A young but mighty Vikes women's soccer team closed out their regular season with incredible road victories over Prairie leaders Alberta, while holding the five-time national champions Trinity Western to a scoreless draw.
$2.4 million in new clean energy funding from the Government of Canada ($1.4M), and from the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation in conjunction with Seaspan ($1M), was announced today, boosting UVic researchers’ ability to accelerate the kinds of solutions-focused, clean energy projects that are making a difference at a local, national and international level.
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UVic's intercultural training helps our students make positive contributions to diverse workplaces and develop intercultural competencies through studying and working abroad--with the next workshop taking place in time for International Education Week (Nov. 13 to 17).
A new language revitalization project led by the University of Victoria will bring new life and strength to at least 42 Indigenous languages in Canada. NEȾOLṈEW̱ will work with nine Indigenous-led partner organizations across the country, forming a learning and research network to strengthen efforts to revive Indigenous languages.
This fall, UVic students are making noise again at the Royal British Columbia Museum. Thirty-nine students in Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier's third-year anthropology course are working with museum learning program developers to create soundscapes that will bring sonic life to many objects on exhibit.
Long-lost letters from interned Japanese-Canadians
Two new order-in-council appointees have joined UVic's Board of Governors: Merle Alexander and Kasari Govender.
UVic's Board of Governors is one of two primary governing bodies of the university. The board is responsible for the management, administration and control of the property, revenue and business affairs of the university.
One of Canada’s leading literary journals is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Established in 1967, The Malahat Review has featured emerging and established writers, discovered promising new talent and presented perceptive critical comment on other works.
Universities Canada announced Nov. 10 that UVic will host the 2018 National Building Reconciliation Forum, with a focus on Indigenous language revitalization and economic growth of Indigenous communities. This annual national initiative reflects the commitment to action on reconciliation through higher education.
Hundreds of UVic students and their families will gather on campus this month to celebrate reaching an academic milestone. A total of 1,396 degrees, certificates and diplomas will be conferred.
Declining marine resources are a global concern and in response many countries are establishing Marine Protected Areas to protect biodiversity. However, Indigenous rights and governance are being overlooked, says a UVic researcher.
A team involving University of Victoria astronomer Sara Ellison has discovered an inspired method of finding the elusive pairing of supermassive black holes that mark merging galaxies, a discovery that may provide clues to the future of Earth's own galaxy.
Alana Green, BCom '17, Ch'nook Scholar valedictorian and positive-minded change-maker, takes her role as public servant very much to heart. Green, a member of the Cree community of Duncan's First Nation in northern Alberta, began the BCom program with previous career experience and currently works for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Stephanie Korolyk is working at her dream job as the executive director of the Laskeek Bay Conservation Society on Haida Gwaii, after completing a degree in biology.
