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Alumnus Geoff McKay, a champion of UVic men’s basketball, makes largest single donation in program history.

For the second year in a row, the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø has been named one of BC’s top employers, recognizing its role as an industry leader in offering an exceptional place to work.

Adebisi Alade is a UVic historian who specializes in African history. In honour and celebration of Black History Month, we asked Alade to share with us his thoughts and insights into Black histories and Black History Month as he understands it.

New research has uncovered a change in behaviour of deep-sea fragile pink sea urchins off the south coast of Vancouver Island that is linked to climate change impacts.

Canada’s advancement of ocean science and innovation continues to go from strength-to-strength with the expansion of Ocean Networks Canada’s world-leading deep sea and coastal ocean observatories and partnerships.

The REACH Awards honour the extraordinary teachers and researchers who lead the way in dynamic learning and make a vital impact at UVic, in the classroom and beyond.

Some UVic families are now getting a break on their monthly expenses. The Province of British Columbia has announced that all ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø child care centres have been approved to become $10 a Day ChildCareBC Centres starting this past December.

A new exhibition at UVic's Legacy Art Gallery explores Indigenous Governance scholar Devi Mucina’s roots as an Indigenous Chewa man while honouring his African ancestors and culture.

Budd Hall is a pioneer in the field of community-based research. Now the professor emeritus with the School of Public Administration and Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education can add an Order of Canada Officer to his long list of accomplishments.

On Dec. 6, UVic marks the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The annual event and walk starts at 11:30 a.m., with classes cancelled for an hour and flags lowered.

Historian Jordan Stanger-Ross is one of five academics from across Canada who will be honoured in the House of Commons today after receiving a prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact award, which is one of the highest national awards for Canadian researchers.

HIV In My Day, a community-based oral history project that gathered the stories of HIV survivors and caregivers during the early years of BC’s HIV/AIDS epidemic, has been adapted into a play. In My Day will premiere in Vancouver at The Cultch theatre, the day after World AIDS Day. The play takes its script from almost 120 oral history interviews collected from 2017 to 2020 as part of a ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø-led research project.

Four decades after the start of a pandemic that has claimed 40 million lives, ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø researchers are putting the stories of British Columbians who lived through the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the spotlight. HIV In My Day, a community-based oral history project led by School of Public Health and Social Policy Associate Professor Nathan Lachowsky, captures the stories of 120 long-term HIV survivors and caregivers.

Seven ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø faculty who are leaders in quantum physics, assistive technologies, virology, geophysics, drug discovery, software engineering and biostatistics are named new or renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs).

Curran Crawford, director of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø (IESVic), and his research colleagues are joining forces to bridge the gap in clean energy transitions for communities.

The ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø women's field hockey and women's rowing teams prove why they are among the best in Canada, bringing home two national championship banners in one weekend.