Four leaders from the fields of computing, telecommunications, public service, and athletics will accept honorary degrees—the university's highest academic honour—during 2016 Fall Convocation ceremonies.
When Nick Schwaiger was 13, he got his first job at a houseboat company in Sicamous, BC where his dad was a mechanic. He started helping out servicing engines and power systems in the company's fleet of 120 houseboats, plying the waters of nearby Shuswap and Mara Lakes. After a while, he was doing oil changes on engines, changing propellers and troubleshooting.
Thousands of UVic students and their families and friends will gather on campus this month to celebrate the achievement of an academic milestone. During Fall Convocation on Nov. 9 and 10, ceremonies will be held to confer 1,379 degrees, diplomas and certificates.
The UVic-led Advanced Rare Isotope Laboratory (ARIEL) at TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics, received $8.7 million from the BC Knowledge Development Fund in October. ARIEL expansion will lead to advances in medical imaging for diseases such as cancer, new technologies and materials for industry, and fresh insights into the fundamental nature of matter.
UVic expert Jason Colby (Dept. of History) is available to media to discuss today’s announcement by the US-based Center for Whale Research of the loss of two endangered southern resident killer whales and the urgent action needed by Canada and the US to save them from extinction.
UVic is home to a leading scholar of vampire myth in literature and film. Peter Golz, on the 15th anniversary of his popular course, is available to media for comment on the use of critical tools and theory on this 'spooky' topic.
Two recently published research papers show how coastal forests benefited from First Nations habitation, and that fire-management was an important element of Indigenous forestry.
A significant amount of freshwater in western Canada and the North originates as snowpack from the Rocky Mountains. Terry Prowse, a UVic geographer and a senior federal research scientist who studies hydrology, water resources and freshwater ecosystems.
An endangered Indigenous language and an endangered West Coast wildlife icon stand to benefit from the work of two new Banting Postdoctoral Fellows at UVic. Valued at $70,000 per year for two years, the fellowships are intended to groom Canada's next generation of research leaders.
UVic Libraries has acquired a rare print edition of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and revealed this one-of-a-kind volume on Oct. 26 in time for a lecture at UVic on Plath's birthdate, Oct. 27. This unique volume features original sketches added by hand by Plath's own daughter, the artist and writer Frieda Hughes.
When you hear the word ‘teenager’ do you imagine someone closed up in their room obsessed with their phone, text messages and social media? Or is it someone trying to balance work, school, health/stress, volunteering and family relationships? Recent research has proven the latter: the vast majority of teens care deeply about others and are involved in their communities. At the same time, many are facing very adult issues such as debt, finding affordable housing, stress and hypertension.
A study released Oct. 26 by UVic and Island Health shines a unique spotlight on a generation of young people in Greater Victoria. No other research study in Canada has followed a full decade of observation of youth from one distinct region and varied socio-economic backgrounds.
The relationship between Vancouver’s real estate boom and the crisis of homelessness and is more than just a trickle down effect. Working with Vancouver's Union Gospel Mission (UGM), nursing professor Bernie Pauly has found that rising housing costs in Vancouver, the diminishing supply of low-end rental housing, and dropping vacancy rates are leading to a growing number of people who are increasingly vulnerable to homelessness.
Recognized by Status of Women Canada for her work in gender equality, Dr. Cecilia Benoit has devoted 25 years as a researcher to advancing the social rights of marginalized populations, especially women. On October 18, Benoit and five other women were recognized with the Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case.
Students study abroad for all sorts of reasons—to gain cultural experiences or expand their personal views, for instance—and for some it will be to study economics at UVic. The new agreement allows Soochow University students who complete two years of study in Suzhou and then transfer to UVic’s economics program for the remaining two years to receive a double degree in economics from both Soochow University and UVic. This is the third “2+2” agreement between UVic and Soochow University; the first is in business, the second in chemistry.
A quirky mix of student programmers. Dr. Jim Tanaka, the research psychologist who leads them. And the app software they designed that could change the face of autism therapy.
