Improving dementia care, stroke recovery and cancer support services are among the goals of eight newly funded projects involving UVic health researchers. Each project is receiving $15,000 from Island Health.
The following University of Victoria expert is available to media to discuss Stephen Harper's moves to reform or abolish the senate from a legal and constitutional standpoint, and how likely either is to happen. Jeremy Webber (Dean of Law) is an exp…
The University of Victoria’s Centre for Aerospace Research (CfAR) has received new funding from Western Economic Diversification, providing resources for continued development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
New research demonstrates that ultra energy-efficient, “net-zero” buildings are within BC’s reach if stronger policies that encourage energy conservation and renewable energy are put into place.
Every summer for the last 10 years, high above the University of Victoria’s athletic fields, a little family has been going about its daily business, largely unnoticed, except by photographers and curious onlookers willing to kink their necks and sq…
Local cyclists gearing up for Bike To Work Week (May 25 to 31) might want to pay extra attention to the following eight hot spots mapped by citizens on Bikemaps.org, a project led by University of Victoria geography professor Dr. Trisalyn Nelson. 1.…
On July 14, the New Horizons spacecraft will make its closest approach to Pluto, flying within 7,750 miles of this enigmatic dwarf planet. The following University of Victoria faculty member is available to explain our fascination with Pluto and the…
The following University of Victoria expert is available to discuss environmental health factors relating to wildfire smoke now occurring in many parts of the province: Dr. Trevor Hancock (School of Public Health and Social Policy) is a public healt…
The following University of Victoria faculty member can provide an overview of the history of the Tour de France (July 4 to 26), plus other aspects such as doping and commercialization in sport: Dr. Emile Fromet de Rosnay (Dept. of French) is an eli…
UVic is unveiling a permanent rainbow crosswalk at one of the busiest pedestrian crossings on campus to celebrate Pride Week in Victoria and to affirm its support and commitment to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ*) community…
As summer holidays start, the following University of Victoria expert is available to discuss how to combat summer learning loss and who’s most at risk. Sarah Macoun (Educational Psychology) is a clinical neuropsychologist with a background as a sch…
University of Victoria experts are available to discuss the ruling by the US Supreme Court in a landmark case on marriage equality and the constitutionality of state bans on same-sex marriage.
Twelve footprints were discovered by two UVic researchers, in April on Calvert Island on BC’s central coast, and preliminary findings indicate these footprints might be 13,200 years old.
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The Peter B. Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria has launched its first national, in-depth analysis of which corporate and product brands are most trusted by Canadians.
Family gatherings around a fire pit—an ancient custom that’s still with us today—may have been practiced as long as 13,000 years ago along BC's central coast. Footprints from what appear to be a man, woman and child circling a hearth were found last month below the tideline.
