Notices & bulletins

When speaking with anyone, use contact information that is available through trusted sources such as the UVic directory or official websites. Avoid replying to emails or calling phone numbers that you do not recognize.

On January 25th the University Of Victoria’s identity management system identity.uvic.ca (IIQ) will undergo an upgrade. The identity.uvic.ca (IIQ) service will be unavailable at times during the upgrade over the upgrade weekend starting at 12 noon on Friday January 25th until 6pm Saturday January 26th.

We experienced a network issue this morning that impacted a number of online services including UVic.ca, wireless, email, Banner and CourseSpaces. The issue was resolved and services were restored but additional short interruptions may be necessary to fully stabilize services. Email may be slow to arrive due to a backlog since the outage.

To facilitate required maintenance by BCNET, all campus Internet access will interrupted for two 10-minute periods within a six hour window on Sunday, Dec 23 from 6:00 AM to 12:00PM. Services are expected to be fully restored by 12:00 PM. All online services hosted at UVic will be inaccessible from off campus for these two 10-minute periods during this window.

Banner Document Management (BDM) will be upgraded on Thursday Nov 29, 2018. The system will be unavailable from 6:00am until 2pm. During the upgrade, access to documents within BDM will be temporarily unavailable.

On October 19, 2018, University Systems will be upgrading the university's central administrative system (Banner) used for student records, payroll, and finance.

Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) is internationally recognized during the month of October. The goal is to raise awareness of the importance of Cyber Security and to encourage the practice of good cyber safety habits.

macOS Mojave (version 10.14) is the latest release of the Apple operating system for Macintosh workstations. Until a more thorough test and review of the release version of Mojave can be performed, University Systems does not recommend upgrading to macOS Mojave.

On August 17th the University Of Victoria’s identity management system identity.uvic.ca (IIQ) will undergo an extensive upgrade. The identity.uvic.ca (IIQ) service will be unavailable at times during the upgrade over the upgrade weekend starting at 12 noon on Friday August 17th until 8am Monday August 20th.