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Inaugural Engaged Scholar Awards

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Congratulations to Dr. Bernie Pauly of the School of Nursing and Dr. Val Napoleon of the Faculty of Law, who have been named the inaugural recipients of the Provost’s Engaged Scholarship Award. The newly created awards program is intended to support and enhance UVic’s vision for the integration of outstanding scholarship, inspired teaching and real-life, community engagement. It recognizes tenured members of faculty who have achieved great distinction as community engaged scholars.

Zwiers to receive honorary doctorate

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In June, Dr. Francis Zwiers, president and CEO of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) at UVic, will be heading to London, Ontario, where he’ll be awarded an honorary doctorate of science at Western University’s spring convocation ceremonie…

Boyd named Distinguished Professor

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If you don’t know what it means to be named a UVic Distinguished Professor, don’t fret: they’re a rare breed. The newest recipient, Dr. Susan Boyd, is only the 13th UVic professor to receive the award—the highest academic honour UVic can bestow on faculty—since its creation in 2002. Boyd’s activist presence on substantive social justice and marginalization issues has led to a tremendous scholarly output.

Nature, meet nurture

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The idea is simple: teach children about the importance of connecting to nature when they’re young, and they’ll grow into environmental leaders. On March 16, Sherri-Lynn Yazbeck and her team at UVic Child Care Services were awarded the 2014 Staff Sustainability Champion Award for their environmental engagement programs. The award was presented by UVic Vice-President Finance and Operations Gayle Gorrill. Yazbeck and her team of educators—Batool Alishan, Ann Pickup and Julia Wilson—provide nature-based learning for children aged 3-5. They promote hands-on learning for issues related to the environment and teach children the importance of environmental stewardship.

UVic wins community impact award

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Community spirit is alive and well on campus, and it was recognized on March 26th at the United Way’s 2013 awards ceremony at the Empress Hotel. UVic was the recipient of the UW’s inaugural Community Impact Spirit Award, which recognizes the campaig…

2014 3M National Student fellow

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Tye Landels, a third-year honours student in the University of Victoria’s Department of English, has been awarded one of 10 highly competitive 3M National Student Fellowships in recognition of his outstanding leadership and motivational approach

Washington honoured as Distinguised Entrepreneur

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Dennis Washington, founder of The Washington Companies, has won UVic’s Gustavson School of Business Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award (DEYA) for 2014.

Three UVic researchers win prestigious award

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Improving aircraft design, understanding the ocean’s role in climate change, and finding new ways to deal with vast amounts of medical imaging data—these societal challenges are being tackled by the UVic’s three newest CRC Chairs.

Career award for Mateer

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Dr. Catherine (Katy) Mateer, associate vice-president, academic planning, has won a 2014 Distinguished Career Award from the International Neuropsychological Society. Mateer, whose home department is psychology, is well known internationally for her…

Local heroes lauded at 2014 VLAs

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On Feb. 26 at the Crystal Garden, over 400 guests celebrated 21 extraordinary nominees in eight award categories at a special 10th anniversary gala of the Victoria Leadership Awards (VLAs). UVic is a founding partner of the annual VLA program. This year, Dr. H&e#180;lène Cazes and Prof. Donna Greschner received the UVic award. A number of the community heroes celebrated last night are either from, or affiliated with, the university.

Writers on diversity

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2013-2014 Diversity Writing Contest. The awards—for creative writing on themes related to equity, diversity and inclusion—were presented on Jan. 30 at First Peoples House, during the opening reception of the Provost’s Diversity Research Forum: Arts, Allies and Activism.

2014 Victoria Leadership Awards

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The 2014 Victoria Leadership Awards took place Feb. 26 in Victoria. Helene Cazes and Donna Greschner received the two UVic awards.

Celebration of exceptional staff

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The celebration of this year's President’s Distinguished Service Award recipients, hosted by President Jamie Cassels, took place on Feb. 20 at the University Club. Reeta Tremblay, UVic’s vice-president academic and provost, and Kane Kilbey, associate vice-president human resources, made presentations before the announcement of this year’s recipients.

Advocacy and activism awards

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Congratulations to Barbara Whittington and Jessie Housty, recipients of the inaugural Provost’s Advocacy and Activism Awards, presented at the Provost’s Diversity Research Forum: Arts, Allies and Activism on Jan. 29.

Sustainability awards

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Nominations for the 2013 UVic Student and Staff Sustainability Champion Awards are now open. If you know a student or staff member who has done an outstanding job over the past year promoting sustainability on campus, consider nominating him or her for this fabulous opportunity to be recognized.

2014 Victoria Leadership Awards

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The 10th Anniversary of Victoria’s Leadership Awards (VLA) will be celebrated Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the Crystal Garden.

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