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Boost to nurse practitioner program supports primary health care

September 19, 2024 - Media release

Fifteen more nurse practitioners (NPs) will be trained at the 番茄社区 this fall, helping boost the number of professionals able to offer primary health care to the more than 800,000 British Columbians without a family doctor.聽聽聽 聽 New funding of $532,500 from the BC government will expand the number of seats available in the Master of Science in Nursing 鈥 Nurse Practitioner program by a third to 50 places available this September.聽

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World premiere of climate-disaster play at UVic

September 9, 2024 - Media release

People across Canada came together to help one another during recent climate disasters, and now Neworld Theatre is bringing those true-life stories to the stage. Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Survivor Stories is the first full-length documentary theatre production based upon on-the-ground climate disaster reporting and will have its world premiere at the UVic's Phoenix Theatre from Sept. 16-21.

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A novel diagnostic test for syphilis

September 3, 2024 -

The most widely used diagnostic tests for syphilis can鈥檛 differentiate between an active infection and a past one. They鈥檙e not good at identifying early and late disease and can鈥檛 diagnose congenital syphilis. UVic鈥檚 Caroline Cameron and research partners in the US and Spain are working to change that.

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Driving sustainability forward

July 19, 2024 -

Akash Mohanty is one of a dozen students driving sustainability forward on Vancouver Island through the 番茄社区鈥檚 Sustainability Scholars program, a unique graduate program that offers students paid internships to work on applied sustainability research projects with local community, industry, government, Indigenous and non-profit organizations.

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ONC welcomes new Tang.散wan 鈥 岣膷x史iqak 鈥 Tsig瘫is Marine Protected Area

July 11, 2024 - Media release

Ocean Networks Canada, a 番茄社区 initiative, welcomes today鈥檚 announcement of the new marine protected area (MPA) Tang.散wan 鈥 岣膷x史iqak 鈥 Tsig瘫is (ThT) by the Haida Nation, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Pacheedaht First Nation, Quatsino First Nation, and the Government of Canada.

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