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Preparing students for intercultural success

The Ring

UVic's intercultural training helps our students make positive contributions to diverse workplaces and develop intercultural competencies through studying and working abroad--with the next workshop taking place in time for International Education Week (Nov. 13 to 17).

Congratulations, grads!

The Ring

Hundreds of UVic students and their families will gather on campus this month to celebrate reaching an academic milestone. A total of 1,396 degrees, certificates and diplomas will be conferred.

Hockey helps score a career path

The Ring

For new kinesiology graduate Dale Kirk, connecting hockey and academics made sense as he was considering post-secondary education. The co-op program became an essential part of Kirk's academic career.

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 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.

Bringing positivity, perspective and leadership to public service

The Ring

Alana Green, BCom '17, Ch'nook Scholar valedictorian and positive-minded change-maker, takes her role as public servant very much to heart. Green, a member of the Cree community of Duncan's First Nation in northern Alberta, began the BCom program with previous career experience and currently works for the Canadian Coast Guard.

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.

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.

A virtual environment for coastal planning

The Ring

What if you could experience the beauty of Sidney Spit without leaving your home? Geography PhD student Robert Newell has applied cutting-edge technology to develop a virtual reality experience that takes visitors on a tour of the park, over land and underwater, using visualization tools.

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.

Athlete sprints her way to graduation

The Ring

In 2011, Vikes announced that a track runner from St. Albert, Alberta, had committed to run for the cross country and track program at UVic. Little did they know then that it would be the start of one of the most prolific athletic careers in UVic history and bring a key contributor to student life to campus.

Student observes unprecedented neutron star collision

The Ring

On Aug. 16, while visiting the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, UVic doctoral student Clare Higgs was involved in the observation of the first recorded gravitational wave signature caused by a neutron star collision.

Pathways Scholarship Winner

The Ring

Phuong Duong is confident that studying at UVic will make a vital impact on her future. The 17 year old, recently arrived from Vietnam, is the first student to receive the UVic Pathways Entrance Scholarship from UVic's English Language Centre.

Doctoral candidate presents in Ottawa on concussions

The Ring

UVic chemist Armita Dash is in Ottawa today to talk to parliamentarians and senior government officials about her innovative approach to early concussion diagnosis. Dash's research provides an early detection method of diagnosing concussion or traumatic brain injury through the use of nanotechnology.

Where ship that sailed Northwest Passage is stopping on BC coast

Times Colonist

Where ship that sailed Northwest Passage is stopping on BC coast

Observation of neutron star collision

Media release

A University of Victoria doctoral student visiting an observatory in Chile unexpectedly became a participant in the observation of the first recorded gravitational wave signature caused by a neutron star collision – a discovery that is transformational to our understanding of the universe.

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