Northern elephant seal looks into the camera near the ocean floor. There is research equipment behind him.

Northern elephant seals use dinner bell

New study finds northern elephant seals in the deep Pacific Ocean using sonar from an Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) observatory as a dinner bell to forage for their next fish feast.

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Drawing of Romito 2 reconstruction, a 16-year-old teenager with a form of dwarfism who lived 11,000 years ago. Drawing illustrates young man with curly hair, brown facial features and wearing a heavy hooded jacket made of animal hide.

Realities of Ice Age puberty

New research shows teenagers from Ice Age and modern day have more in common than we thought.

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Several students face away from the camera, wearing colourful blankets wrapped around their shoulders.

Indigenous nursing master’s program

In the fall, First Nations and Métis nurses will embark on their graduate studies as part of the Indigenous Graduate Education in Nursing (I-GEN) program. The first-of-its-kind master’s program is designed to decolonize and Indigenize nursing where graduate students live and work.  

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Two young Indigenous students sit at a desk with microphones overhead, wearing headphones.

The power of Indigenous podcasts

For several Indigenous students, faculty and staff, podcasting has emerged as something deeply personal—a vehicle through which their individual experiences can be shared to broader audiences.

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UVic professor and Canada Research Chair Marie-Ève Tremblay uses AI in her globally recognized research on microglia.

$16.4M reboot elevates cloud computing performance

Arbutus Cloud has revolutionized how scientists process, share and store massive data sets. Several UVic projects using Arbutus Cloud receive funding support through the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and the Government of British Columbia.

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Acharya-Patel diving in the ocean surrounded by kelp, wearing a wetsuit and goggles.

A healthier ocean for all

As a PhD student who is passionate about marine science, Acharya-Patel is inspiring, and developing, the next generation of ocean professionals.

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