Sabrina Curtis graduates this spring with an online Graduate Diploma in Evaluation through the School of Public Administration. As the director of planning and evaluation for the
Columbia Basin Trust. Curtis is applying her learning directly to her complex work of measuring the performance of many diverse community programs and strategic initiatives supported by the
trust.
Three members of the UVic community are recognized as campus leaders in the second annual Provost鈥檚 Advocacy and Activism awards, acknowledging individuals who address systemic or
institutionalized barriers, as champions for others. Recipients include Karen Lithgow, Hannah Charnock and Bruce Wallace.
Michelle Wright's decision to enrol in Health Information Science (HINF) was influenced by three key factors: word-of-mouth, the internet and personal satisfaction.
A Canadian volunteer leading an aid project and boarding school in Kathmandu for Himalayan children helped transport Dechen Dolma Lama from one of the most impoverished villages in
Nepal to UVic where she graduates this month with a bachelor's degree in child and youth care.
Staff and physicians with UVic's Health Services Clinic have significantly reduced wait times to improve outcomes for at-risk students with acute mental health
issues.
When her job as a Youth Care Worker with the Cariboo-Chilcotin school district was cut last June, Mikara Pettman, 42, was worried. A happy, productive woman鈥攁n equal family
partner, mother to two teens and active in her community鈥攕uddenl鈥
Forty years after launching one of Canada鈥檚 largest co-operative education programs, the 番茄社区 is celebrating its 75,000th co-op placement.
Distance education program serves the needs of busy professionals鈥攅ven those who live close to campus聽 Asking Andy Stuart about his aspirations as a child, he recalls spending
many hours playing with a specific group of Lego blocks while growing up in Gordon Head. 鈥淭he police station was my favorite.鈥