UVic President’s Chair Nancy Clark has been working with Syrian men who have resettled in BC on a study that uses photography to explore the social determinants of Syrian men’s mental health.
The Phoenix Theatre's Mojada updates Euripides’ Medea, making it as modern as today’s headlines—blending the ancient Greek family tragedy with Mexican folklore and the bitter reality of America’s immigration system.
Stacey Fitzsimmons discusses how employers can support refugee employees to thrive at work, as published in the Conversation Canada.
As we draw closer to an in-person fall term, many international students are scrambling to get immigration documents, travel and self-isolation requirements in place so they can come to Canada. International Student Services can help.
Students at a new field school learn by visiting the sites where Japanese Canadians were held in internment camps during the Second World War.
Efforts by UVic geographer Dr. David Chuenyan Lai directly resulted in Victoria’s Chinatown being restored and celebrated, rather than demolished.
Political scientist Oliver Schmidtke, director of UVic's Centre for Global Studies, is available to media to discuss implications of the ongoing immigration backlash in Europe in the context of the latest EU summit and possible political repercussions for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition government.
Asad Kiyani is available to media to discuss the US Supreme Court's June 26 ruling in favour of President Donald Trump's "travel ban" limiting entrance into the US from seven countries.
Immigration and refugee law expert Asad Kiyani is available to media to discuss World Refugee Day‚ June 20. He can comment on Safe Third Country Agreements and people crossing the border from the US
UVic law professor Donald Galloway is available to media to discuss Canadian law professors' renewed call to the government to immediately halt enforcement of the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement.
President Jamie Cassels has appointed a small working group to assess how the recent US executive order banning entry into the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries is affecting students, faculty and staff at UVic, and how best to meet their immediate needs.
The following University of Victoria faculty members are available to discuss the recent Federal Court decision to overturn the Conservative government’s cuts to refugee health care funding. Donald Galloway (Law) specializes in immigration law, refu…
