The Ring

The Ring is the University of Victoria’s community newspaper. Its purpose is:

• to advance the mission and objectives of the university as articulated in the strategic plan
• to inform members of the campus community about news and events of interest to them and
• to help build a sense of community among faculty, staff and students at UVic.

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Latest stories

In memoriam: John Money

John Money, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Victoria, died on 26 July 2019 at the age of 80. John was “a historian’s historian” in all the best senses of that overused phrase.

Hul’q’umi’num’ language and Google Earth

An initiative led by anthropologist Brian Thom and Indigenous languages teacher yutustanaat Mandy Jones (Snuneymuxw First Nation) is a highlight of a new Google project featuring 55 Indigenous languages in 27 countries and was launched on the UN’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.

Explore campus, learn French with new AR game

Bernadette Perry, a PhD student in French, has spent hundreds of hours honing Explorez, her new French-language video game that helps students reinforce their language skills while exploring the UVic campus.

Rare plant thrives in campus teaching garden

A cluster of rare pink star-shaped blossoms will soon be blooming in UVic’s David Turpin Native Plant garden— planted earlier this spring by ethnobotanist Fiona Hamersley Chambers and her environmental studies students. The Pink Sand Verbena, a federally red-listed endangered species, was considered extinct in Canada until it was rediscovered in 2000 along a beach on the BC West Coast Trail.

Provost’s Advocacy and Activism Awards

An undergraduate student devoted to addressing violence against women and an internationally recognized musician are the recipients of the Provost’s Advocacy and Activism Award for 2019. Sage

Strategic Framework Q&A

The fourth in a series of articles exploring how staff and faculty across campus are implementing UVic’s Strategic Framework.

Kalynchuk appointed VP Research

Lisa Kalynchuk has been appointed as Vice-President Research for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2019. The university announced her appointment June 10 following an international search.

Social prescription for dementia

Canada’s National Dementia Strategy, the long-awaited blueprint for finding a cure and for reshaping policy, was released last week.

2019 Indspire award for Métis filmmaker

Barbara Todd Hager, UVic’s new Indigenous communications officer in the Office of Indigenous Academic and Community Engagement, is the latest recipient of the prestigious annual Indspire Arts Award.

Classroom under water

UVic’s scientific diving program has given three decades of students the tools, training and hands-on learning they need to safely and successfully conduct research under water.

The human benefits of marine protected areas

Marine protected areas are well known for protecting biodiversity, but their effects on people who use the oceans are debated. Now a new review—led by University of Victoria marine conservation scientist Natalie Ban and 12 co-authors—illustrates that these protected areas can also support human well-being.

Librarians promote global engagement

Learning and Research Librarians Aditi Gupta and Rebecca Raworth have developed programs that use information literacy instruction, while building cross-cultural research collaborations at UVic Libraries and the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar.

Boat noise and whale health

On World Ocean’s Day, marine biologist and coastal geographer Lauren McWhinnie is excited to be part of the festivities at Fisherman’s Wharf and supporting local organization SIMRES (Saturna Island Marine Research and Education Society); however, her purpose will be to raise awareness about small boat noise in the Salish Sea and its impact on the health of whales and in particular the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW).

Econ grad hired by top global consulting firm

Honours economics grad Maxwell Nicholson is a prestigious 3M National Student Fellowship award winner, who graduated and right away began a new position with Kinsey & Company, a global management consultant firm.

Student housing-dining project update

An accelerated schedule for the university's new student housing and dining project will propel it to completion in early 2023, 16 months earlier than originally scheduled. The student housing and dining project will create housing for an additional 621 students currently living off campus and help to address the acute regional need for housing.

New outdoor recycling stations

Facilities Management will be expanding the campus recycling and composting program over the summer by installing new outdoor zero-waste stations. The zero-waste stations will make it more convenient to recycle and compost no matter where you are on campus, and help the university meet its overall waste diversion target of 75%.