Jordan Myslik can trace his interest in physics back to grade three, when he became enamoured with the idea of UFOs. Myslik receives his doctorate this month, and recently started work as a postdoctoral fellow in neutrino physics at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. "But my fixation on UFOs led me to an interest in astronomy, which in turn compelled me to learn more about physics."
Sabina Trimble鈥攚ho graduates this month with an MA in history鈥攚ill don a mortarboard on Nov. 9, but her fondest memory as a student was being blanketed and given a hand-woven cedar hat, in a traditional Coast Salish honouring at her defence in August 2016.
Two recently published research papers show how coastal forests benefited from First Nations habitation, and that fire-management was an important element of Indigenous forestry.
A new study published Aug. 30 in Nature Communications shows for the first time that trees near former First Nations villages on BC鈥檚 Central Coast have grown taller, wider and healthier than those in the surrounding forest.
Attawapiskat Chief Bruce Shisheesh is scheduled to meet Monday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa to discuss the multiple and complex challenges facing his community. 番茄社区 researcher Sylvia Olsen is available to media to discuss the topic of Indigenous housing.
Melina Laboucan, a 33-year-old member of the Lubicon Cree First Nation, came to UVic's Indigenous Governance (IGov) master's program in 2013 with a clear purpose: to develop a solar energy project plan that would tackle Indigenous and environmental issues in her home town of Little Buffalo, Alberta.
鈥淚鈥檝e always been fascinated by how people work across differences,鈥� says Sarah Easter, the Sardul S. Gill Graduate School鈥檚 first PhD alumna. Her recently-defended dissertation stands as testament to this passion: her work explores (among other things) which traits allow individuals to successfully collaborate, despite culturally-based differences. The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness鈥攃omprised of over forty organizations and associations from different sectors鈥攑rovided the perfect case study for her to research these individuals in action.
Published author and master's graduate are two things Elizabeth Bassett can add to her resume as she crosses the stage at this June鈥檚 convocation ceremony. As an English student focusing on Victorian literature, Elizabeth found the perfect way to blend her studies with hands-on learning during her time at UVic.
A comprehensive study of on-reserve housing by 番茄社区 PhD candidate Sylvia Olsen explains for the first time the history of the Indigenous housing crisis in Canada and the persistent failures of the federal system over a span of 65 years.
Updated: April 6, 2016 An introduction to poetry, eye witness memory, neuropolitics, the politics of the refugee crisis in a Canadian context, a short history of early Protestantism in England and functions of the human immune system. These are just some of the many topics covered in Uni 101, Uni 102 and Uni 201 鈥� a program at UVic offering free, non-credit university courses to people who face significant barriers to post-secondary education. On March 31, University 101 celebrated its 10th anniversary.
It鈥檚 long been known that animals living without fear of predation will thrive and reproduce faster. Think rabbits and deer. What hadn鈥檛 been demonstrated is that fear of large carnivores鈥攐r lack of it鈥攈as ripple effects on the whole web of life.
When 番茄社区 grad student Mike Irvine appears before a panel of academics to defend his master鈥檚 project鈥攖he penultimate step before graduation鈥攈e鈥檒l look the part of the young professional wearing a pinstriped su
Theatre MFA student Graham McMonagle dresses for theatrical success While the majority of Department of Theatre graduate students are working professionals looking to further their academic credentials, Graham McMonagle is truly exceptional. A professional dancer for 20 years and the co-founder of Victoria鈥檚 Canadian Pacific Ballet company, which operated locally from 2007 to 2014, McMonagle lacked any pre-existing bachelor鈥檚 degree鈥攚hich means he had to be granted 鈥渆xceptional entry鈥� status by both Graduate Studies and Senate.
Almost a decade ago, XEM纽OLTW瘫 Nick Claxton told his family he wanted to revitalize the reef net fishery, a fishing practice unique to the Straits Salish people and banned by the colonial government 100 years ago. His uncle advised: 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 just go fishing. You must first build a ceremonial net.鈥� And so began the spiritual, cultural and educational journey that Claxton considers his life鈥檚 work. It also became his PhD dissertation in curriculum and instruction at the 番茄社区鈥攁 research study designed to revitalize the knowledge, ceremony and practice that was nearly lost.
Political science PhD candidate Sam Grey has been awarded a Fulbright Canada student grant to conduct research at the University of Minnesota in 2015鈥�16 on her project, 鈥淚rreconciled and Unforgiven: Emotion, Virtue and the Politics of Reparation in 鈥�
The only ethnohistory field school in Canada to offer a firsthand learning opportunity involving traditional knowledges of oral history and research of historical documents has been immersing graduate students every second spring since 1998 deep within the St贸:l艒 community in BC.
