The next generation of Marie Curies, Albert Einsteins and Stephen Hawkings is sitting in classrooms across the country right now, and University of Victoria researchers and students are hoping to keep inspiring these empirically minded kids with dynamic presentations about the wonders of scientific and engineering discoveries throughout the year.
Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater (psychology) and Dr. Anne Marshall (education) have been named the 2015 recipients of the Provost’s Engaged Scholar Award.
Makenzie Zouboules, third-year UVic honours political science and writing co-op student, is something of a celebrity in her hometown of Yellowknife, NWT. Last month, along with FOXY co-founders Candice Lys and Nancy MacNeill, Zouboules accepted a $1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize for their work with northern youth. Originally part of Lys’ PhD dissertation on public health promotion, FOXY (Fostering Open eXpression among Youth) is a participatory research project aimed at talking with young people about sexual health, sexuality and relationships across the three northern Canadian territories.
A community program that provides support for former foster youth at risk of homelessness is having demonstrable, meaningful and practical results, a University of Victoria study shows. The evaluation study, believed to be the first of its kind in C…
BC students who are former youth in care and who need financial help to attend university are eligible for a new award established by the University of Victoria to cover the cost of their tuition. Starting in the coming academic year, the award will…
Michael J. Prince, UVic's Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy, received the 2014 CUFA-BC Academic of the Year Award on April 23. Visit uvic.ca/news for UVic's official announcement.
Carolyn Peacock has always been an advocate for children, even when she was one herself. In grade three, she often went home with bloodied hands after getting the strap at the Edmonton school she attended. Her crime? Defending other children who were being bullied. Those children were usually immigrants and were picked on, as she too had been at school.
Science Venture, the University of Victoria’s non-profit science outreach program that has run science, technology, engineering and math camps and workshops for more than 20 years, is launching a new summer satellite camp location and new programs—a…
UVic's Romeo and Juliet bear display took home the Peoples’ Choice Award as well as the Team Spirit Award at the annual Bear Wear fundraiser, hosted by the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island at the Hotel Grand Pacific during December. …
