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UVic grad leads user-friendly no-waste store

The Torch

UVic alumna Paula McPhee co-owns Zero Waste Emporium with her husband, Nairn. The couple has received recognition for their green enterprise, including Ecostar and Surfrider Foundation awards.

Grad student research on kelp forests

The Ring

On World Oceans Day, two geography grad students prepare for an immersive two weeks of remote field work studying kelp forests on BC’s central coast. Adhering to strict COVID-19 protocols, Brian Timmer and Lianna Gendall will be self-isolating for 14 days before they embark on their MITACS internship with the Hakai Institute.

Oceanography propels grad around the globe

The Ring

Schulich scholar and honours earth and ocean sciences graduate Wylee Fitz-Gerald has spent the last four years following a passion for oceanography.

Econ grad hired by top global consulting firm

The Ring

Honours economics grad Maxwell Nicholson is a prestigious 3M National Student Fellowship award winner, who graduated and right away began a new position with Kinsey & Company, a global management consultant firm.

Women in Economics Graduate Scholarship

Lamya Islam moved from Bangladesh to Canada with her husband this past fall to pursue her master's degree in economics at UVic. She is now the first recipient of the Women in Economics Graduate Scholarship at the university.

BCom grad discovers new purpose

The Ring

Tamika Rodney, BCom '18, was completing a hospitality management diploma at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology when a fateful need for caffeine and some eye-catching island photos conspired to redirect her toward UVic's Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, and a complete life change—though she didn't realize it at the time.

BC announces UVic grad scholarship fund

Media release

A new scholarship fund of $2.25 million will support UVic graduate student research focused on STEM—science, technology, engineering and mathematics—including professional programs such as business administration and health.

Biology grad builds community with STEM

The Ring

In her past four and a half years, UVic biology undergraduate student Yamila Franco has developed an impressive list of accomplishments: achieving fluency in French, completing four co-op terms and an Honours project, learning how to code, blogging for MyUVic Life, pursuing her passion in photography and becoming a board member with the BC Chapter of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research.

Bright lights, big city for English grad

The Ring

Growing up on a small island three hours north of Victoria, the outdoors served as Iona Lister's classroom. Home-schooled for the most part until high school, Lister spent her days reading, writing and making music while immersed in nature. The English master's student, who graduates this June, has since taken to travelling, trekking across Europe and South America, and learning several languages, including Spanish and French.

Poli Sci grad hopes to shape Indigenous law

The Ring

The journey towards post-secondary education began for Carolyn Belleau when she had to re-invent herself after losing her fashion design business in last decade's recession. To move forward in a new direction Belleau had to carefully assess her skills and aptitude. She graduates this month with a bachelor in political science.

A journey from worker to working artist

The Ring

Brandon Poole spent his twenties as a carpenter and electrician, hitchhiking across Canada, living on a sailboat. And the classes he did take—philosophy, photo journalism—didn't lead to any specific path. It wasn't until he decided to shoot a series of photos in downtown Vancouver's back alleys that he had his academic epiphany.

Humanities grad helps revitalize Galician language

The Ring

One could say that humanities graduate student Ildara Enríquez was born for her role as a linguistics researcher. Growing up on the Iberian Peninsula in the northwest region of Spain, Enriquez spoke her native language of Galician at home. At school, she conversed in Spanish.Both were official languages, but as a teenager, Enríquez made a decision.

Grad blends passion for conservation with citizen science

The Ring

Stephanie Korolyk is working at her dream job as the executive director of the Laskeek Bay Conservation Society on Haida Gwaii, after completing a degree in biology.

Grad finds her niche in informatics

The Ring

Michelle Wright's decision to enrol in Health Information Science (HINF) was influenced by three key factors: word-of-mouth, the internet and personal satisfaction.

Studies point grad toward Indigenous health career

The Ring

Cheyenne Smith is determined to do her part to improve the health of Canada’s Indigenous populations, especially HIV/AIDS rates, after she graduates this month with an undergraduate degree in anthropology and a minor in French.

Grad explores motivation through rock climbing

The Ring

For his master's degree in physical education, Patrick Boudreau explored the impact of a high school rock climbing program and "self-efficacy"—an individual's belief in their own ability to organize and manage risks to achieve a goal.

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