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Advancing the power grid

knowlEDGE

UVic chemist Dennis Hore and his research team are investigating materials they hope will make up the next generation insulators for the electrical power grid.

Food, land and culture define Gwich'in partnership

The Ring

Environmental studies master’s graduate, Tracey Proverbs, credits her supervisor Trevor Lantz and the environmental studies program for the opportunities she experienced during her graduate degree.

Privacy rules and political parties

CBC News

Privacy rules and political parties

First annual report on the Strategic Framework

The Ring

Since its launch on Sept, 19, 2018, UVic faculty, librarians, staff and students across campus have worked diligently towards achieving the vision, goals and priorities laid out in the Strategic Framework. The inaugural Strategic Framework Implementation Report features some of the accomplishments made in the past year towards achieving the university’s shared vision and goals.

New study on doctor prescriptions

Media release

The largest medical study of its kind focusing on 1,000s of GP practices in the UK identified a weakness in the prescribing of medicines. UVic economist Felix Pretis and his Oxford co-authors developed a statistical tool that reveals delays in doctors' responses to new drug information.

New publication highlights Victoria artists

The Ring

UVic Libraries recently launched its latest publication, [untitled]: The Artists’ Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries, exploring the archives of four celebrated local artists in Special Collections and University Archives. The publication is presented as a series of four interrelated booklets—each told through the voice of a writer closely associated with them, and packaged in a limited-edition portfolio.

REACH Awards

The Ring

On Oct. 10, the third annual REACH Awards will celebrate UVic scholars for their extraordinary contributions in research and teaching.

Syrian guitar quartet completes fellowship at UVic

The Ring

The Orontes Guitar Quartet are celebrating their time in Canada with a gala downtown finale at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall on Oct. 18.

Small boat traffic

knowlEDGE

Vic marine biologist and coastal geographer Lauren McWhinnie is now looking at how we can also reduce noise pollution from small vessel traffic on this population of whales.

Helping one another to advance respect and reconciliation

University Affairs

Helping one another to advance respect and reconciliation

Better end-of-life care for people in poverty

The Ring

The Palliative Outreach Resource Team is built upon lessons learned from a three-year study led by UVic palliative care researcher Kelli Stajduhar, lead investigator of the Equity in Palliative Approaches to Care program.

PICS funds $1.5M global research project

Media release

Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions funds new $1.5M international research project. The global team of scientists, engineers and social scientists plan to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into rock permanently beneath the Earth's ocean floor

Mission: Impossible?

Gustavson School of Business third-year students get familiar with global sustainability challenges through the Mission Impossible annual project matching teams of domestic students with incoming exchange students. First conceived by Monika Winn, it’s a rite of passage for BCom students entering the core year.

New arts agreement with Italy’s Morra Foundation

The Ring

As a celebration of global contemporary art, the opening of the Venice Biennale in May 2019 provided the ideal backdrop for the formal signing of a three-year research agreement between UVic’s Faculty of Fine Arts and La Fondazione Morra, a major art centre in Naples. The first formal agreement between the faculty and an Italian cultural institution, it also paves the way for further engagement, collaboration and exchange between institutions.

New research on diabetes

Media release

Diabetes is a disease often associated with obesity but a new study led by sociologist Karen Kobayashi indicates that Japanese Americans who are not overweight are at a much higher risk of developing the disease. The new research points to the vital need for health screening in this population.

Q&A on media and climate crisis

With the 2019 UN climate action summit now underway in New York City, environmental journalist and UVic PhD candidate Carol Linnitt reflects on Canadian media’s commitment to covering environmental issues.

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Advancing the power grid

Food, land and culture define Gwich'in partnership

Privacy rules and political parties

First annual report on the Strategic Framework

New study on doctor prescriptions

New publication highlights Victoria artists

REACH Awards

Syrian guitar quartet completes fellowship at UVic

Small boat traffic

Helping one another to advance respect and reconciliation

Better end-of-life care for people in poverty

PICS funds $1.5M global research project

Mission: Impossible?

New arts agreement with Italy’s Morra Foundation

New research on diabetes

Q&A on media and climate crisis