Do you have an idea that would make our campus more sustainable? There’s a new fund that can help make that idea a reality. The newly established $100,000 Campus Sustainability Fund is available to provide financial assistance for a variety of sustainability projects.
Becky Cory’s office is surrounded by organized chaos, as people pop their heads in to say hi or ask a couple of questions about current class events. When someone knocks on the door of her office, Becky doesn’t hesitate to respond. Cory started working with University 101 two months before the first course began, back in 2006. The program offers free, non-credit university courses to people who face significant barriers to post-secondary education.
It takes a very special co-operative education (co-op) employer to stand out from the 1,130 organizations that provided outstanding dynamic learning opportunities for UVic co-op students in 2015. It is with great excitement that the Co-operative Education Program and Career Services (Co-op and Career) has named Victoria-based LED and solar technology provider Carmanah Technologies Corporation as the 2015 UVic Co-op Employer of the Year for putting students at the forefront of emerging clean energy technologies, and for welcoming and mentoring them in the workplace in exemplary ways. Carmanah Technologies has provided positions for an impressive 18 co-op students since 2011 and has hired eight of these former students into full-time positions after graduation. The company, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2016, is known for welcoming students into Carmanah’s open and inclusive culture as valued team members rather than temporary employees.
Benefactor and former chancellor Murray Farmer and his wife Lynda—both of whom joined UVic in opening the Lynda and Murray Farmer Walk of Excellence at CARSA last year—will be honoured by the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce with a lifetime achi…
Dunsmuir Lodge is expected to begin life anew, as the non-academic property on the Saanich Peninsula returns to its roots in health and wellness. UVic has reached an agreement for the conditional sale of Dunsmuir Lodge and 25 acres of woodland to Homewood Health of Guelph, Ont.
Changes in student aid unveiled by the Ontario provincial government last week are “the most radical shift in decades in how one province delivers loans and grants to college and university students” according to The Globe and Mail. Suggesting that …
A project dedicated to changing the culture of drinking and other substance use among post-secondary students received a funding investment of $400,000 from the province this Feb. Co-led by the University of Victoria’s Centre for Addictions Research (CARBC) and the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division, Changing the Culture of Substance Use (CCSU) is a long-term project that’s helping 11 campuses across BC access evidence about alcohol and substance use, assess the cultures on their campuses, decide on—and test—ways to influence their campus cultures, develop tools, and share those tools and experiences with other campuses.
The UK-based Times Higher Education (THE) released its list of the world’s 200 most international universities in the world on Jan. 14, with UVic at #175. The ranking represents a broad mix of indicators including research, teaching, citations, repu…
Game programming contests drive student interest, experience and skill—and are putting UVic on the map in the programming world On Saturday, Feb. 20, UVic played host to a virtual battle, attended by over 300 students and developers wanting to test their artificial intelligence programming skills. It was the third annual BattleSnake competition. In the classic arcade game Snake, a player maneuvers a growing “snake” around the computer screen. As the snake grows in size, it becomes more difficult for the player to avoid making the snake run into itself. BattleSnake builds on this simple game: as the snake eats apples, it grows in size. Run into a wall, your own tail, or another snake’s tail and it’s game over. But there’s a competitive aspect to this version: run head-on into another player’s snake and the longer one consumes the shorter one.
Pitching in to reach our waste-diversion goals
The BC government is investing $5 million in Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) to advance the development and use of earthquake early warning systems in BC.
An investment of $5-million to Ocean Networks Canada aims to increase the development and use of earthquake early warning systems in BC.
A project dedicated to changing the culture of drinking and other substance use among post-secondary students has received a funding investment of $400,000 from the province, Health Minister Terry Lake announced.
Just as the cherry blossoms hit full bloom, The Malahat Review will host its annual literary symposium, WordsThaw, from March 16 to 20. Mingle with over 30 poets, novelists, short-story writers, film makers and journalists on campus for the renowned literary quarterly’s fourth-annual writing festival.
UVic's fifth annual Ideafest runs March 7-12. A total of 50 events will provide a glimpse into the world-class research, innovation and creative activity by UVic faculty members and students.
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