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Statement regarding the recent incident at UVic's Multifaith Centre.

With wildfire season upon us, UVic is keeping a close watch on the air quality health index (AQHI) for the Greater Victoria region.

Akash Mohanty is one of a dozen students driving sustainability forward on Vancouver Island through the University of Victoria’s Sustainability Scholars program, a unique graduate program that offers students paid internships to work on applied sustainability research projects with local community, industry, government, Indigenous and non-profit organizations.

A portion of Ring Road will close during the day on July 20, 2024 to support the Engineering Expansion Project.

The University of Victoria (UVic) and Ts’uubaa-asatx Nation (formerly known as Lake Cowichan First Nation) have signed a five-year collaboration agreement—a significant step towards a shared future of mutual respect, learning and growth.

Ocean Networks Canada, a University of Victoria initiative, welcomes today’s announcement of the new marine protected area (MPA) Tang.ɢwan — ḥačxʷiqak — Tsig̱is (ThT) by the Haida Nation, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Pacheedaht First Nation, Quatsino First Nation, and the Government of Canada.

UVic researcher Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera is leading an effort to shine the light on an epidemic¬ underlying the toxic drug crisis¬—brain injury after overdose.

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Greater Victoria. This important public health advisory encourages us all to take action in order to stay cool and prevent heat stress during high temperatures. 

University of Victoria Adjunct Professor Paul Hoffman has won the Kyoto Prize for his tenacious research of Earth’s geological history.

Paul Hoffman has been steadfast in his explorations of hypotheses that other scientists have ignored. Despite backlash against his research at various times throughout his career, the geologist and adjunct professor in UVic’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences has made groundbreaking achievements regarding global freezing and plate tectonics in the deep past. On June 14, 2024, Hoffman was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences by the Inamori Foundation for his profound influence on our understanding of Earth’s early history.

The University of Victoria has made the difficult decision to close McKinnon pool. The facility has reached the end of its natural lifecycle and is now too costly to maintain.

In Memoriam for S. Kim Juniper who passed away on June 7, 2024.

The following University of Victoria experts are available to media to discuss themes related to Pride.

Thanks to technology, entire generations are unearthing communities of like-minded people. Podcasting as a storytelling form has been around since the early 2000s, as MP3 audio file technology became more accessible via the ever-expanding internet.

Graduate student’s comprehensive needs assessment to support urban Ojibwe people in reclaiming language and culture whether near or far from homelands

On January 23, 2024, a first-year student living in residence, Sidney McIntyre-Starko was exposed to BC’s toxic drug supply. She died in hospital a few days later, devastating our community and leaving us all shaken.