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Giving back: Funding future engineers

The Torch

Michelle Mahovlich started the 30 by 30 Women in Engineering Award at UVic as a way to honour the promising futures and bright minds lost in the Montreal Massacre.

Student-athletes make honour roll, break record

101 UVic student-athletes were named Vikes Honour Roll recipients, breaking the record set in 2016-17. Katie Martens and Samuel Seshadri received the Provost Award for highest GPA.

Hydrologist awarded President's Chair

The Ring

Tom Gleeson’s far-reaching contributions to groundwater research and sustainability have earned him a prestigious President’s Chair—the highest academic honour UVic can bestow on a faculty member.

REACH Awards

The Ring

The REACH Awards celebrate UVic scholars for their extraordinary contributions in research and teaching.

Royal Society of Canada class of 2020

Media release

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announces four UVic researchers as new fellows and member, and also recognizes a professor emeritus for contributions in the literature of social sciences.

Royal Society of Canada class of 2020

The Ring

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announces four UVic researchers as new fellows and member, and also recognizes a professor emeritus for contributions in the literature of social sciences.

Two Schulich scholars join UVic this fall

Two Vancouver Island high school graduates will start classes at UVic this fall as recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarship, awarded to outstanding students in STEM.

Indigenous law centre becomes a reality

The Ring

The National Centre for Indigenous Laws was made a reality at UVic with $13 million from the BC government, $9.1 million from the federal government and $5 million from the Law Foundation of BC.

Unconstrained path leads to study of the brain

The Ring

During her five years at UVic, Hannah Eilertsen strove to be the best student possible. Her focus, smarts and determination paid off this month when she was awarded the Jubilee Medal for holding the highest academic standing in the Faculty of Social Sciences. She graduates with a BSc in psychology.

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Theatre scholar wins major award

The Ring

Mary Kerr’s designs have helped transform Canadian culture over the past five decades. And now she’s the first designer in history to win a Molson Prize, joining the likes of Margaret Atwood, Richard Wagamese and Glenn Gould.

Mary Kerr wins 2020 Molson Prize

Media release

Department of Theatre design professor Mary Kerr has become the first theatrical designer in history—and only the third UVic professor—to be named a Molson Prize laureate, joining the likes of Margaret Atwood, Richard Wagamese, Alice Munro, Marshall McLuhan and other luminaries of Canadian culture.

Four UVic Vanier scholars

The Ring

Four University of Victoria researchers are named Vanier Canada Graduate Scholars in an annual competition announced today by the Government of Canada. Vanier scholars, who receive $50,000 funding each year for three years, demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies. The scholarships are earmarked for social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health.

The search for virus-resistant material

Canada Foundation for Innovation

The search for virus-resistant material

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Award

Giving back: Funding future engineers

Student-athletes make honour roll, break record

Hydrologist awarded President's Chair

REACH Awards

Royal Society of Canada class of 2020

Royal Society of Canada class of 2020

Two Schulich scholars join UVic this fall

Indigenous law centre becomes a reality

Unconstrained path leads to study of the brain

Pure math takes PhD across the world

Stepping up to the challenge

Recognizing a rising leader with big dreams

Theatre scholar wins major award

Mary Kerr wins 2020 Molson Prize

Four UVic Vanier scholars

The search for virus-resistant material