A network of artisans is the fabric of business for Dara Jarallah, a Master of Global Business student (pictured above), who launched her social start-up Shoppinglee two years ago and is currently completing a co-op term in Jordan.
Technology education program aims to shrink diversity gaps
UVic faculty members are available for informed commentary on the Federal Court of Canada's decision that the National Energy Board's assessment of the TransCanada Pipeline from Edmonton to the West Coast was flawed, which puts the controversial project in limbo.
On Aug. 28, UVic and UBC came together in Victoria to announce the launch of the Legends Cup Series, which will reignite the long-standing rivalry between the Vikes and Thunderbirds. The Legends Cup is the new trophy that will be awarded to one of the two universities based on a series of varsity athletic competitions this season.
Physical exercise is known to make bones stronger but according to a new study, maternal health and its impact on the pace of a girl’s development can also shape her adult bone strength—with implications for fracture risk later in life.
Tiffany Chan taught a web bot to write like a nineteenth-century author for her English master’s project—with amusing results.
Design concepts are taking shape for UVic’s two newest student housing buildings, targeted for construction beginning in 2020. Open houses were held on campus in June to solicit input on early concept designs for the buildings and connected outdoor areas. Additional open houses will be held in November to share the final proposed building and landscape designs prior to making submissions for municipal approvals.
Inspired by local youth and Victoria's growing technology sector, HighTechU is more than a coding program. It's an experiential learning program where high school students build the diverse skills needed to succeed in higher education and the tech industry.
Two BC high school students have received prestigious scholarship awards as they launch into their first year of study at the University of Victoria. Spencer Hancock of Coombs, a graduate of Ballenas Secondary School in Parksville, is recipient of the $100,000 2018 Schulich Leader Scholarship in Engineering. Karlee Zaruk, of Oak Bay High School in Oak Bay is recipient of the $80,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship in Science.
A new two-year study led by ecologist John Volpe with master's student Andrew Watts, both of UVic's School of Environmental Studies, has the potential to transform the wine industry by combining innovative spectrometry technology with field manipulations to pinpoint the perfect time to harvest grapes.
Newly uncovered documents from UVic's Landscapes of Injustice team reveal the "wanton destruction" of Canada's first Japanese gardens and teahouse in Esquimalt's Gorge Park. A new campaign seeks to rebuild the historical teahouse and raise awareness of this chapter in local history.
A Canada-US team led by University of Victoria green chemist and professor of civil engineering Heather Buckley has won first place in a global competition to identify new preservatives for use in cosmetics and household products.
On Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, the UVic flag will be lowered in memory of Garth Kempster, who passed away on Aug. 2. Garth was a UVic staff member in the Division of Continuing Studies. A Celebration of Life will be held at UVic's Interfaith Chapel on Aug. 18 at 1 pm.
Victoria teens joined seniors with dementia in a choir
Making technical recommendations on sustainability might not be the first thing that comes to mind for an Academic Writing Requirement course. But the engineering and computer science students who enrolled in Suzan Last's technical writing course this summer did just that—transforming coursework into real-life learning.
More than 60 years ago, the last Coast Salish residents of Tl'ches—the Chatham and Discovery islands off the eastern coast of Oak Bay—left to live on the Songhees Reserve in Esquimalt. But this summer, Lekwungen Coast Salish Elder Sellemah/Joan Morris, who grew up on Tl'ches, helped UVic and Songhees students in a UVic field school see the islands through their eyes—superimposing past and present.
