On Dec. 6, 1989, an armed gunman entered Polytechnique Montréal and shot 28 people, murdering 14 women and injuring 10 other women and four men. On Dec. 5, 2018, almost 30 years after the massacre, UVic came together for the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women—a day to remember the women who died in the massacre as well as countless others who have suffered violence.

Alumna Fern Perkins says her UVic education in the 1960s and 1970s saved her from a life of poverty and despair. Years later, she unlocked the secrets of her true Indigenous identity.

Cindy Blackstock will present "Spirit Bear's Guide to Reconciliation" at UVic's First Peoples House on Nov. 14. On Nov. 13, as part of Fall Convocation, UVic will acknowledge Blackstock for her many achievements, presenting her and Spirit Bear with honorary degrees.

Efforts by UVic geographer Dr. David Chuenyan Lai directly resulted in Victoria’s Chinatown being restored and celebrated, rather than demolished.

A nationally recognized scholar, UVic sociologist Cecilia Benoit has illuminated the need for equitable treatment of marginalized populations, especially women, for more than 25 years. To support this important work, the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation has awarded Benoit a $225,000 fellowship over the next three years.

"5 Days of Action," a week-long event coordinated by the Equity & Human Rights Office, encourages every member of the UVic community to take concrete steps toward ending racism, discrimination, harassment and sexualized violence on campus.

Two sets of events in March promise emboldened dialogue, action, reflection and creativity building on decades of inspirational work by early pioneers, educators, advocates, academics, artists and allies to maintain a safer and more just world for trans, non-binary and Two-Spirit people.

The role of words, narratives and stories are central themes of "5 Days of Action," an initiative led by the Office of Equity and Human Rights the week of March 19–23.

The practice of providing alcohol to people with severe alcohol dependence is a complex and sometimes controversial approach to harm-reduction. For the first time, a peer-reviewed journal has compiled the largest collection of peer-reviewed articles on these managed alcohol programs, led by UVic's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.

For the first time, a peer-reviewed journal has compiled the largest collection of peer-reviewed articles on managed alcohol programs, which are harm-reduction interventions that provide alcohol to people with severe alcohol dependence. The work is part of a national study led by UVic's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR).

Opinion: The negative impacts of forced gender identification

Long-lost letters from interned Japanese-Canadians

You may have seen in the media yesterday information about an incident in which a number of anti-Semitic posters were put up in the Cornett Building on Oct. 18.

A recent discovery has given Judy Hanazawa some of her family's history back. Now 70, Hanazawa knew little of their experiences during the Second World War. Some 300 letters of protest from Japanese Canadians, rediscovered as part of the UVic-led Landscapes of Injustice project, reflect the outrage of dispossession.

Three hundred letters from Japanese Canadians, written in the mid to late 1940s, were recently discovered by UVic historian Jordan Stanger-Ross, project director of the UVic-led Landscapes of Injustice research project. The letters reveal unsettling and moving accounts of dispossession.

On Oct. 18, Campus Security Services was informed that offensive posters were found displayed on several bulletin boards in the Cornett Building. Officers responded at once and found that students and a teaching assistant had already removed the posters, which were anti-Semitic.