Newly uncovered documents from UVic's Landscapes of Injustice team reveal the "wanton destruction" of Canada's first Japanese gardens and teahouse in Esquimalt's Gorge Park. A new campaign seeks to rebuild the historical teahouse and raise awareness of this chapter in local history.
A Canada-US team led by University of Victoria green chemist and civil engineer Heather Buckley has won first place in a global competition to identify new preservatives for use in cosmetics and household products.
Victoria teens joined seniors with dementia in a choir
Making technical recommendations on sustainability might not be the first thing that comes to mind for an Academic Writing Requirement course. But the engineering and computer science students who enrolled in Suzan Last's technical writing course this summer did just that—transforming coursework into real-life learning.
More than 60 years ago, the last Coast Salish residents of Tl'ches—the Chatham and Discovery islands off the eastern coast of Oak Bay—left to live on the Songhees Reserve in Esquimalt. But this summer, Lekwungen Coast Salish Elder Sellemah/Joan Morris, who grew up on Tl'ches, helped UVic and Songhees students in a UVic field school see the islands through their eyes—superimposing past and present.
UVic team’s breakthrough makes a highly durable industrial plastic accessible for wider use in automobiles and other applications. Jeremy Wulff’s team has synthesized a plastic that could replace metal to make vehicles lighter and more fuel efficient.
Grieving orca highlights plight of endangered whales
A durable industrial plastic adapted by a University of Victoria chemist for use in vehicle components could be a vital step toward lighter vehicle weights and greater energy efficiency.
As part of the Ye'yumnuts project initiated by Cowichan Tribes in 2017, UVic anthropologist Brian Thom and his graduate students were invited to partner with Elders, school district staff and others to commemorate an ancient ancestral site in the Cowichan Valley and to develop interpretive materials and school curriculum resources.
President Jamie Cassels, QC was featured on the July 2018 cover of the Advocate magazine, a resource for lawyers and legal scholars throughout British Columbia. The cover of each issue is a unique work of art and each portrait features an individual who has had an impact on the BC legal community.
The UVic Peloton - Ride to Conquer Cancer team has grown to 26 members, including staff, two students, a former Chancellor Emeritus and a few community members. To date they've raised just over $62,000 for the 2018 Ride to Conquer Cancer on Aug. 25-26.
International experts gathered at UVic this year to offer solutions for a modernized Columbia River Treaty that reconciles Indigenous rights. The one-day symposium brought together approximately 200 participants from both sides of the border.
