The Northwest Aboriginal Canadian Entrepreneurs program, a joint initiative between TRICORP and UVic's Gustavson School of Business, for delivering business skills training in northern BC took home a top global prize in Oslo, Norway for its impact in Indigenous communities.
UVic historian Mariel Grant is available to media for comment on the royal visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to BC and the Yukon, Sept. 24 to Oct. 1.
UVic physicist Randall Sobie is leading a project to build a data and cloud computing system for the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Laboratory in Geneva Switzerland. The new system will significantly advance global investigations into the fundamental structure of the universe.
Four exceptional leaders in the fields of computing, telecommunications, politics, and athletics to receive honorary degrees - UVic's highest academic honour - at November convocation.
Escalating water challenges in BC, including consecutive droughts, unprecedented floods and strikingly low levels in rivers and streams require a better understanding and coordinated work to avoid future crisis, says a new report by researchers at the POLIS Water Sustainability Project at UVic.
It's full-speed ahead for a new software platform that builds on the world-leading data management system of the UVic's Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) thanks to federal funding announced today at UVic.
Clay Holroyd—a psychologist probing the mysteries of the brain—and Roy Suddaby—a business scholar who investigates corporate social responsibility—are UVic's two newest members of the Royal Society of Canada's prestigious College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Graduate student Chorong Kim's film on Holocaust education won Best Documentary Film at the Montreal World Film Festival, computer scientist Alona Fyshe was awarded by CIFAR, and engineer Sadik Dost became a CAE fellow.
A six-week archaeology field school brought the promise and challenges of the Pacific west coast to life for 19 enthusiastic anthropology students this summer. The group traveled to the west coast of Vancouver Island to do research at ancient First Nations settlements, and to learn archaeological field techniques and environmental and cultural history from Tseshaht and Huu-ay-aht First Nations, professional archaeologists, and marine ecologists at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre.
This isn't your average soccer game—it's blind soccer. Drop-in blind soccer is a student-led success story, brought to UVic after two Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education students were assigned a class project about adapted sports and recreation.
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This year's ever-popular annual faculty reading night will include the announcement of the inaugural recipient of the Lorna Crozier Scholarship. In advance of the Sept. 28 event, Shane Book, one of Crozier's former students and the writing department’s newest poetry professor, reflects on her influence as a teacher.
Aaron Devor, Chair in Transgender Studies, is available to media to discuss the public opinion poll, "Transgender in Canada," released Sept. 7. The survey paints a picture of a society that views increasing acceptance as a sign of social progress, but also points out that divisions still remain.
One of Canada's best known music theorists and an internationally acclaimed expert on constitutional law are the University of Victoria's two newest Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Election to the academies of the RSC is Canada's highest academic honour and signals that the scholar, scientist or artist has made remarkable lifelong contributions to their field and to public life.
At its August meeting, the UVic Foundation approved a record $14.5-million budget to support students and the university’s 2016-17 academic mission—an increase of $600,000 from last year. The foundation also created a pilot Fossil-Fuel-Free Fund for donors who wish to create new endowments that will not be invested in companies with coal, oil or natural gas reserves.
New versions of the internal home page and Ring news site are being rolled out this week. Feedback from faculty and staff drove a redesign that features a cleaner layout and improved content so faculty and staff can easily access information, links and tools—and stay informed on campus news and administrative updates.
