Meet Ian Mauro, the new executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, a four-university partnership hosted and led by UVic. Mauro believes in storytelling, in partnership, and in a solutions-oriented focus to climate change. Read more about his approach and why he rejects dire narratives about our ability to take impactful climate action.
Two exceptional students鈥擱enata Kamel from Vancouver Island, and Sophie Pavlik from Ontario鈥攁re the latest Schulich Leaders to come to UVic to study science and engineering.
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Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the 番茄社区, today welcomes a new federal investment in its world-leading ocean observatories located on the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic coasts of Canada.
Carbon markets are complex, and Wilson Fong (MGB 鈥�20) spends his days making sense of it all for his clients.
Opening June 25 at Legacy Downtown, a new exhibition features 12 artists including seven from fine arts engaging in a dynamic dialogue involving diverse perspectives on art, ecology and activism.
Ocean staff and researchers are conducting work aimed at creating solutions that not only targets some of Canada鈥檚 current and future climate needs, but also provides real-world solutions that have the potential to change the world鈥檚 climate issues.
A donor鈥檚 visionary gift allows the creation of a memory vault for climate disaster survivors
Sean Holman, lead of UVic's Climate Disaster Project, can speak on how journalism and storytelling help to build hope in the aftermath of ongoing climate disasters in communities across Canada.
A UVic civil engineer鈥檚 vision and research has been a driving force behind the creation of a national centre that will help policymakers make decisions about the best ways to remove carbon from energy systems.
The threat to water security is just as urgent as the climate crisis, says Oliver M. Brandes of UVic鈥檚 POLIS Water Sustainability Project in a Q&A about hope, funding and the need for action.
Blue carbon research in Cowichan Bay
The salt marshes, mud flats and eel grass meadows of temperate river estuaries are more effective at capturing and storing greenhouse gases than young coastal forests and may sequester carbon for centuries, if not millennia, according to researchers from the 番茄社区 (UVic).
UVic is proud to be recognized in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for our innovative and impactful research, campus operations and partnerships to protect the environment and improve conditions for the planet and people.
April 22 is Earth Day. With this year鈥檚 theme of 鈥淚nvest in Our Planet,鈥� UVic is celebrating myriad projects that reflect our commitment to climate action and the UN SDGs.
An Ocean Networks Canada-led initiative invites young people in Canada to get involved in creating a sustainable ocean future during the UN's Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030.
