For Katie Gamble, making an unbee-lievable difference in the world all started at UVic. Gamble, founder and CEO of Nature Bee, has been named a 2025 UVic Distinguished Alumni Award recipient, for her leadership in sustainability and commitment to inclusive hiring practices.
Feb. 11 is the 10th anniversary of the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science. From exciting and impactful research discoveries to community and global partnerships, the University of Victoria (UVic) community continues to demonstrate its commitments to advancing breakthroughs by women and girls in science.
Fourth-year English and art history student Sky Dragushan is blending their study of literature and art history to gain archival research experience that they hope will equip them for a graduate program in library and archival studies.
Hundreds of at-risk, rarely seen, audio visual items that document the history of Trans+ activism will be made digitally accessible with the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that preserves and improves research and learning.
Chemistry can be a very colourful science, but for the 5-8% of men and 0.5-1% of women with colour vision deficiency (CVD), it can also cause difficulties.
UVic is committed to building a campus where everyone feels a sense of belonging. Our institutional plans include a focus on equity, diversity and inclusion, and we strive to bring this lens to the work we do locally, nationally and globally.
When you ask Thembelihle (Thembie) Moyo who she is, she’ll tell you she identifies as a mother of two beautiful daughters first and as a creative writer second. These dual identities complement how she approaches her work.
Momentum is building around a movement to build a better sense of Black community and inclusion on the UVic campus. Backed by the university’s signing the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education (SC), students, staff and faculty are working to centre the Black experience and celebrate Black joy and flourishing at our university.
The following UVic community members are available to the media to discuss Black History Month and Black cultures.
The University of Victoria and Equal Voice have partnered to host two events designed to address gender disparities in political leadership. Women Leading Change in Politics brings together inspiring leaders together with the community to share stories of leading change in politics as well as provide tools for change.
Unlearning colonial ways is a journey with many steps. For the University of Victoria, those next steps are grounded in language and ancestral teachings—guided by Indigenous communities—to ensure the work is done in a good way. UVic launches Xʷkʷənəŋ istəl | W̱ȻENEṈISTEL | Helping to move each other forward: UVic’s Indigenous Plan. With local Indigenous teachings and Lək̓ʷəŋən and SENĆOŦEN language woven throughout, this new plan proposes a fundamental rethinking of the institution’s approach to learning and work.
Tanaya Marsel, Indigenous talent acquisition specialist at Deloitte, graduates with a UVic MBA this June — and she has insights on why diversity and inclusion initiatives sometimes fall short.
Resources, events and a message from President Kevin Hall for National AccessAbility Week, which celebrates the valuable contributions and leadership of Canadians with disabilities.
Resources, events and message from President Kevin Hall on Transgender Day of Visibility, a day dedicated to celebrating the lives of Trans+, Two-Spirit, non-binary and gender-diverse people.
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.
Protecting children from exploitation: Online Behaviour Approach
