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Ethnobotany class revives plant on campus

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Following in the footsteps of world-renowned ethnobotanist Nancy Turner, ethnobotany PhD candidate Fiona Hamersley Chambers has led environmental studies students across the campus since 1999, using it as a living classroom as they study the relationship between people and plants.

Experts Q&A on Indigenizing education

As K-12 schools in BC work to Indigenize curriculum and Canadian post-secondary institutions respond to the TRC's Calls to Action to promote, recruit and support increased Indigenous research and teaching, the following three Indigenous scholars in the University of Victoria's Faculty of Education are available to provide context and comment on the challenges and most promising practices in Indigenous education: Paul Whitinui, Onowa McIvor and Carmen Rodríguez de France.

Learning is at the heart of Phoenix plays

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Just like a family, Department of Theatre students know how to pull together during a time of need. While audiences watch a play for enjoyment, each Phoenix Theatre production is a hands-on learning opportunity for up to 150 students enrolled in 10 to 15 different courses. Such is the case with "Crimes of the Heart," running Feb. 15–24.

Celebrating faith communities

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On Jan. 18, representatives of 11 faith communities came together to sign a renewed memorandum of understanding honouring the enduring value of their evolving and diverse relationships with UVic. The ceremony, attended by Multifaith Services chaplains, students, faculty, staff and community members, embraced song, story, poetry and incantations from diverse spiritual traditions.

A literary twist on gaming

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English students in a fifth-year digital literary studies course turned to literature and DIY culture for inspiration to create video games as part of their class. They created two indie games: a campus-based locative app for mobile phones and a 2-D children’s game.

Strategic enrolment management planning underway

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UVic is developing its first strategic enrolment management (SEM) plan, which will help guide our recruitment and retention efforts for the next five to 10 years. Consultation with the campus community is scheduled for late March and early April.

Opinion paper on wildlife politics

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A group of international scientists is calling for closer scrutiny of government reporting on wildlife populations after a review of case studies shows a selective or misleading use of facts and figures. The group, including Chris Darimont as lead author, coined the term “political populations.”

What counts in wildlife and politics

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A new scholarly opinion paper by Chris Darimont and four other conservation scientists explores how wildlife population sizes, trends and associated policies reported by some governments lack supporting evidence. Darimont also recently published a related opinion letter in the journal Nature.

Shark study on feeding patterns

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For sharks, it’s more where they eat than what they eat. Thanks to a new study co-authored by UVic biologists Francis Juanes and Amy Teffer, it’s clear coastal sharks have very different feeding patterns than deeper ocean sharks and it could help overturn declines in the world’s shark populations.

UVic and faith communities renew MOU

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Forty years after a joint chaplaincy was established at the University of Victoria with three faith communities, the university's Multifaith Services celebrated the enduring value of these evolving and diverse relationships with the signing of a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Jan. 18.

Mercer Report visits UVic

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On Jan. 16, the Rick Mercer Report launched its final season on CBC. The first episode features the comedian and satirist's visit to UVic campus last fall in which Mercer gets a brainwave assessment in Olav Krigolson's neuroeconomics lab, test-drives a 3D-printed prosthetic at the Victoria Hand Project lab and attempts to sing opera with music prof. Benjamin Butterfield.

Icebreaking in the Gulf of Bothnia

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Icebreaking in the Gulf of Bothnia

Sexualized violence prevention

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UVic Vikes Athletics and Recreation, a department within Student Affairs, is partnering with the Office of Equity and Human Rights to champion sexualized violence prevention through an education and training campaign.

Arctic sea ice research

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Expanded community engagement into more Arctic communities is helping UVic's Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) carry out the ocean science that matters most to the people who live in Canada’s North.

Clean energy research gets funding boost

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Off-the-grid coastal communities seeking renewable energy alternatives and heavy-duty transportation companies working to reduce fossil fuel dependence are closer to achieving their goals thanks to $2.4 million in new funding to UVic researchers.

Goodbye CARBC, hello CISUR

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What's in a name? For UVic's Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC), many things. Which is why it's now known as the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR).

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