For the first time, seaborne radiation from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has been detected in a Canadian salmon, says UVic chemical oceanographer Jay Cullen, who leads the InFORM coastal network that monitors marine radioactivity off BC.
Thanks to the Beyond Borders fund initiated by President Jamie Cassels in 2015, even more UVic students have journeyed deep into communities well beyond the borders of our campus. Here are three student stories of transformative journeys overseas.
A five-year, $46.6 million investment from the Canadian government—through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)—will ensure that ONC continues to lead the world in ocean observatory science and technology. The new funding is awarded to UVic through CFI’s Major Science Initiatives program, which supports a portion of the operating and maintenance costs of selected major science facilities across Canada.
From one generation to the next, teachers pass along the skills and techniques instilled in them by their mentors. Now, the School of Music’s internationally acclaimed Lafayette String Quartet will honour their own mentor with a rare performance cycle of all 15 string quartets by 20th century Soviet composer, Dmitri Shostakovich.
Student Jess Harvey's reflection on the 2017 Provost's Diversity Research Forum, and the social context—the shadow of intolerance, bigotry, xenophobia and misogyny—that makes the event so important.
Microbiology co-op student Levana Mastrangelo is doing her part to make a difference in local Indigenous communities. She recently completed a co-operative education (co-op) work term with the Aboriginal STEM Outreach Program, where she became a liaison between UVic’s Science Venture and Indigenous youth on Vancouver Island.
For 50 years, the theatre department and Phoenix Theatre—its public performance wing—have helped shape the development of local and national theatre by producing celebrated alumni and innovative productions. Growing from a volunteer-built, 80-seat theatre into Canada’s leading comprehensive theatre program, the Phoenix is now one of the best educational theatre facilities in the country.
UVic oceanographer Jay Cullen is on the Canadian Space Agency’s recent shortlist to become one of two new Canadian astronauts.
Fears that “vaping” is a gateway to tobacco smoking are unfounded, shows the researchers’ resulting comprehensive review of available evidence on the harms and benefits of electronic or e-cigarettes and vapour devices—released in January by CARBC in a report called “Clearing the Air.”
Drugs used to prevent and treat HIV could be contributing to a dramatic rise in syphilis cases, according to a new study co-authored by UVic microbiologist Caroline Cameron. The study suggests that antiretroviral therapy medications for treating HIV may affect the body’s immune response to certain diseases, including syphilis.
Flags at UVic have been lowered to half-mast in memory of the six Muslim-Canadians killed in the attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City on Jan. 29.
Sexualized violence is unacceptable and prohibited at UVic. In its work to address sexualized violence as a significant and systemic societal and campus issue, the university is inviting comment on a draft policy to be released Feb. 6, which will apply to all campus members.
Leading health expert Kristie Ebi gives a talk, hosted by the UVic-led Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions on Feb. 1 on how communities should prepare for the risks to human health caused by climate change.
It is with great sadness that the Division of Continuing Studies announces the passing of Didier Bergeret. Bergeret joined the division as a French language instructor in 1987 and remained a steadfast and constant figure throughout the next 29 years.
The university flag will be lowered on Thursday, Jan. 26 in honour of UVic employee Greig Cosier, who passed away Jan. 7, 2017. Greig worked in Facilities Management as a custodian for more than 22 years, and volunteered his personal time to UVic events at every opportunity.
Twenty years ago, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) was created to provide funding for the tools--the labs, facilities and equipment--that Canadian researchers need to move ideas, discoveries and inventions forward for the benefit of society and the world around us.
