
Researcher drives COVID recovery through mentorship
UVic’s Katherine Elvira mentored companies as part of a Creative Destruction Lab's COVID-19 recovery program.
UVic’s Katherine Elvira mentored companies as part of a Creative Destruction Lab's COVID-19 recovery program.
Prolonged stress is associated with poor physical and mental health outcomes. Sam Liu, assistant professor of kinesiology, explains what his research has shown about the relationship between personality traits such as extroversion, neuroticism and sociability, and perceptions of stress.
UVic researchers Brianna Turner and Theone Paterson are working with a global team of scientists to understand the different impacts and improve the mental well-being of communities in Canada.
Prolonged stress is associated with poor physical and mental health outcomes. Sam Liu, assistant professor of kinesiology, explains what his research has shown about the relationship between personality traits such as extroversion, neuroticism and sociability, and perceptions of stress.
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.
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.
Six UVic students – representing three faculties – participated in an international competition that required teams to design a way to predict and monitor COVID-19 and other outbreaks.
UVic statistician Laura Cowen and mathematical modeller Junling Ma are working to estimate the hidden circulation of COVID-19 and predict new outbreaks.
UVic experts are available to media for comment on the BC election on topics ranging from campaign strategies to COVID-19 including economic recovery plans, public sentiment and PR challenges.
Study led by Indigenous education scholar, Onowa McIvor, finds the pandemic isn’t silencing language revitalization work in Canada—it’s gaining strength and going online.
From virtual payments to contactless dining, University of Victoria entrepreneurs are solving critical challenges as businesses adapt to new workplace realities during the global pandemic.
From physical and mental health to alcohol and substance use, UVic researchers are working to understand and improve the mental well-being of communities in Canada during COVID-19.
From physical and mental health to alcohol and substance use, University of Victoria researchers are working with a global team of scientists to understand and improve the mental well-being of communities in Canada during COVID-19.
To meet the global demand for COVID-19 spike protein needed for antibody test kits, UVic plant biologist Peter Constabel has turned to an unexpected source: a relative of the tobacco plant.
In spring 2020 four students and two instructors started meeting weekly online to talk about a post-COVID world, creating the COVIDA collective.
New tool to find ‘hidden’ COVID cases