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The UVic campus will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 25 to Jan. 3. The campus officially re-opens on Jan. 4, 2022. Some services will remain open, but with modified hours.

UVic is establishing a new research chair in Indigenous mental health, thanks to a generous gift of $1.5M from alumnus Bruce McKean and in honour of the late Chief Mungo Martin.

Island Health and the University of Victoria are providing an update on the cluster of cases associated with people who attended off-campus events.

In consultation with Island Health and to help keep people safe through the exam period and into the winter break, the university is adjusting examinations for the remainder of the December 2021 exam period and introducing precautionary measures with some campus operations, effective Monday, Dec. 13.

UVic has signed the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education along with other post-secondary institutions as a commitment to hold ourselves accountable to its principles and actions.

A virtual town hall meeting took place Dec. 8 with representatives from the Office of the Provincial Health Officer (PHO) and the BC Centre for Disease Control to discuss public health guidance for BC’s post-secondary institutions.

We know that the last few days have not been easy for some students in our community. We hope that by sharing what we are doing under the guidance of Island Health, you are reassured to know that the university and local health officials are taking …

A film directed, produced and co-written by gender studies professor Chase Joynt will premiere this January at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, the largest independent film fest in the US.

Through her seven years as UVic Chancellor, Shelagh Rogers’ passion for truth and reconciliation—alongside her advocacy for honest and empathic conversations about mental health—have helped the university build community bonds on campus and far beyond Ring Road. As she wraps up her term this month, we celebrate her extraordinary work.

A new global shows current levels of CO2 emissions greatly exceed the ability of nature to remove it from the environment, and reducing carbon emissions alone may not be enough to stabilize the climate.

In learning how nations and citizens commemorate history, we can reflect on the political use—and manipulation—of collective memory, say UVic researchers Oliver and Beate Schmidtke.

Art has the power to both inspire and be a powerful catalyst for change, says inaugural Impact Chair in Indigenous Art Practices Carey Newman of UVic’s Faculty of Fine Arts.

UVic neuroscientist Olav Krigolson is investigating a mobile test to rapidly flag cognitive impairment—potentially leading to diagnosis years earlier than current practice.

Could magic mushrooms and ecstasy reshape mental health care in Canada? Two UVic grads weigh in from the frontlines of the psychedelic renaissance.

Acclaimed writer and recent UVic grad Kim Senklip Harvey recalls her life to date in ceremonies—and lineups, many lineups.