Following Coast Salish protocol, Dr. Kevin Hall formally requested permission to work on the territory prior to being installed as UVic’s eighth president and vice-chancellor at a ceremony hosted by Chancellor Shelagh Rogers and the Office of Indigenous Academic & Community Engagement.
This September, all eyes were on UVic business grad and instructor Cory Stephens as the newest recipient of the Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Relations, presented by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and CIBC.
This year’s Orange Shirt Day programming at UVic will take place from September 27-29. The recent discovery of hundreds of unreported graves at former residential schools has made this year’s activities even more meaningful and significant.
UVic welcomes two inaugural UVic Impact Chairs—Amanda Bates (biology) and Heather Castleden (School of Public Administration)—to five-year research positions.
Eight UVic researchers in the fields of science, social sciences, engineering, and humanities have been recognized by the Royal Society of Canada, the country’s highest academic honour.
Six UVic researchers in the fields of science, social sciences, engineering, and humanities have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada, the country’s highest academic honour.
DNA analysis of grizzly bears aligns with Indigenous languages
One of the newest 2021 Pierre Elliot Trudeau Fellows, Wanosts’a7 Lorna Williams helped shape Indigenous educational collaborations and inclusive learning environments—on campus and off.
Bear territories match maps of Indigenous language families
Collaborative new research shows that for millennia, Indigenous people managed their relationship with shellfish and sea otters to safeguard their access to shellfish.
Three sustainable research projects deliver societal benefits thanks to funding from BC Knowledge Development Fund.
Eight research projects at the University of Victoria received a total of $1.45 million in federal support, helping keep our researchers at the forefront of science and innovation.
Fisheries and Oceans supports Canada’s ocean research technology and blue economy innovation with $8.7-milion funding in the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada.
UVic Libraries’ open-access journal, KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies, publishes a special issue that reflects the plurality of Indigenous Knowledges, outside the traditional norms of scholarly publishing.
In May 2021, Haida Owned & Operated Indigenous Advancement of Cultural Entrepreneurship (I ACE) alumni Patrick Shannon, also known as Nang Ḵ‘uulas, co-founded Canada's first Indigenous modelling agency.
New research by Indigenous knowledge holders shows the cumulative effects of industry on declining populations of moose, black bears, and lynx in the Canadian oil sands.
