Nationally renowned contemporary artist and painter Sandra Meigs, a professor with UVic's Department of Visual Arts, was named today as the winner of a 2015 Governor General鈥檚 Award for Visual and Media Arts.
Department of Visual Arts professor and nationally renowned painter Sandra Meigs was named one of only eight winners in the annual Governor General鈥檚 Awards for Visual and Media Arts on March 24.
Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater (psychology) and Dr. Anne Marshall (education) have been named the 2015 recipients of the Provost鈥檚 Engaged Scholar Award.
Celebrating exceptional staff The celebration of this year鈥檚 President鈥檚 Distinguished Service Award recipients, hosted by President Jamie Cassels, took place Feb. 25 at the University Club. Before the recipients were named, Valerie Kuehne, UVic鈥檚 acting vice-president academic and provost, recognized and congratulated all those who had been nominated.
Dr. Valerie King (computer science) has been named a 2014 ACM Fellow by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for her contributions to randomized algorithms, especially dynamic graph algorithms and fault tolerant distributed computing. Her work in randomized algorithms allows networked computers, working together to solve a problem, to recognize invading malware so that they can ignore the information sent by bad computers and continue to coordinate with the good ones. The association recognizes ACM members鈥� creativity and commitment to the study of computer science.
Dr. Florin Diacu聽(mathematics) has been awarded the 2015 J.D. Crawford Prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mechanics for his study of the motion of celestial orbits and the geometrical nature of physical space. His research on celestial objects whose distances remain constant in time while moving in non-flat spaces (e.g. 3D spheres) built bridges between several branches of mathematics, a feat highly regarded among mathematicians. The Crawford Prize is given every two years to one individual for recent outstanding work on a topic in nonlinear science.聽
Child and Youth Care professor Jin-Sun Yoon wins prestigious national teaching award. 鈥淚鈥檓 an accidental academic; I never planned to be here,鈥� says Jin-Sun Yoon, teaching professor with the 番茄社区鈥檚 School of Child and Youth Care (CYC). Yoon's path to professorship has been paved with the same whole-person commitment that has led her to become recognized for her transformative teaching career鈥攕elected as one of 10 university educators across Canada to receive this year鈥檚 prestigious 3M National Teaching Fellowship.
The 11th annual Victoria Leadership Awards took place Feb. 19 in Victoria. Bill Anderson and Bruce Parisian received the two UVic awards.
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The 2015 VLAs will be awarded Feb. 19 at the Leadership Victoria gala. A valued friend of UVic鈥攎aster carver, Songhees First Nation artist and educator Clarence 鈥淏utch鈥� Dick鈥攊s this year's Lifetime Achievement award recipient.&
Since 2004, the annual Victoria Leadership Awards have recognized local community heroes who diligently tackle some of the most challenging social, cultural and economic issues of our time.
Teaching professor Jin-Sun Yoon in the 番茄社区鈥檚 School of Child and Youth Care has been recognized for her exceptional teaching and educational leadership with the 2015 3M National Teaching Fellowship.
MBA students claim top prize at Corporate Knights鈥� 鈥淏usiness for a Better World鈥� Case Study Competition It鈥檚 a proposition few MBA students would pass up: an opportunity to compete on the world stage鈥攁t the World Economic Forum no less鈥攊n a case competition that focuses on business sustainability practices. The best part? The Corporate Knights鈥� 鈥淏usiness for a Better World鈥� case study competition allowed contestants to present business solutions to pharmaceutical heavy-hitter Novartis. Teams focused on environmental recommendations, as well as social and governance initiatives that, when implemented, would help improve Novartis鈥檚 standing on the Corporate Knights Global 100 ranking.
Eleven members of the 番茄社区 alumni community will be honoured with Distinguished Alumni Awards on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Hotel Grand Pacific as part of Alumni Week 2015.
Makenzie Zouboules, third-year UVic honours political science and writing co-op student, is something of a celebrity in her hometown of Yellowknife, NWT. Last month, along with FOXY co-founders Candice Lys and Nancy MacNeill, Zouboules accepted a $1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize for their work with northern youth. Originally part of Lys鈥� PhD dissertation on public health promotion, FOXY (Fostering Open eXpression among Youth) is a participatory research project aimed at talking with young people about sexual health, sexuality and relationships across the three northern Canadian territories.
Department of Writing alumna Arleen Par&e#180; (BFA/MFA) received the 2014 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry for her newest book, Lake of Two Mountains, last November.
