The freelance life
Recent Writing graduate Jenessa Joy Klukas covers child welfare, education and Indigenous issues as part of her busy freelance career.
Recent Writing graduate Jenessa Joy Klukas covers child welfare, education and Indigenous issues as part of her busy freelance career.
UVic grad Manusha Janakiram applies lessons learned on the rugby pitch to the award-winning programs she produces for CBC Radio.
UVic Environmental Studies alumnus Trevor Dixon Bennett explores the cultural connection to environment through his production company, Kingtide Films.
CHEK television anchor Stacy Ross, BFA 鈥97, is a fierce proponent for local news. In 2009, she and her colleagues made a bold and risky move, buying the station to save it from closing.
Proud, trans UVic alumna Julia Levy is one of 11 young Canadians鈥攖he only one in BC鈥攃hosen for the prestigious Rhodes scholarship at Oxford University. Levy, a chemistry major, will begin a master鈥檚 degree there in fall 2023.
It's the first UVic satellite in space: the innovative miniature ORCASat is set to launch on a NASA rocket after winning a national contest held by the Canadian Space Agency.
Alumni and former faculty Will and Claire Cupples made a $2 million pledge to support research in life sciences .
We鈥檙e celebrating the achievements of Fall Class of 2022 with four in-person convocation ceremonies, three honorary-degree recipients and more than 1,400 grads completing their studies at UVic.
Business Class magazine caught up with Keira Torkko, chief people officer at supply chain sustainability management company Assent, to discuss how she broke the traditional career journey mould, how understanding the importance of personal branding yielded results for her and what it means to tackle business puzzles through the lens of people.
Two UVic Engineering grads, Aaron Fyke and Tyson Woeste, are leading the push for cleaner energy from a home base in sunny, star-filled Los Angeles.
The Victoria Hand Project team, led by alumnus Michael Peirone, designs low-cost 3D-printed prosthetics for amputees in need while providing UVic students with valuable skills and training.
Puppeteer and UVic theatre grad Ingrid Hansen stars in hit children鈥檚 shows and navigates the 鈥渃omplex universe鈥 created by legend Jim Henson鈥攁ll while never being seen.
Star poet, UVic associate professor, filmmaker and world traveller Shane Book (BA 鈥99) finds inspiration in hip-hop, jazz and never staying in one place.
In a new book for youth, Aggie and Mudgy: The Journey of Two Kaska Dena Children, UVic anthropology alumna Wendy Proverbs traces the 1,600-kilometre voyage of sisters forced from their remote village to Lejac Residential School.
Renowned legal scholar and judge Marion Buller (BA 鈥75, LLB 鈥87) brings vast experience, optimism and enthusiasm to her new role as UVic chancellor.
Astrophysicist and UVic alum Louise Edwards was one of the first Black Canadians to earn a PhD in physics. She鈥檚 an expert on the evolution of galaxies, her face has appeared on a Canadian stamp鈥攁nd she鈥檚 only getting started.