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Updated Campus Plan finalized

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After an extensive 15-month planning and consultation process, and with the formal approval of the Board of Governors on Jan. 26, UVic’s Campus Plan has now been finalized. Building on UVic’s 2003 Campus Plan, the updated plan providesa refreshed vision, guidelines and direction for future campus development, and responds to new challenges and opportunities. The document covers a planning horizon of 10 years, with longer-term considerations given for the next 25 years, on topics such as building placement and design, transportation, and open and natural spaces. It also plays a key role in supporting the university’s academic priorities and commitments to sustainability.

Water management, all year long

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The balancing act of water stewardship Hazy skies, brown grass, forest fires across the province—it’s hard to miss the signs of an unusually dry spring and summer on Vancouver Island and across western Canada. Such dry conditions raise questions: should we conserve water at the expense of UVic’s renowned gardens? Should we water selectively to avoid tinder-dry conditions that could create a fire hazard? And what about the bigger picture of reducing water consumption throughout the year? At UVic, this is the balancing act of water stewardship.

Campus communications project

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Campus survey points the way How well do you know the UVic campus? Not just its physical geography—from classrooms and restaurants to natural spaces—but the university’s structures, practices, vision and goals, and your and your unit’s role within them? Information about new projects being launched, changes in policy, the big picture opportunities and challenges affecting UVic, progress on institutional goals, or even this week’s major campus events, orient us to campus life as much as any map does. Being aware of that kind of information—and knowing how to access it and when to share it—is a crucial, but often overlooked part of being a member of the UVic community, no matter what we do or where we work on campus.

Standardizing campus information

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It’s what you need to know. The next stage of UVic’s Enhanced Planning Tools program is now ready for managers across UVic’s faculties and administration. Over the past two years, details of the new resources and priorities planning system were rolled out in a series of meetings with faculties and administrative units. Enhanced planning is the new process UVic has adopted for decision making, budgeting and organizational forecasting for all units, faculties and departments starting in 2015–16.

Draft Campus Plan update

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The second phase of the process to update UVic’s official Campus Plan is nearing completion, with the preparation of a draft plan and public engagement sessions this month. The 2003 Campus Plan is being updated to provide a refreshed vision, guidelines and direction for future campus development, in topics such as building placement and parameters, transportation, and open and natural spaces. It also plays a key role in supporting the university’s academic priorities and commitments to sustainability.

From campus to incorporated

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When Sean Cunningham, Carissa Ouellette and Matt Holland started working on their final engineering design project last September, they had no idea that it would become the foundation for a new company, but they knew they were onto something really exciting. The three electrical engineering students began their joint “3D Stereo Navigation” project, an audio-based GPS mobile application for the visually impaired, and soon discovered that what they were working on had never been done successfully in the academic or commercial world.

President's Campus Update 2015

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During his Campus Update on Oct. 6, UVic President Jamie Cassels celebrated UVic’s achievements this past year and addressed university priorities for the upcoming year.

New Campus Plan nearly complete

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The ‘i’s are being dotted and the ‘t’s are being crossed as the Campus Plan update draws to a conclusion following a year of planning, consultations, public engagement, workshops, drafting and redrafting. The final plan has been prepared and a summ…

UVic unveils updated draft Campus Plan

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Input from Phase 1 of the Campus Plan Update process has informed the development of Phase 2—a draft plan that includes the vision, goals, priniciples and many of the strategic policy directions that are foundational to the updated Campus Plan. &

UVic challenges campus to leave cars at home

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Cycling, transportation options and reducing individuals’ carbon footprint are key themes of UVic’s second annual Sustainability Week, Oct. 13-16.

March 2015 Campus Plan update

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The first phase of the process to update UVic’s official Campus Plan received excellent engagement and input from the campus and the surrounding community. The 2003 Campus Plan is being updated to provide a refreshed vision, guidelines and direction for future campus development, in topics such as building placement and parameters, transportation, and open and natural spaces. It also plays a key role in supporting the university’s academic priorities and commitments to sustainability.

Campus Plan update

Media release

The University of Victoria is inviting participation and input from the campus community and the public as it undertakes an update to the 2003 Campus Plan to provide a refreshed vision, guidelines and direction for future campus development.

Teaching award nominations

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Nominations are now open for the Alumni Awards for Excellence in Teaching, celebrating teaching of the highest calibre at UVic. Award categories include faculty members, artists-in-residence and librarians, and separately, sessional lecturers, lab i…

Campus plan update

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UVic is updating the 2003 Campus Plan to provide a refreshed vision and direction for future campus development. Watch for the mobile info booths around campus from Jan. 13–16. Hear how and why campus planning is done at the Speakers Event on Jan. 28 from 4:30–6 p.m. in the Bob Wright Centre. And share your thoughts at the Ideas Forum on Feb. 4 from 11 a.m.–8 p.m.

Campus Update on research & planning

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If you weren’t among the several hundred faculty, staff and students who packed the BEC auditorium for the Dec. 4 Campus Update session, there are still good opportunities to be involved in the two major initiatives discussed that day. The Dec. 4 event, hosted by Vice-President Academic and Provost Valerie Kuehne, was the most recent in the regular series of updates bringing university leaders to the podium to brief the campus community on major initiatives and opportunities. The Campus Update sessions, Kuehne stressed, “are also an opportunity for us to hear from you,” acknowledging the need to keep communications open and support a respectful and collegial environment.

A well-informed campus

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Every university aspires to be a natural home for knowledge, and an easy place for sharing information. And along with the remarkable diversity, scale and specialization of operations that help shape UVic’s extraordinary academic environment also co…

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