For sociology grad Jasmine Webster, community-engaged learning courses at UVic focused her passion for a career in the non-profit sector. 鈥淭he skills you learn simply from engaging with people with different lived experiences shape your approach to community-based work,鈥� says Webster.
For graduating student Kailee Hibbert, a curiosity about identity, feminism and race led her to study sociology and gender studies at UVic.
When aliens appeared over Montana in the 2016 blockbuster film Arrival, Caroline Allen鈥攁 linguistics undergraduate at the University of Montana at the time鈥攚as thrilled. Only a linguist could save the day? Great fiction.
When the US Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in June, it threw into turmoil the issue of reproductive rights south of the border and made abortion activists in Canada and around the world take notice. Two UVic faculty members paid particular attention, as they鈥檇 been working on a research project on access to abortion services for Indigenous people.
UVic researcher is part of a national team that will develop instruments to be deployed into space as part of an international NASA satellite mission: the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS).
An ambitious research project, led by UVic researchers, will create the first Canadian assessment of the storage capacity of blue carbon ecosystems to help mitigate climate change.
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions and the 番茄社区 welcome Dr. Ian Mauro to his new role as executive director of PICS and professor of environmental studies at UVic , effective Nov. 1, 2022. Mauro, an acclaimed environmental scientist, filmmaker and multimedia producer who has worked with local communities and Indigenous Nations and Peoples across Canada, brings his passion for storytelling and collaboration to the role.
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.
Fifty delegates from six universities across BC, including UVic, gathered in Penticton to launch a master鈥檚 of Indigenous nursing research project. The first-of-its-kind master鈥檚 degree combines high-level professional training with community-driven interventions designed to meet the needs of Indigenous Peoples living in rural and remote areas.
A new podcast about memory, power and the journey to find truth launched Sept. 27 from the UVic Libraries. The eight-episode series, Taapwaywin, is hosted by Ry Moran.
Taapwaywin is a new series hosted by Ry Moran on truth before reconciliation and it harnesses the power of podcasting as an important and vital way of sharing knowledge beyond classrooms and campus.
Leading up to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day on Sept. 30, the 番茄社区 will be hosting several public events to honour and support the children and survivors of residential schools, their families and communities.
UVic researcher Natalie Ban is working on a project involving the rockfish in a protected area off Galiano Island that may provide lessons to help safeguard a variety of threatened fish species in diverse coastal areas.
UVic鈥檚 Landscapes of Injustice project documented historical wrongdoings and supported community efforts to build Esquimalt鈥檚 new pavilion.
See what鈥檚 cooking at the Cove.
The UVic BioInnovation Hub is a new shared space designed to spark collaborations between researchers, life sciences start-ups and entrepreneurs to support advancements in human health.
