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Witness Blanket in Winnipeg

Media release

The Witness Blanket by Carey Newman, UVic’s sixth Audain Professor of Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest with UVic’s Department of Visual Arts, is the centrepiece of a historic agreement which Newman signed April 12 with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. It unites Western legal principles with Indigenous ways of knowing and being. UVic Law plans to incorporate the agreement into its curriculum.

Master’s student led new wildlife study

Kate Field, a geography grad student, is lead author of a study focusing on the animal care policies used by peer-reviewed journals that commonly publish wildlife research. Here she answers questions about her new research, which she hopes will safeguard wildlife from unethical research practices.

Day in the Life: Annette Fraser

The Ring

In 2008, Annette Fraser graduated from UVic with her master’s degree in dispute resolution. A decade later, in September 2018, she returned to the campus as the university’s ombudsperson. An ombudsperson works under three guiding p…

Student Ambassadors boost student emergency fund

The Ring

Using profits from selling flowers and frames at convocation, this year's cohort of Student Ambassadors is donating $1,000 to the Student Emergency Fund, which supports students who are in financial crises and need immediate assistance. An anonymous alumni donor surprised the group—matching their contribution to the Student Emergency Fund this year, making their total gift $2,000.

New book focuses on field schools

The Ring

New book gathers expertise of UVic field school instructors to learn from—and extend—off-campus teaching opportunities

Building on respect and reconciliation commitments

The Ring

Securing funding for a new national centre for Indigenous law and reconciliation, and launching the world’s first Indigenous law degree program, are just two of the significant steps UVic has taken this year to advance its commitment to foster…

March-April Ringers

The Ring

Acting Director of the UVic Equity and Human Rights office Cassbreea Dewis has been named to a new federal advisory committee on the Framework to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions by Maryam Monsef, Canada&…

Year of the Salmon study

The Ring

Trawling through international waters in search of salmon had its ups and downs according to geography PhD student, Vishnu Perumthuruthil Suseelan, who spent six weeks aboard the Russian vessel, the Professor Kaganovsky.

Strategic Framework Q&A

The Ring

The third in a series of articles that explores how staff and faculty across campus are implementing the university’s Strategic Framework.

Funding boosts for TRIUMF

The Ring

Canada’s 2019 federal budget, unveiled March 19, also included substantial funding for TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator centre, which was co-founded by UVic 50 years ago and continues to be a substantial nexus for UVic-led research.

Strategic Enrolment Management

The Ring

The university’s inaugural Strategic Enrolment Management (SEM) Plan was unanimously approved by Executive Council and brought to Senate and Board of Governors for information in March 2019.

Site prep begins for new student housing

The Ring

Although construction for the university’s student housing and dining project won’t kick off until 2020, early preparation work at the site will begin this spring and summer. Starting in May, watch for selective deconstruction, road and utility work around the Cadboro Commons and SUB buildings.

Canada's sea levels are rising

CBC News

Canada's sea levels are rising

UVic faculty expert advisory

University of Victoria faculty members are available to media to discuss Canada’s Changing Climate Report released April 2 by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Cultural re-centring model

knowlEDGE

How does one “speak back” to violence experienced by Indigenous girls, young women, two-spirit youth, even whole communities impacted from centuries of oppression? This question frames the work of Sisters Rising, an Indigenous-led, community-based research project that honours Indigenous youth who have experienced sexualized, gender-based violence by offering traditional land- and arts-based teachings.

New genetic tool a game changer

Media release

A new genetic tool developed by UVic researchers can detect an endangered species' DNA from water, making environmental impact assessments more effective and reliable. The eDNA—or environmental DNA—technology detects the presence of a species in a matter of days.

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Witness Blanket in Winnipeg

Master’s student led new wildlife study

Day in the Life: Annette Fraser

Student Ambassadors boost student emergency fund

New book focuses on field schools

Building on respect and reconciliation commitments

March-April Ringers

Year of the Salmon study

Strategic Framework Q&A

Funding boosts for TRIUMF

Strategic Enrolment Management

Site prep begins for new student housing

Canada's sea levels are rising

UVic faculty expert advisory

Cultural re-centring model

New genetic tool a game changer