Over the course of her life, mathematician Betty Kennedy contributed to the University of Victoria and the community in so many ways that to a non-mathematician they may seem countless. It is fitting with so much of the generosity that characterized her life that in her passing in 2019, Kennedy bestowed UVic with a $3.6-million gift.
Landscapes of Injustice, launched six years ago and led by UVic, unveils a new exhibition Sept. 26 sharing the truth and untold stories about dispossession of Japanese Canadians in the 1940s.
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announces four UVic researchers as new fellows and member, and also recognizes a professor emeritus for contributions in the literature of social sciences.
The National Centre for Indigenous Laws was made a reality at UVic with $13 million from the BC government and $5 million from the Law Foundation of BC.
UVic announces after an extensive international search that innovative academic leader and civil engineer Kevin Hall will be the next president of the university effective Nov. 1.
A world-known proteomics researcher is appointed new research chair at UVic. Using cutting-edge technology, David Goodlett will study proteins and lipids to better understand diseases like cancer and environmental challenges such as climate change.
The UVic Research Accelerator Fund empowers world-class researchers to respond to the urgent needs of communities by rapidly advancing COVID-19 resilience and recovery efforts, and overcome future challenges through research expertise, partnerships and infrastructure.
A team of three UVic researchers and a local tech firm are partnering to develop a sewage monitoring system that will provide information to help public health authorities detect and track future outbreaks of COVID-19.
A federal investment in Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of the University of Victoria, will advance the infrastructure and scientific data required to grow Canada's ocean intelligence for the benefit of society and a sustainable planet.
Department of Theatre design professor Mary Kerr has become the first theatrical designer in history—and only the third UVic professor—to be named a Molson Prize laureate, joining the likes of Margaret Atwood, Richard Wagamese, Alice Munro, Marshall McLuhan and other luminaries of Canadian culture.
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.
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.
