When governments create a minimum price for alcoholic drinks, alcohol-related deaths and hospital visits fall sharply, according to a Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research study.
A recent report facilitated by the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives and UVic Law calls on Canada to take immediate and robust action on justice for the Rohingya.
Twenty-two BCom students in Gustavson’s International Business specialization program are still enjoying a global exchange—virtually—despite the global pandemic and travel restrictions.
In this spring’s whirlwind of COVID-19 responses, the Student Services team at Continuing Studies went to extraordinary lengths to make sure more than 300 international students remained informed and well-supported.
Sarah Hunt/Tłaliłila’ogwa—Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Political Ecology—discusses her research, her return home, and what it’s like to be a role model for Indigenous students.
UVic has renamed the University Centre to recognize President Jamie Cassels, who finishes his time as university president this Fall after seven years in the role.
Leaders of UVic’s Science Venture are astonished at how successfully their team was able to transition its hugely popular youth summer camps to a virtual format.
The provincial election will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24. Learn more about registering to vote and where to vote.
For the fourth consecutive year, UVic holds second place among Canada’s comprehensive schools in the Maclean’s University Rankings for 2021.
Over the course of her life, mathematician Betty Kennedy contributed to the University of Victoria and the community in so many ways that to a non-mathematician they may seem countless. It is fitting with so much of the generosity that characterized her life that in her passing in 2019, Kennedy bestowed UVic with a $3.6-million gift.
Cosmologist Julio Navarro’s revolutionary work on dark matter halos has influenced our modern understanding of how galaxies form and evolve, and the changing cosmic structure of the universe. For his remarkable contributions in this area, Navarro has been recognized as a Citation Laureate—the first for a University of Victoria researcher.
Cosmologist Julio Navarro has been recognized as a Citation Laureate for his revolutionary work in galaxy formation and evolution, cosmic structure and dark matter halos.
The second annual Strategic Framework Implementation Report builds on the efforts of the first year, emphasizing new initiatives and highlighting accomplishments over the past year.
Cassels will end his term as president in November, when incoming president Kevin Hall takes the helm. It’s a time of reflection for Cassels, who has taught and worked at UVic for almost 40 years in roles ranging from law professor to Vice President Academic and Provost, and on up to president.
The University of Victoria, like other post-secondary institutions, continues to carefully consider the pandemic’s impact on all facets of the university including the financial implications.
In a newly published paper in Scientific Reports, Hillis and co-authors St. Claire, Eric Guiry University of Leicester and UVic professors Iain McKechnie and Chris Darimont provide the first specific estimate of ancient dog diets on the BC coast using zooarchaeological data.
