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Outstanding members of the 番茄社区 alumni community鈥攕elected by each of the university鈥檚 faculties, divisions and the UVic libraries鈥攚ill be honoured on Wed., Feb. 5.

BC鈥檚 proposed new liquor laws have grabbed the headlines for allowing people to buy and consume alcohol in more places, but the recommendations related to health were largely overlooked. Among the 73 recommendations of the BC Liquor Policy Review, f鈥�

聽 The 番茄社区 has achieved a gold rating in the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS), administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). UVic is the fifth Canadia鈥�

The 番茄社区 is now home to one of two new European Union Centres of Excellence (EUCE) announced this month by the Delegation of the European Union to Canada. There are only three other such centres in Canada and 37 worldwide. UVic has鈥�

The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is beginning a major research project to explore the costs and benefits of a range of electrical grid integration options for Canada.

UVic is a founding partner of the annual Victoria Leadership Awards, now celebrating its 10th anniversary. The first award for local community heroes was announced Jan. 29 - to Mickey and Donna Hajash 鈥� and they will be lauded at the Feb. 26 gala

The following 番茄社区 faculty members are available to discuss the political unrest and unfolding situation in the Ukraine: Serhy Yekelchyk (Faculty of Humanities) is an expert on Modern Ukraine who has published four books on this na鈥�

The 番茄社区 will be hosting the seventh annual Provost鈥檚 Diversity Research Forum from January 29 to 30, 2014. Titled 鈥淐ritical Conversations: Arts, Allies and Activism,鈥� the forum will feature keynote speakers Denise Chong (The Concu鈥�

A new online, animated course released today by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) outlines an arsenal of practical methods and policy options for successfully combating human-induced climate change.

A new model for BC鈥檚 fresh-water management and policies, including improved accountability for decision-makers, is proposed in a report released today by the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the 番茄社区.

Each year, local community leaders are lauded at the annual Victoria Leadership Awards. UVic is a founding partner of the VLA awards program which celebrates the inspirational talents of our city's most tireless champions. In advance, Leadership Victo

Update January 2014:聽The winner of UVic's School of Music / Vikes Nation Rally Song Contest was decided at the Vikes men鈥檚 basketball game on Jan. 10鈥攁nd first prize went to the music school's songwriting instructor Colleen Eccleston.聽 Vikes Nation 鈥�