Dr. Fraser Hof has been appointed as the new Associate Vice-President Research. His appointment will begin on July 1, 2022 for a five-year term.

May is Canadian Jewish Heritage Month. UVic joins others across the country in celebrating Jewish culture, history and heritage, and standing together against antisemitism.

After an extensive international search, Kristi Simpson has been appointed as our next vice-president finance and operations

May is Asian Heritage Month and UVic is celebrating Asian cultures with a spotlight on art, books, resources, stories and research, as well as messages on taking action against anti-Asian racism.

UVic Libraries will be launching a new search interface on June 28, 2022.

Following Coast Salish protocol, Marion Buller was officially welcomed as UVic's 12th chancellor at a ceremony on April 13.

Join President Kevin Hall to learn about how you can continue to support building a new bold vision for UVic’s future, the outcomes of the consultation period, and the next steps in UVic's upcoming strategic planning process. Share your ideas and connect with colleagues.

The University of Victoria has been selected as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers for the eighth time. The national awards recognize Canadian employers that lead the nation in creating a culture of sustainability and climate action.

The university flag will be lowered on Thursday, April 28 to mark the Day of Mourning for persons killed or injured in the workplace.

What happens when Indigenous People lead resource decision-making on their own terms, across their own traditional territories? Communities in Tanzania and Canada are documenting and sharing their experiences, supported by a University of Victoria Department of Geography project that illustrates how partnerships can advance the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

UVic is proud to be recognized in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for our innovative and impactful research, campus operations and partnerships to protect the environment and improve conditions for the planet and people.

April 22 is Earth Day. With this year’s theme of “Invest in Our Planet,” UVic is celebrating myriad projects that reflect our commitment to climate action and the UN SDGs.

A UVic-based team is behind a bilingual, open source, pan-national digital network and research hub that launched in beta this spring.

Less than 0.1 mL of blood is all that UVic researchers need, in an exciting commercial-academic partnership that has developed a “gold standard” test for COVID-19 using cutting-edge technology.

A major update to the UVic ONEcard system is planned for May 2-3, 2022. Some services will be affected during this period.

Gayle Gorril recently retired as UVic vice-president of finance and operations. In her lively 15-year campus career, she presided over a long list of complex issues for the university.