Climate impacts put BC research into the global race for solutions For many, the reality of climate change didn’t hit home until its effects literally hit home—in the form of atmospheric rivers and heat domes. For many more, the reality …
Curran Crawford, director of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems at the University of Victoria (IESVic), and his research colleagues are joining forces to bridge the gap in clean energy transitions for communities.
Seven University of Victoria faculty who are leaders in quantum physics, assistive technologies, virology, geophysics, drug discovery, software engineering and biostatistics are named new or renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs).
UVic’s new Climate and Sustainability Action Plan 2030 (CSAP) is the first sustainability plan to reach every corner of campus. This is a plan that moves beyond established sustainability units and initiatives to involve students, staff, faculty and units across campus, including research, operations and the wider UVic and Vancouver Island communities.
UVic researcher is part of a national team that will develop instruments to be deployed into space as part of an international NASA satellite mission: the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS).
An ambitious research project, led by UVic researchers, will create the first Canadian assessment of the storage capacity of blue carbon ecosystems to help mitigate climate change.
Meet Ian Mauro, the new executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, a four-university partnership hosted and led by UVic. Mauro believes in storytelling, in partnership, and in a solutions-oriented focus to climate change. Read more about his approach and why he rejects dire narratives about our ability to take impactful climate action.
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions and the University of Victoria welcome Dr. Ian Mauro to his new role as executive director of PICS and professor of environmental studies at UVic , effective Nov. 1, 2022. Mauro, an acclaimed environmental scientist, filmmaker and multimedia producer who has worked with local communities and Indigenous Nations and Peoples across Canada, brings his passion for storytelling and collaboration to the role.
Two exceptional students—Renata Kamel from Vancouver Island, and Sophie Pavlik from Ontario—are the latest Schulich Leaders to come to UVic to study science and engineering.
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Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria, today welcomes a new federal investment in its world-leading ocean observatories located on the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic coasts of Canada.
Carbon markets are complex, and Wilson Fong (MGB ’20) spends his days making sense of it all for his clients.
Opening June 25 at Legacy Downtown, a new exhibition features 12 artists including seven from fine arts engaging in a dynamic dialogue involving diverse perspectives on art, ecology and activism.
Ocean staff and researchers are conducting work aimed at creating solutions that not only targets some of Canada’s current and future climate needs, but also provides real-world solutions that have the potential to change the world’s climate issues.
A donor’s visionary gift allows the creation of a memory vault for climate disaster survivors
Sean Holman, lead of UVic's Climate Disaster Project, can speak on how journalism and storytelling help to build hope in the aftermath of ongoing climate disasters in communities across Canada.
