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Indo-Canadian artist fuses traditions

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Graduating honours artist Rudra Manani explores her Indo-Canadian identity through her contemporary art practice by challenging generic spiritual practices like yoga.

Study what you stand for

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When UVic student Simone Blais was invited to attend a 2016 summit in Toronto for Indigenous and racialized students at the start of the Black Lives Matter movement, she jumped at the opportunity. It was a profound experience, one that compelled her to question the usefulness of post-secondary education. But Blaise has since used her experiences outside of the classroom to build on her studies.

An internship during a pandemic

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On the same day German student Isabelle Staiger landed in Victoria for her UVic internship, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Canada was closing its borders. This is her story – of virtual colleagues, a cancelled honeymoon, routine visits to the beach and a red bike that became her friend.

COVID drives new interdisciplinary course

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COVID drives new interdisciplinary course

UVic Science, learning online

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UVic Science, learning online

Geography turns the tables on remote studying

How does the present UVic campus compare to 50 years ago? Students in Geography 228, a popular remote sensing course, will work with aerial images and satellite images of the campus to see how the campus landscape has changed over time.

Engineering & Computer Science: answering your questions

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Engineering & Computer Science: answering your questions

When a course is a community

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During the rapid shift away from face-to-face course delivery in March, Janni Aragon knew she wanted to get a jump on circumstance. So she took immediate steps to ensure her students would have the same kind of dynamic, community-oriented learning experience they have come to expect from UVic, using a mesh of technologies she also studies. That effort put Aragon, and students in her course in young adult literature, politics and culture, more than a small step ahead. Her course doesn’t begin until July.

Medieval course features local landmarks

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How much do you know about Craigdarroch Castle, Ross Bay Cemetery and Christ Church Cathedral? Michael Reed has been using these local landmarks to explore medieval architecture in Victoria—with a virtual twist.

How COVID-19 student bursary helped

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Close to 2,000 students received the COVID-19 Support Bursary between March and June, 2020. The university initially committed $200,000 to meet the immediate challenges students were facing as a result of the pandemic, from lost jobs, to technology issues, to urgent housing needs. Within weeks, hundreds of alumni, community members, staff and faculty contributed to the bursary to help the university meet the overwhelming demand for support.

Field school on a cargo bike

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As COVID-19 turned the world upside-down, urban geographer Cam Owens had the immense task of shifting his International field school into an online course. The fourth-year geography course, Sustainable Cities, has been a surprising success considering how rapidly Owens had to adapt the field school to an online environment.

Online Learning at UVic

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Online Learning at UVic

Sharing our positivity

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Sharing our positivity

3M National Student Fellows

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Two of 10 of this year's prestigious 3M National Student Fellowships have been awarded to UVic students. Hanna Jacobsen (sociology and gender studies), and Madeleine Kenyon (philosophy) join eight others to become Canada’s 2020 3M fellowship recipients.

New campus tour video

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New campus tour video

Coming soon: the UVic Student Wellness Centre

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An integrated, holistic, centre dedicated to student well-being—that’s the vision for UVic’s Student Wellness Centre (SWC), scheduled to open in Summer 2020. UVic students will access Counselling and Health in one convenient locati…

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