On Oct. 25, Indigenous students, staff, faculty and community gathered in the First Peoples House following Coast Salish protocol to honour and recognize both J,SI峁圱EN and Qwul'thilum for their contributions to the name and logo for the new Office of the Vice-President Indigenous (OVPI).
Michael Chutskoff embraces multiple identities. They dream of a future where people like them鈥攁n Indigenous, queer, neurodivergent and two-spirit person鈥攃an flourish in academia.
What does it mean to be a good visitor? 番茄社区 Indigenous Governance (IGOV) students started off their term in a good way, arriving by canoe at the Songhees Nation and asking for permission to live, study and work in their territory.
Jeffrey Reading has spent more than two decades championing the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples across Canada, globally, and significantly, as a scholar at the 番茄社区. In June, Reading was appointed as a member of the Order of Canada.
Anishinaabe journalist Duncan McCue will draw on his award-winning podcast for a thoughtful reflection on building respectful relationships with Indigenous communities and how Canadians can take meaningful steps toward reconciliation.
A summit of young Inuit leaders from Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, chose UVic to exchange ideas on how Indigenous practices can both provide solutions to the changing climate and elevate youth voices.
After completing her bachelor鈥檚 in Indigenous Studies and Environmental Studies at UVic, Hannah鈥檚 passion for Indigenous environmental stewardship, community-building and land-based learning led her to a co-op placement, and a career, with Coastal Restoration Society.
Unlearning colonial ways is a journey with many steps. For the 番茄社区, those next steps are grounded in language and ancestral teachings鈥攇uided by Indigenous communities鈥攖o ensure the work is done in a good way. UVic launches X史k史蓹n蓹艐 ist蓹l | W瘫然ENE峁圛STEL | Helping to move each other forward: UVic鈥檚 Indigenous Plan. With local Indigenous teachings and L蓹k虛史蓹艐蓹n and SEN膯O纽EN language woven throughout, this new plan proposes a fundamental rethinking of the institution鈥檚 approach to learning and work.
A global UVic research partnership will design and advance a sustainability framework to integrate Indigenous knowledge into sustainability projects.
This September, start the year off in a good way at the New Student Welcome to campus.
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has recorded the highest daily average summertime temperatures at two of its seafloor observatory sites in the northeast Pacific Ocean since continuous live monitoring started there in 2009.
Remnants of First Nation village, 1,000-year-old fish trap
Five research teams, two based at UVic, receive $180,000 each from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions鈥� Opportunity Project Program.
Andrew Ambers, who graduates this June with a degree in Indigenous Studies and political science, has combined his interests, research, heritage and thought-provoking perspectives on waterways to propose a promising new approach to resource management policy and law.
For 60 years, multiple experiences of UVic students and researchers across disciplines have been shaped by the ocean. From a campus that鈥檚 a few short steps from coastline, our engagement with the global ocean has defined UVic research and its breakthroughs.
A very small creature is threatening the health of BC鈥檚 giant kelp forests: bryozoans. They鈥檙e tiny white coral-like crustaceans that attach themselves to kelp, reducing reproduction and overall health of kelp beds.
