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Marine heat waves spell trouble for tropical reef fish

The Conversation

Marine heat waves spell trouble for tropical reef fish

New campus tour video

YouTube

New campus tour video

Bridging divides in wake of COVID-19

Media release

UVic and the Senate of Canada will co-host a forum this fall to help generate solutions to some of the world’s most divisive problems, some of which have been created and exacerbated by COVID-19.

New COVID-resistant wash basins

The Ring

Wash basins made with COVID-19-resistant material may be popping up in malls and other crowded places, once the work of a UVic researcher and BC manufacturer is complete.

Q&A with creators of new climate action

Scales of Change: A field guide to the Dragons of Climate Inaction is a new podcast miniseries exploring the barriers to climate action, produced by Future Ecologies with support from the University of Victoria. The eight-part weekly series, based on the work of UVic environmental psychologist Robert Gifford, launches May 13.

A race to make ventilators

The Ring

UVic alumni are working around the clock to produce ventilators at Victoria-based StarFish Medical. The project is one of four that will collectively supply 30,000 ventilators to the Canadian market.

Scales of Change: a new climate action podcast

The Ring

Scales of Change: A field guide to the Dragons of Climate Inaction is a new podcast miniseries exploring the barriers to climate action, produced by Future Ecologies with support from the University of Victoria. The eight-part weekly series is based on the work of UVic environmental psychologist Robert Gifford.

In Memoriam: Charlotte Girard

The Ring

We note with respect and solemnity the passing of Charlotte Girard—the first woman to become faculty in UVic's Department of History.

Trudeau scholar addresses gender violence

The Ring

Can Indigenous diplomatic legal principles help lead communities away from gender violence? Jasmine Dionne, a UVic PhD student in political science, is working with the Cree and Metis community of Saka Wiyiniwak (Cree for “Boreal Forest Peoples”) in Northeastern Alberta to reimplement Indigenous legal principles, as part of a three-year scholarship, announced this month by the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation. She is one of only 16 Canadian doctoral students receiving a $180,000 award.

SSHRC Storytellers finalists

The Ring

Two UVic researchers named top 25 "Storytellers" in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's annual competition. They show Canadians the impact of their research in just three minutes.

Managing alcohol in COVID

The Conversation

Managing alcohol in COVID

Experts on reopening BC

University of Victoria experts are available to media to discuss the provincial government's plan to reopen BC during COVID-19.

Alcohol warning labels reduce sales

Media release

Colourful, highly visible warning labels applied to bottles and cans of alcohol in Yukon’s largest liquor store prompted many people in Canada’s highest-alcohol-consuming region to cut back on their drinking. This was one of the major findings from the Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study—a real-world study of alcohol warning labels led by CISUR in 2017—published this month in a special section of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

Alum helps students with Star Wars show

Media release

UVic theatre alumnus Charles Ross will livestream his popular interstellar romp through Star Wars on May 4 to help support an emergency fund for students experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic. Money raised will go toward students who have lost their jobs, face housing issues or have trouble paying for food or tuition.

Give us a sign

The Ring

Since the American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter and UVic instructor Nigel Howard started interpreting for the BC government’s daily COVID-19 updates, several social media pages have sprung up in appreciation, the largest of which has 3,700 followers.

Study reviews heat stress on reef fish

Media release

In one of the first studies to assess the direct impact of heat stress on reef fish, University of Victoria biologists assess the direct impact of heat stress on reef fish.

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Marine heat waves spell trouble for tropical reef fish

New campus tour video

Bridging divides in wake of COVID-19

New COVID-resistant wash basins

Q&A with creators of new climate action

A race to make ventilators

Scales of Change: a new climate action podcast

In Memoriam: Charlotte Girard

Trudeau scholar addresses gender violence

SSHRC Storytellers finalists

Managing alcohol in COVID

Experts on reopening BC

Alcohol warning labels reduce sales

Alum helps students with Star Wars show

Give us a sign

Study reviews heat stress on reef fish