree program, are just two of the significant steps UVic has taken this year to advance its commitment to foster…
New book gathers expertise of UVic field school instructors to learn from—and extend—off-campus teaching opportunities
The third in a series of articles that explores how staff and faculty across campus are implementing the university’s Strategic Framework.
Canada’s 2019 federal budget, unveiled March 19, also included substantial funding for TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre, which was co-founded by UVic 50 years ago and continues to be a substantial nexus for UVic-led research.
The university’s inaugural Strategic Enrolment Management (SEM) Plan was unanimously approved by Executive Council and brought to Senate and Board of Governors for information in March 2019.
Trawling through international waters in search of salmon had its ups and downs according to geography PhD student, Vishnu Perumthuruthil Suseelan, who spent six weeks aboard the Russian vessel, the Professor Kaganovsky.
Although construction for the university’s student housing and dining project won’t kick off until 2020, early preparation work at the site will begin this spring and summer. Starting in May, watch for selective deconstruction, road and utility work around the Cadboro Commons and SUB buildings.
Canada's sea levels are rising
University of Victoria faculty members are available to media to discuss Canada’s Changing Climate Report released April 2 by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
