The 2015 VLAs will be awarded Feb. 19 at the Leadership Victoria gala. A valued friend of UVic鈥攎aster carver, Songhees First Nation artist and educator Clarence 鈥淏utch鈥� Dick鈥攊s this year's Lifetime Achievement award recipient.&
The 番茄社区 has appointed Peter Kuran to lead the restructured management of its non-academic real estate properties, including the Vancouver Island Technology Park and Swans Hotel and Brew Pub.
Teaching professor Jin-Sun Yoon in the 番茄社区鈥檚 School of Child and Youth Care has been recognized for her exceptional teaching and educational leadership with the 2015 3M National Teaching Fellowship.
The following 番茄社区 experts are available to discuss the provincial government鈥檚 2015 budget announcement tomorrow: Elisabeth Gugl (Dept. of Economics) is an economist who teaches in the areas of labour economics, public finance and鈥�
As carbon dioxide levels in the earth鈥檚 atmosphere continue to rise as a result of our burning fossil fuels, the water in our oceans is becoming more acidic. The results can be devastating for BC鈥檚 farmed shellfish, which rely on a certain chemical 鈥�
Do you have a painting signed G.T. Brown or initialed G.T.B.? Well over a century ago, in the 1880s, Grafton Tyler Brown was acclaimed as the first professional artist in BC and is famous as the first Black artist in the Pacific Northwest. A Univers鈥�
A collaboration between students from the Gustavson School of Business at the 番茄社区 and Our Place Society recommends changes to help enhance and improve food service operations. The organization serves 1,200 to 1,500 meals a day. 鈥淥鈥�
The following 番茄社区 experts are available to comment after the Supreme Court of Canada鈥檚 ruling on euthanasia and assisted suicide, expected Friday, Feb. 6 at 9:45 a.m. EST: Eike-Henner Kluge (Faculty of Humanities) is a professor i鈥�
鈥淗ey, what鈥檚 up with your back-up beeper?鈥� Some 番茄社区 staff have been hearing that a lot lately as they operate service vehicles recently retrofitted with new reverse alarms. UVic is one of the first organizations on Vancouver Islan鈥�
Chancellor Shelagh Rogers, OC, will be 鈥淚n Conversation鈥� with web industry leader and UVic alumnus Stewart Butterfield, BA 鈥�96, on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the University Centre Farquhar Auditorium.
Replacing fossil fuel investments with 鈥済reen energy鈥� stocks has minimal impact on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and is also unlikely to provide a safer haven for investors.
Eleven members of the 番茄社区 alumni community will be honoured with Distinguished Alumni Awards on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Hotel Grand Pacific as part of Alumni Week 2015.
