In 2017, a project began behind the scenes to enhance online services and information for trans, Two-Spirit and non-binary students and employees. The new web resource launched on the Equity and Human Rights (EQHR) website in the fall.
Over the last 27 years, eight ships and one airplane have been intentionally sunk off the BC coast for the enjoyment of recreational divers—and to enhance habitat for local marine life. Yet artificial reefs remain controversial. Desiree Bulger, a master’s student in UVic's School of Environmental Studies, set out to find some answers.
Two UVic researchers are available to media for expert comment on the results announced Dec. 20 of the 2018 referendum on BC electoral reform. Sixty-one per cent of voters wanted to keep first-past-the-post and now it's breaking news.
As 2018 swings to a close, we’re also looking back at 12 months of captivating stories which helped shape a year of great news about our people, projects, ideas, creativity and research.
Whether it's welcoming visitors and students to campus, creating learning and teaching opportunities overseas or making connections with partners and others around the globe, UVic is connected to the world. And in 2018, there were dozens of stories with compelling messages about globalization including the remarkable news of the Orontes Guitar Quartet from Syria—here now for a year at UVic.
UVic social work student Santanna Hernandez's path to university was full of twists and turns—much like the Columbia River cutting through her hometown of Trail, BC. Now a mother of four, Hernandez will graduate from UVic in 2019 and is currently applying to medical schools.
A Syrian guitar quartet, silenced by war, plays again in Canada
The dramatic story of a Syrian guitar quartet escaping the ongoing destruction of the Syrian civil war for a year at UVic and a fellowship funded by the Artist Protection Fund offers a remarkable message about the power of music, hope and determination.
On Dec. 6, 1989, an armed gunman entered Polytechnique Montréal and shot 28 people, murdering 14 women and injuring 10 other women and four men. On Dec. 5, 2018, almost 30 years after the massacre, UVic came together for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women—a day to remember the women who died in the massacre as well as countless others who have suffered violence.
UVic alumna Sharon Horton volunteered in Douala, Cameroon for two months onboard the world's largest volunteer-run hospital ship, which provides care to thousands overseas each year. Horton, a nursing graduate, works as an outpatient burn-and-wound nurse in Victoria.
The provincial government released its Climate Action Plan today. UVic faculty members and those who work in climate-related institutes are available to media to discuss the strategy, including the need to give climate change mitigation and adaption equal attention.
In November, UVic hosted the fourth National Building Reconciliation Forum in partnership with Universities Canada. The annual gathering serves as a way to explore how universities, governments and Indigenous communities can work together to answer the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action.
University of Victoria substance use experts Scott MacDonald and Tim Stockwell are available to media for perspective on the Canadian government's changes to drug-impaired driving laws, including the introduction of mandatory alcohol screening, set to come into force on December 18.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how do you quantify the experience of holding a whale skull? Students in one history course recently had just that kind of heft added to their learning at the Royal BC Museum, examining the museum’s whale specimens.
The results are in: Giving Tuesday 2018 at UVic was the best one yet. On Nov. 27, in just 24 hours, more than 1,100 faculty, staff, students, donors and alumni came together to give more than $30,000 (and counting) in support of student clubs and activities on campus. Thank you to everyone who participated.
It is with great sadness that the university community marks the passing of Dr. Howard Petch, former President of the University of Victoria, on November 26 at the age of 93. Petch was the university’s fourth President, and is well-remembered for his 15 years in office guiding the campus through an era of immense change, and prioritizing programs and values that have become the defining characteristics of UVic today.
