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Extraordinary environment

Policy targets climate change

Media release

UVic has adopted a responsible investment policy that targets the worst producers of greenhouse gases across all sectors, increases investments in clean technology and encourages low-carbon practices for a sustainable future.

Brain burnout

knowlEDGE

Olav Krigolson has developed a unique mobile electroencephalography (EEG) system to investigate what’s happening in our brains when we’re tired, stressed, oxygen-deprived, struggling with dementia, concussed—or on Mars.

New Vikes initiatives

The Ring

UVic is unveiling several initiatives that build on the Vikes' rich athletic tradition and its ongoing and deep commitment to providing a supportive high-performance environment for student athletes. The changes and additions aim to affirm, educate and support a culture of excellence for UVic athletics and provide improved resources for students and coaches.

Graphic art and Holocaust studies

Media release

Three artists are transforming the stories of Holocaust survivors into graphic novels to share lasting lessons with new generations as part of an international project to illuminate one of the darkest periods in human history, led by Holocaust historian and UVic scholar Charlotte Schallie.

Retelling the Holocaust

Globe and Mail

Retelling the Holocaust

Funding boosts innovative partnerships

Media release

The Digital Technology Supercluster is funding the Fresh Water Data Commons project, involving biochemist Caren Helbing, and the Women's Entrepreneurship Program—a first of its kind for UVic—overseen by Jerome Etwaroo of UVic's Coast Capital Savings Innovation Centre.

UVic auctioning 10,000 items from its vinyl record library

Globe & Mail

UVic auctioning 10,000 items from its vinyl record library

Victoria-raised student heads to Oxford

Media release

Victoria-raised biochemistry student Rory Hills grew up on the West Coast, surrounded by the smell of pine and ocean spray. This extraordinary environment formed his love for science early in life, driving his steady desire to use science to help solve society's toughest problems including the opioid crisis and climate change.

Conservation field school in Tanzania

The Ring

Last August, as the sun set on the Serengeti National Park, 19 UVic geography students and their instructors arrived in Tanzania to begin a month-long field school on conservation management. Despite the hardships of water rationing and extreme heat, it was a trip of a lifetime for the students, who immersed themselves in the customs and culture of Tanzania while learning about local forest management and ecological conservation practices.

UVic grads among world’s most employable

Media release

Graduates from UVic are some of the world's most employable according to a prestigious international ranking by Times Higher Education, based on feedback from top international companies.

Victoria Hand Project extends reach

Media release

A UVic initiative that provides 3D-printed prosthetic hands to amputees in developing countries, will now extend its reach to help people in underserved and remote communities in Canada and the US. This initiative led by Nick Dechev, professor of mechanical engineering and ED of the Victoria Hand Project, received a $1-million award by the 2019 TD Ready Challenge, announced Dec. 3. Funding will also initiate UVic research trials on 3D-printed spinal braces to treat scoliosis in children.

UVic innovators, entrepreneurs get boost

Media release

$1M game changing investment by Coast Capital Savings will give UVic innovators and entrepreneurs a big boost.

CBIE Award to Indigenous WIL program

UVic’s unique exchange that connects Indigenous students studying here with co-op work terms with Indigenous centres at Australian universities has received a national award that celebrates its innovative program design.

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Extraordinary environment

Policy targets climate change

Brain burnout

New Vikes initiatives

Graphic art and Holocaust studies

Retelling the Holocaust

Funding boosts innovative partnerships

UVic auctioning 10,000 items from its vinyl record library

Victoria-raised student heads to Oxford

Top 10 newsmakers of 2019

International stories of 2019

Mitacs award for UVic grad student

Conservation field school in Tanzania

UVic grads among world’s most employable

Victoria Hand Project extends reach

UVic innovators, entrepreneurs get boost

CBIE Award to Indigenous WIL program