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PICS Indigenous Climate Fellow

Media release

Respected Inuit climate leader and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Siila (Sheila) Watt-Cloutier has been named the inaugural Indigenous Climate Fellow at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).

Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence

Media release

Award-winning Tłı̨chǫ Dene author Richard Van Camp will return to the University of Victoria as Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence for 2024/25.

Researching kelp restoration

A team of researchers led by UVic and the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre is attempting to regrow kelp forests, working closely with British Columbia coastal First Nations.

UVic national leader in climate and sustainability

Media release

The University of Victoria is a leader among Canadian universities when it comes to climate impact research and programs, according to new international rankings released on Wednesday.

Creating a vaccine for syphilis

Media release

International researchers led by University of Victoria microbiologist Caroline Cameron are developing a vaccine for syphilis, an ancient disease that is, once again, increasingly prevalent. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US is supporting the project with US$7.8 million over five years to engineer a hybrid protein with a goal of preventing infectious and congenital syphilis.

The language of community

The Ring

As a student in Mandarin classes at UVic, Mina Guan approached the material as someone who grew up with Mandarin and Cantonese in the home—what’s known as a heritage language learner. In class, she found a community of other heritage lan…

Recognizing our retirees

UVic retirees website

Recognizing our retirees

Gabriola Road Closure: June 5 – 7

Facilities Management and Capital City Paving will be repairing an electrical conduit and applying new asphalt. Gabriola Road will be closed from June 5 – 7, 2024 to complete the work.

World-leading climate research gets a $4M boost

The Ring

From helping to convert seaweed overgrowth into benefits for the blue economy, to improving travel across sea ice, two University of Victoria projects on Monday [eds note: June 3] received nearly $4 million in federal support to advance climate solutions.

UVic researchers test community climate solutions

The Ring

Experts on National Indigenous History Month

University of Victoria experts are available to media to discuss National Indigenous History Month (June) and National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21).

Solar storm in deep sea observatories

Media release

The powerful solar storm driving the aurora borealis over global skies last weekend was also triggering the movement of compasses deep in the ocean, as revealed in new scientific findings shared today by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a University of Victoria initiative.

Shelagh Rogers named as next Queen’s Chancellor

Queen's Gazette

Shelagh Rogers named as next Queen’s Chancellor

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Community

PICS Indigenous Climate Fellow

Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence

Researching kelp restoration

UVic national leader in climate and sustainability

Creating a vaccine for syphilis

The language of community

Recognizing our retirees

Gabriola Road Closure: June 5 – 7

World-leading climate research gets a $4M boost

UVic researchers test community climate solutions

Experts on National Indigenous History Month

Solar storm in deep sea observatories

Delegation shares climate change displacement

Experts on Asian Heritage Month

University flag to be lowered for Day of Mourning

Shelagh Rogers named as next Queen’s Chancellor