Heather Castleden has joined UVic’s School of Public Administration as professor and the inaugural President’s Impact Chair in Transformational Governance and Planetary Health. The activist scholar and human geographer brings her research expertise in the environment, health, social justice and decolonization.
The UVic Global Community is looking for staff and faculty conversation partners and mentors for the 2021-2022 academic year to help build an inclusive, globally-minded campus and support international students with their social and academic transition to UVic. Apply by July 18, 2021.
UVic welcomes three Vanier scholars.
While still a UVic student, Boma Brown (BA ’14) founded the Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Colour to promote equity in health care.
UVic welcomes four Banting fellows.
The Office of the VP Research and Innovation is working to transform a currently unoccupied space in the Petch building into a shared facility for health researchers from across the University. Faculty, staff and students are invited to a virtual townhall meeting to contribute their ideas.
Classicist Brendan Burke is now appointed in Athens to the most significant position in his field for North America at one of the oldest and largest overseas research centres in the world.
UVic’s new campus-wide Communicable Disease (CD) Plan is now available, following the recent release of the provincial Post-Secondary Return-to-Campus Guidelines.
The Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at UVic has created a new evidence-based, public-health-oriented guide for municipalities considering allowing drinking in their public outdoor spaces.
Alyssa Talley (BSc ’11) founded the meal-kit service, Local Urban Bites, to help busy people put healthy, locally sourced meals on the table.
UVic climatologist Faron Anslow discusses a new global analysis that says Western Canada heat wave "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change.
UVic will never forget Sept. 13, 2019 and all those affected by the tragic bus accident that night. Our final report on implementation of the Bamfield recommendations is now available online.
UVic’s newest president, Dr. Kevin Hall, is an energetic innovator and a civil engineer with a deep commitment to the environment, reconciliation and widening the pathways to university.
In early July, UVic announced the fulfillment of the recommendations—within 12 months of the Ross Cloutier report—for conducting field trips to Bamfield. UVic’s final report is available online.
BC releases guidelines to support the full return to in-person education, research and on-campus services for post-secondary institutions.
Sophia Carodenuto (geography) is an expert in de-forestation issues associated with cocoa production. Her research shows that despite more efforts by companies to be sustainable, it is nearly impossible for most chocolate consumers to know the amount of tropical deforestation associated with their sweet luxury.
