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Science

Diving deep

The Torch

A talented team of UVic grads creates Hakai Magazine, an online publication exploring coastal life and phenomena through long-form features, stunning photography, comics and videos.

Art and science of listening

knowlEDGE

Music technology professor Kirk McNally scrutinizes recordings to better understand the relationship between musicians, engineers and music producers.

Funding boosts for TRIUMF

The Ring

Canada’s 2019 federal budget, unveiled March 19, also included substantial funding for TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre, which was co-founded by UVic 50 years ago and continues to be a substantial nexus for UVic-led research.

Queenswood now the Ocean-Climate Building

The Ring

The Ocean-Climate Building officially opened Jan. 10 with an event acknowledging the funding support to renovate and reconfigure the Queenswood residential care facility. At the opening, the Government of Canada announced $12.6 million over four years for ONC, the anchor group in the building.

UVic expands oceans, climate research

Media release

World-leading ocean and climate researchers at the University of Victoria have a new centre where they can continue producing the critical knowledge used by communities, governments and industry for sustainable ocean management and to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Visual arts grad, new ONC artist

Media release

UVic grad Colton Hash is the recipient of a new Artist-in-Residence program announced by the Faculty of Fine Arts and Ocean Networks Canada, a UVic initiative. The residency will strengthen connections between art and science, and broaden perspectives on major issues ranging from technology and the environment to biodiversity and healthy communities.

Of pale ales and proteins

The Ring

Through research conducted during a co-op work term, biochemistry undergraduate James Saville was able to help a Duncan brewery optimize the recipe for their IPA—determining the best hop type and timing to maximize flavour, while spending less money on the expensive ingredient.

ONC tests earthquake early warnings

Media release

Ocean Networks Canada has installed the final set of underwater earthquake early warning sensors off the west coast of Canada, and will mark a significant operational milestone in partnership with Protrans BC, operator of Vancouver’s Canada Line rapid transit system, with a simulated exercise.

Ian Manners and materials science

The Ring

The arrival of renowned UK chemist and materials scientist Ian Manners this fall as the University of Victoria’s Canada 150 Research Chair underlines UVic’s determination to take its place as a world leader in the growing field.

Looking deep into space from the deep sea

The Ring

Could the world’s next large-scale neutrino detector be built at the bottom of the ocean? This summer, as part of its 2018 Wiring the Abyss expedition, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is installing specialized equipment at its deepest site in the northeast Pacific Ocean to assess the location’s suitability for observing neutrinos

From grape to glass

Media release

A new two-year study led by ecologist John Volpe with master's student Andrew Watts, both of UVic's School of Environmental Studies, has the potential to transform the wine industry by combining innovative spectrometry technology with field manipulations to pinpoint the perfect time to harvest grapes.

Perfecting a powerful polymer

The Ring

UVic team’s breakthrough makes a highly durable industrial plastic accessible for wider use in automobiles and other applications. Jeremy Wulff’s team has synthesized a plastic that could replace metal to make vehicles lighter and more fuel efficient.

A plastic for energy-efficient vehicles

Media release

A durable industrial plastic adapted by a University of Victoria chemist for use in vehicle components could be a vital step toward lighter vehicle weights and greater energy efficiency.

Scientists test waters for large-scale physics experiment

Globe and Mail

Scientists test waters for large-scale physics experiment

ONC Wiring the Abyss neutrino project

Media release

ONC is installing specialized instrumentation at Cascadia Basin, 2,700 metres below sea level in the northeast Pacific Ocean, during Expedition 2018: Wiring the Abyss to assess the location’s suitability for observing one of the universe’s most essential and difficult-to-study ingredients—neutrinos.

Better health through science

The Torch

Elizabeth Borycki was interested in health informatics long before the science had a name. Now she teaches, researches, consults and publishes on the science of designing, developing and managing digitized health systems, technologies and data. A professor with UVic's School of Health Information Science, she's recognized around the world as a leading health informatics researcher, scholar and innovator.

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