Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments could be doing a much better job at implementing policies that reduce alcohol-related harms, according to new reports from UVic’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.
UVic's CanAssist has launched a new website aimed at improving independence and safety among BC seniors. Ability411.ca provides information and personalized answers to seniors' questions about technologies and equipment.
Canadians can access more accurate information and services to help them adapt to the environmental impacts that come with climate change, thanks to a new collaboration between the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) at the University of Victoria and the Government of Canada's Canadian Centre for Climate Services (CCCS).
Helga Thorson, whose groundbreaking field school transforms students into eyewitnesses of how European countries remember the Holocaust, is the 12th UVic scholar—and the third in five years—to win Canada's most prestigious award for excellence in teaching, the 3M National Teaching Fellowship.
BC's approval of overdose prevention sites two years ago was an unprecedented response to the overdose crisis. They were rolled out quickly and led by community members on the front lines of the public-health emergency. Findings from a CISUR study show the strategy's effectiveness.
A new paper by UVic geographer Sophia Carodenuto reveals troubling questions and provides specific recommendations for the future of cocoa farming in some of the world’s key cocoa-producing countries—Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon—amidst the pressures of climate change, soil erosion and excessive forest loss.
Innovator and entrepreneur Sue Paish, QC, CEO of Canada's Digital Technology Supercluster is the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business 2019 Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year. Sue's ability to lead people through technological transformations with great success is a quality we're excited to celebrate.
The new Language Revitalization Pole, commissioned by the First Nations Education Foundation (FNEF), will be located at UVic as a centrepiece of UN International Year of Indigenous Languages and is also a significant point of reflection for UVic’s ongoing commitment to the work of decolonizing and Indigenizing the university.
World-leading ocean and climate researchers at the University of Victoria have a new centre where they can continue producing the critical knowledge used by communities, governments and industry for sustainable ocean management and to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Human influence played a major role in British Columbia's 2017 wildfire season, significantly increasing the risk of wildfires, says a study by research scientists from the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium at the University of Victoria and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions welcomes proposals for its new $1M Theme Partnership Program, which will connect top researchers with policy and industry leaders to develop climate change solutions for British Columbia and beyond.
Two prominent medical researchers at the University of Victoria have been named Canada Research Chairs.
