Integral to the restoration of Indigenous law to its place alongside Canadian common law, John Borrows, Killam award-winner and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law, honours living legal traditions by bringing the past into the present. Drawing upon natural law, he’s inspired by his spectacular community, Neyaashiinigmiing (Cape Croker on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario).
Indigenous research
Tiny in size yet vast in global impact, the microscopic phytoplankton Diana Varela studies are crucial to the carbon cycle and the foundation of marine food chains in the open ocean, coastal environments and in the Arctic. Her research creates new understanding of the impact of climate change on the health of marine ecosystems and food production.
Ocean health
As a nurse and scientist with UVic's School of Nursing and Centre for Addictions Research of BC, Bernie Pauly helps reorient health and social systems to prevent harms from substance use and deliver better care. From the front lines of the overdose crisis, poverty and homelessness, she improves responses through community-university research partnerships.
Healthy communities
Wave energy could one day eliminate dependency on diesel for power in remote communities. Brad Buckham’s West Coast Wave Initiative, in partnership with the Barkley Project Group, Hesquiaht First Nation and public and private sector collaborators, is discovering how wave energy technologies can integrate within a hydro-diesel energy system to cut emissions and foster community growth.
Clean growth
As one of our materials scientists, physical chemist Alex Brolo is developing new ways to use gold nanostructures for medical applications, such as detecting the viruses that cause Zika and dengue fever.
Physical science
Psychologist Bonnie Leadbeater led a 10-year study of the health and well-being of BC youth.
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