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Students and researchers from the University of Victoria are driving change around the world, powered by the UVic Edge—that unique combination of dynamic learning and vital impact embedded in our extraordinary learning environment.
Partner with us on solutions to the issues that matter to people, places and the planet.
Connect to a global research hub
Partnerships play a key role in generating vital impact, from scientific and business breakthroughs to achievements in culture and creativity.
Our researchers publish a higher proportion of research based on international collaboration than any other Canadian university.
And our work with business and community partners—at home in Canada and in communities around the globe—has helped make UVic a leader in a wide range of fields, including Indigenous languages and law, clean energy, earth and oceans, climate change, high-energy physics and health.
Discovery and innovation in the public good
One in three UVic students participates in co-operative education, alternating academic terms with paid work in relevant areas, and building careers and hands-on experience through one of Canada’s largest (and longest-running) co-op programs.
UVic fosters entrepreneurship and commercialization support across the academic spectrum—which means our faculty or graduates could be the most important business partner you'll ever meet.
Creativity and innovation come naturally here on the edge.
The Edge in action
A single drop of blood for medical diagnostics
What if you could avoid the dreaded blood test? A research team based at UVic and led by biochemists Terry Pearson and Leigh Anderson is poised to revolutionize medical diagnostics with a new method involving just one drop of blood. Read the story in the Ring: http://ring.uvic.ca/news/just-one-drop-uvic-based-technology-set-revolutionize-standard-blood-tests UVic's YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/uvic University of Victoria: http://uvic.ca
Marine conservation in the Philippines
Geography master’s student Alessia Kockel’s studies took her to the Philippines to work with local communities on designing marine protected areas that preserve biodiversity while minimizing the impact on important fishing grounds. Being on the ground locally is the best way to understand and create lasting solutions to complex economic/environmental issues. http://uvic.ca
Harnessing the waves
Since its inception in 2009, the West Coast Wave Initiative (WCWI) has grown to become the centre of Canadian wave energy research and development. The WCWI—hosted by the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic) at the University of Victoria—is a multi-disciplinary partnership of researchers, government and industry members investigating the feasibility of wave energy conversion in British Columbia. The project is funded by Natural Resources Canada, NSERC, the UVic-led Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, and the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines Brad Buckham is the director of WCWI. Terry Tarle is the president and CEO of AXYS Technologies of Sidney, BC, one of the project’s key partners. AXYS built all five buoys currently deployed by the WCWI off the coast of Vancouver Island, including “Beverley.” http://uvic.ca/research/projects/wcwi http://uvic.ca/research
Co-op benefits employers
Employers of UVic co-op students discuss the benefits of hiring young enthusiastic students.
Indigenous Language Revitalization
Dahti Tsetso enrolled in UVic’s Diploma in Indigenous Language Revitalization program as a way to learn the Dene Zhatie language and restore a key, missing part of her identity as well as strengthen the language in her community. The program is a partnership between UVic, the Dehcho First Nation, the Dehcho Divisional Education Council and the communities of Fort Providence and Fort Simpson, NWT.See more videos from the Partner with us playlist on YouTube.