Twenty researchers, teachers and students are receiving University of Victoria’s REACH awards.

An environmental problem-solver healing our dirt, an ocean engineer unlocking climate data and a grassroots activist are among this year’s 18 recipients.

Located on Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) territory, the National Centre for Indigenous Laws (NCIL) at UVic is still under construction but its architectural design is already winning awards.

UVic researchers awarded seven Vanier scholarships and three Banting fellowships in 2023, spearheading diverse research projects for next three years

Lusungu Kayani-Stearns, a Vanier scholar, explores African cities, focusing on the unacknowledged waste sector, aiming for inclusive urban transformations.

Andrew Petter and Linda Catlin Smith receive UVic’s highest academic honour on Nov. 14 and 15, when they receive honorary degrees during the UVic's fall convocation ceremonies.

UVic biology professor Amanda Bates has been awarded the 2023 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship by NSERC in recognition of her scholarship and research related to ocean conservation.

Two passionate BC students—one focused on space, the other on cyberspace—who are planning to pursue an education in the sciences at the University of Victoria are among the 100 elite scholars from across Canada recently named Schulich Leaders. Mohammad Awwad was named the 2023 Schulich Leader Scholar in Engineering and will be entering UVic from North Surrey Secondary School while Evan Warburton, a recent graduate of Oak Bay Secondary School, is the 2022 Schulich Leader Scholar in Science. Awwad and Warburton have demonstrated a deep interest in and dedication to technology and astronomy respectively, and both worked to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with peers.

Dr. Pooja Parmar has been named a 2023 President’s Chair in the Faculty of Law. Parmar’s work in legal ethics and Indigenous legal orders will expand to include Indigenous communities around the world.

Dr. Lisa Kealohapaʻaokahaleole Hall has been named a 2023 President’s Chair in the Faculty of Humanities. Her visionary work promises to establish UVic as a pivotal site of trans-Pacific Indigenous scholarly connection and exchange.

Bobbie Racette, founder and CEO of talent-as-a-service platforms Virtual Gurus and askBetty, is the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business 2023 Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award (DEYA) recipient.

From the far reaches of outer space to the intersection of Indigenous science and self-care, the recipients of the 2023 University of Victoria Distinguished Alumni Awards span the globe and beyond.

The REACH Awards honour the extraordinary teachers and researchers who lead the way in dynamic learning and make a vital impact at UVic, in the classroom and beyond.

Historian Jordan Stanger-Ross is one of five academics from across Canada who will be honoured in the House of Commons today after receiving a prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact award, which is one of the highest national awards for Canadian researchers.

From the spirituality of children, to perceptions of Indigenous disability, and decolonizing the study of language and linguistics three University of Victoria researchers are recipients of new Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships.

Proud, trans UVic alumna Julia Levy is one of 11 young Canadians—the only one in BC—chosen for the prestigious Rhodes scholarship at Oxford University. Levy, a chemistry major, will begin a master’s degree there in fall 2023.