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The importance of Indigenous ceremony during COVID-19

Aspiration 2030, the university’s new Research and Creative Works Strategy provides a bold, new road map to guide the university into the next decade of research excellence.

UVic has expanded Research and Innovation on the UVic website. The new pages better highlight UVic's impact areas, showcase and celebrate our research community and make it easy to connect and partner with UVic.

UVic welcomed several new deans in 2021, in human and social development, social sciences, engineering and computer science, graduate studies, and humanities—as well as an acting dean in law. Dean searches are currently underway in fine arts, education, and business, with new leadership expected in 2022.

In advance of the UN Climate Change Conference—COP26—in Glasgow, UVic experts are available to media to speak on topics related to on climate science, impacts, modelling, Indigenous perspectives, policy and action.

Love working with rare books? Archives? Historical objects? Apply to the new Peter and Ana Lowens Special Collections Student Fellowship!

UVic Multi-Factor Authentication (UVic MFA) is a new security feature to protect accounts now available for all students, staff and faculty. Sign up today!

New research shows the digging activities of sea otters disturbs eelgrass beds leading to greater genetic diversity through sexual (instead of asexual) reproduction.

Curiosity-driven research and creative pursuit is at the heart of Aspiration 2030, the University of Victoria’s new research and creative works strategy that is a bold, new roadmap to create a better world through curiosity, engagement and innovation.

The new Wayne Crookes Professor in Environmental and Climate Journalism in the Department of Writing, Sean Holman hopes to bring a more human dimension to the climate crisis.

Annamie Paul: Lessons for the Green Party

Jan Kietzmann (BCom '98), Associate Professor of Innovation and Information Systems at the Gustavson School of Business discusses the potential benefits and risks of deepfake technology.

The UVic Legacy Art Gallery Downtown operates as a lively and engaging centre for art that is easily accessible to the community. Legacy will feature several free and open to the public art exhibitions this fall.

Indigenous protestors, the duty to protect: will judges listen?

Maclean’s magazine has released its annual university rankings, with UVic ranked as Canada’s top comprehensive university, a distinction it shares with SFU this year. UVic was also ranked as the top school for promoting Indigenous visibility—a position it’s held since this category was introduced in 2018.

Judy Zhu (BCom '03) and James Thom (BCom '03) have been enjoying the twists and turns of their career paths since graduating from UVic. Now, they are dedicated to giving back to young business students and entrepreneurs.