Media: expert advisories

David Leach is available to media for commentary on recent news about the World Health Organization declaring video game addiction a mental health disorder.

Immigration and refugee law expert Asad Kiyani is available to media to discuss World Refugee Day‚ June 20. He can comment on Safe Third Country Agreements and people crossing the border from the US

Kathryn Chan (Faculty of Law) is available to media to discuss the June 15 Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on whether law societies have the right to deny accreditation to the proposed law school at Trinity Western University. She can comment on what implications the TWU decision might have for religious institutions, LGBTQI+ persons and legal education in Canada.

University of Victoria expert on walking, running, tripping, falling and human performance is available to media to discuss the ways referees can tell true tripping from fake falling at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.

Pink Shirt Day is on Feb. 28. UVic psychologist Bonnie Leadbeater is available to speak to media about bullying prevention. Since 2008, the CKNW Orphans’ Fund has hosted the annual anti-bullying campaign Pink Shirt Day in Vancouver. This year's focus is on cyber bullying.

Seven UVic experts are available to media for comment on the BC budget—to be revealed Feb. 20—with particular focus on housing, homelessness, poverty, health inequity, seniors care, family economics, childhood education and income assistance, as well as implications for tourism, entrepreneurship and business.

Dr. Rick Cotton's research shows how extraordinary results, such as Olympic podium success, can come from the confluence of human capital, social capital and positive psychological capital. You only have to look at Trøndelag, Norway, to understand why.

As K-12 schools in BC work to Indigenize curriculum and Canadian post-secondary institutions respond to the TRC's Calls to Action to promote, recruit and support increased Indigenous research and teaching, the following three Indigenous scholars in the University of Victoria's Faculty of Education are available to provide context and comment on the challenges and most promising practices in Indigenous education: Paul Whitinui, Onowa McIvor and Carmen Rodríguez de France.

A new initiative will address the scarcity of curriculum and training for community-based research for local researchers to address pressing local issues. The first cohort of 25 learners is based in Indonesia, Italy, India and Canada.

The following UVic experts are available to media to discuss the implications of power imbalances and on women's equality in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the impacts of social media including the #MeToo campaign, among other topics.

Wounded Warriors Canada announced today a new Trauma Resiliency Program for serving members of the Canadian Forces, veterans and first responders. The program is co-designed and developed by UVic counselling psychologist Tim Black. In this Q&A, he explains why society needs to rethink PTSD.

Researcher Art Olin is part of an international collaboration investigating the secrets of antimatter – an elusive substance that may hold answers to unsolved problems in physics and related to the formation of the universe.