Located on L蓹k虛史蓹艐蓹n (Songhees and Esquimalt) territory, the National Centre for Indigenous Laws (NCIL) at UVic is still under construction but its architectural design is already winning awards.
Cheryl Recollet, a Wiikwemkoong Unceded First Nation member, is exploring Anishinaabe governance and treaty relations in UVic's Indigenous Governance PhD program.
Canadian and European experts in polar observation are joining forces in a new partnership that will see Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) operating a subsea observatory at the Spanish Antarctic Station, providing year-round, near real-time data on ocean conditions there鈥攖he first time that ONC will extend its ocean monitoring outside Canadian waters.
Kim Senklip Harvey, an actor, director, TV writer, and Vanier Scholar from Syilx and Tsilhqot'in nations, empowers Indigenous communities through legal storytelling.
Jamey Jesperson, a UVic History PhD candidate and Vanier Scholar, re-stories colonial histories through a trans anti-colonial perspective.
Morgan Mowatt, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at UVic, reshapes Indigenous-state dynamics, emphasizing Indigenous authority rooted in political thought and cultural re-storying.
Nicole York, a Vanier Scholar and PhD candidate, researches ankyrin-B's role in heart cell development, and a genetic variant affecting the Gitxsan First Nation.
In 60 years of UVic history, six core achievements stand out for shaping the university today, revealing core values we hold鈥攊n equity and inclusion, partnerships that serve and build, and in sustainability initiatives that are poised to make a global difference
In a first high-resolution DNA study of "Mutton"鈥攖he only known woolly dog fleece in the world鈥攁n international researcher team from the Smithsonian鈥檚 Natural Museum of Natural History and UVic, pinpointed the genes responsible for the unusually long, crimpy undercoat, which was highly spinnable and could be made into warm blanket yarn.
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) expands the reach of Pacific Ocean monitoring with new deep-sea Argo floats that collect vital ocean data while traveling up and down through the water column, the space between the sea surface and the seafloor.
It鈥檚 an exciting time for UVic as we mark the official opening of our new residence complex, the university鈥檚 largest capital infrastructure project to date.
On Nov. 16, the First Peoples House came alive with the vibrant spirit of celebration as Indigenous students, staff, faculty, Elders and community members gathered for a special event 鈥� the screening of the documentary film, Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are M茅tis.
A list of experts available to media for comments on topics related to the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 UAE, which takes place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
If it wasn鈥檛 for a hurricane, the life of globally renowned Inuk and Nunatsiavut art historian and curator Dr. Heather Igloliorte would have taken an entirely different turn.
Globally renowned Indigenous art historian and curator Dr. Heather Igloliorte joins the 番茄社区 as the inaugural Canada Excellence Research Chair in Decolonial and Transformational Indigenous Art Practices. The $8-million research chair will advance reconciliation through the transformative power of art and innovative exhibition practices and support a new generation of students, researchers, educators, curators and artists to drive change through artistic practice.
The M茅tis are often referred to as Canada鈥檚 鈥渋nvisible people鈥� 鈥� the 鈥済hosts of the land鈥� 鈥� whose stories haunt the country鈥檚 collective unconscious. Lii Michif Niiyanaan: We Are M茅tis is a one-hour documentary that addresses this invisibility by shining a new light on the historical and contemporary experience of M茅tis people in Canada and providing a space for M茅tis people to share their diverse perspectives on what it means to be M茅tis today.
