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Vital family visits for seniors

The Province

Vital family visits for seniors

New COVID-19 screening

Canada Foundation for Innovation

New COVID-19 screening

Decolonizing the library

The Ring

Indigenous leader Ry Moran becomes Canada’s first-ever Associate University Librarian—Reconciliation at UVic Libraries. In this new role, Moran will be looking to partner with Indigenous communities and work to directly address the need to help preserve and sustain Indigenous knowledge, as well as introduce Indigenous approaches to knowledge into the daily work of the Libraries.

Building energy efficiency

knowlEDGE

UVic civil engineering professor Ralph Evins is using machine learning to design energy-efficient buildings that don’t yet exist.

Review brings changes for field trips

Media release

UVic is making important changes to how it conducts field trips to the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre following a review of a fatal bus accident last September in which two students died and numerous other students were injured. The university committed to learning from the tragedy.

When a course is a community

The Ring

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

The Ring

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

The Ring

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.

Ry Moran to join UVic Libraries this fall

Media release

Ry Moran, an Indigenous leader who guided the creation of a national archive that includes thousands of stories from residential school survivors, is appointed as the inaugural associate university librarian – reconciliation at UVic. It is the first position of its kind at a Canadian university.

Field school on a cargo bike

The Ring

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.

Four UVic Vanier scholars

The Ring

Four University of Victoria researchers are named Vanier Canada Graduate Scholars in an annual competition announced today by the Government of Canada. Vanier scholars, who receive $50,000 funding each year for three years, demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies. The scholarships are earmarked for social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health.

UVic adopting climate charter

The Ring

The University of Victoria is among 15 Canadian universities signing a charter to address the global crisis of climate change. Under the Investing to Address Climate Change Charter, the universities pledge to follow responsible investment practices in ways to address this global challenge.

Online Learning at UVic

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Online Learning at UVic

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Vital family visits for seniors

New COVID-19 screening

Decolonizing the library

Building energy efficiency

Review brings changes for field trips

Summary of Recommendations

President appears before provincial committee

Important changes for student field trips

When a course is a community

Medieval course features local landmarks

How COVID-19 student bursary helped

Ry Moran to join UVic Libraries this fall

Field school on a cargo bike

Four UVic Vanier scholars

UVic adopting climate charter

Online Learning at UVic