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

3M National Student Fellowships

Three of 10 prestigious 3M National Student Fellowships have been awarded to students in UVic's Faculty of Social Sciences. Cara Samuel (psychology), Maxwell Nicholson (economics) and Michael Graeme (anthropology and environmental studies) join seven others to become Canada's 3M fellowship recipients for 2018.

Detecting mining's toxic leftovers

Even decades after a mine closes, people in surrounding communities can face serious health risks from drinking contaminated water. Communities in BC’s North are particularly at risk of arsenic poisoning due to the legacy of gold and uranium mines, says University of Victoria civil engineer Heather Buckley.

Marine ecologist’s global impact

Julia Baum, an international rising star in marine conservation ecology and an outspoken advocate for science-based decisions on global issues such as climate change and overfishing, is UVic's newest Steacie Fellow.

One last round of "Convocation magic" for Eastman

After 13 years as UVic's University Secretary, Dr. Julia Eastman is stepping down July 6 to retirement. Before doing so, she'll participate in a final set of Convocation ceremonies. Eastman has overseen the arrangements for 180 Convocation ceremonies during her tenure despite, she acknowledges with a laugh, not attending any of her own.

New editor for iconic literary journal

The Malahat Review has a new editor: long-time editorial board member Iain Higgins will head the prestigious literary journal for the next three years.

Spring 2018 Convocation

Thousands of UVic students and their families and friends will gather on campus this June to celebrate the achievement of an academic milestone. During Spring Convocation from June 11-15, ceremonies will be held to confer 3,776 degrees, diplomas and certificates. Congratulations, grads!

Spring Convocation 2018 honorary degrees

Five inspirational citizens will receive an honorary degree—the university's highest honour—at the upcoming spring Convocation ceremonies.

TELUS MBA a perfect fit for savings

As part of an award-winning custom MBA program for TELUS at UVic's Gustavson School of Business, Moutie Wali, the Director of Technology Strategy for TELUS, developed a class project that helped the telecommunications company save $27 million.

A love of objects and a passion for art history

What compels someone to study art history? It could be a passion for the life and work of a certain artist, like Frida Kahlo, or a fascination with a specific period of visual history, like the Renaissance. But for Josie Greenhill, graduating this month with a BA Honours in Art History and Visual Studies (AHVS), her inspiration came from a movie about Jack and Rose.

Father-in-law: Will McClary

Law school can be stressful. And hard. Add to that becoming a new father during your second year and you've got a big challenge on your hands. Will McClary took on that challenge, and because of the support he received at UVic Law, he took it in stride. Then he added an executive role on the board of the Law Student Society (LSS).

Building the business case for water

Nuha Omer Elgindi has always believed that commerce could be about more than just making a profit. Born in Sudan and raised in Tunisia and the UK, Elgindi says her early environment played a key part in making sustainability one of her earliest, deepest values.

Labwork builds the brain, literally

When Tia Sojonky arrived at UVic from her hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan to study engineering, she realized she'd underestimated how much hard work it was going to be. Sojonky, who's graduating in June with an honor’s degree in biomedical engineering, says she did take advantage of the many resources available for assistance but what made the biggest difference for her was doing a co-op work term in Stephanie Willerth’s biomedical engineering lab.

Bright lights, big city for English grad

Growing up on a small island three hours north of Victoria, the outdoors served as Iona Lister's classroom. Home-schooled for the most part until high school, Lister spent her days reading, writing and making music while immersed in nature. The English master's student, who graduates this June, has since taken to travelling, trekking across Europe and South America, and learning several languages, including Spanish and French.

Biology grad builds community with STEM

In her past four and a half years, UVic biology undergraduate student Yamila Franco has developed an impressive list of accomplishments: achieving fluency in French, completing four co-op terms and an Honours project, learning how to code, blogging for MyUVic Life, pursuing her passion in photography and becoming a board member with the BC Chapter of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research.

Supporting seniors’ access to exercise

There’s nothing quite like looking across the ocean and feeling the fresh salty air filing your lungs as you ride your bike along Dallas Road. And Carson Sage, who graduates with a MA in Kinesiology this month, has been offering senior citizens in Victoria and beyond the opportunity to reconnect with nature through free bike rides, via the Cycling Without Age program.

A passion for sociology

Falling in love with sociology and social justice studies came as something of a a surprise to social sciences grad Qwisun Yoon-Potkins, who moved from East Vancouver to pursue her post-secondary education at UVic. She graduates this month with an honours BA in sociology and a diploma in social justice studies.