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Can Indigenous diplomatic legal principles help lead communities away from gender violence? Jasmine Dionne, a UVic PhD student in political science, is working with the Cree and Metis community of Saka Wiyiniwak (Cree for 鈥淏oreal Forest Peoples鈥�) in Northeastern Alberta to reimplement Indigenous legal principles, as part of a three-year scholarship, announced this month by the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation. She is one of only 16 Canadian doctoral students receiving a $180,000 award.

Two UVic researchers named top 25 "Storytellers" in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's annual competition. They show Canadians the impact of their research in just three minutes.

This year鈥檚 President鈥檚 Extraordinary Service Awards honour a big picture thinker, a master collaborator, Giving Tuesday鈥檚 record-smashing team and sustainability-minded service workers.

The first 番茄社区 President鈥檚 Chair has been awarded to Simon Pek of the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. The President鈥檚 Chair is the highest academic honour UVic can bestow on a faculty member, replacing Distinguished Professorships.

One researcher looks forward, the other back. But a commitment to justice unites two scholars being honoured for their respective efforts to strengthen Indigenous and Japanese Canadian communities in BC. Conservationist Chris Darimont and historian Jordan Stanger-Ross are the 2020 recipients of the Provost鈥檚 Award in Engaged Scholarship.

UVic astrophysicist Ruobing Dong is revolutionizing the field of observational planet formation by examining disks of dust and gas which surround very young stars.

Each year during Alumni Week, the UVic Alumni Association, in partnership with the faculties and divisions of UVic, present Distinguished Alumni Awards to outstanding members of the alumni community.

Victoria-raised biochemistry student Rory Hills grew up on the West Coast, surrounded by the smell of pine and ocean spray. This extraordinary environment formed his love for science early in life, driving his steady desire to use science to help solve society's toughest problems including the opioid crisis and climate change.

Sandra Frey, MA grad in the School of Environmental Studies, received the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation鈥揗aster鈥檚 for her breakthrough work with wildlife camera data collection as an early warning system to detect and prevent wildlife decline, and manage land-use policies.

UVic鈥檚 unique exchange that connects Indigenous students studying here with co-op work terms with Indigenous centres at Australian universities has received a national award that celebrates its innovative program design.

On Oct. 10, the third annual REACH Awards will celebrate UVic scholars for their extraordinary contributions in research and teaching.

Four 番茄社区 researchers in the fields of social sciences and humanities are recognized with Canada's highest academic honour.

Four 番茄社区 researchers in the fields of social sciences and humanities have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada.

Sybil Seitzinger, executive director of the UVic-led Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, will be among the 62 scientists honoured as fellows at the American Geophysical Union鈥檚 meeting this December in California.

An undergraduate student devoted to addressing violence against women and an internationally recognized musician are the recipients of the Provost鈥檚 Advocacy and Activism Award for 2019. Sage

John Borrows, one of Canada鈥檚 foremost law scholars and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at UVic, is the winner of the 2019 Canada Council Molson Prize in social sciences and humanities.