Brain injury after overdose: a rising epidemic in Canada
UVic researcher Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera is leading an effort to shine the light on an epidemic¬ underlying the toxic drug crisis¬—brain injury after overdose.
UVic researcher Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera is leading an effort to shine the light on an epidemic¬ underlying the toxic drug crisis¬—brain injury after overdose.
The following ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø experts are available to media to discuss themes related to Pride.
Thanks to technology, entire generations are unearthing communities of like-minded people. Podcasting as a storytelling form has been around since the early 2000s, as MP3 audio file technology became more accessible via the ever-expanding internet.
Graduate student’s comprehensive needs assessment to support urban Ojibwe people in reclaiming language and culture whether near or far from homelands
In the fall, 25 First Nations and Metis nurses from across BC will embark officially on their graduate studies at their home institutions as part of the Indigenous Graduate Education in Nursing (I-GEN) program, including eight students at UVic. A partnership between Indigenous communities, UVic, UBC-Okanagan, UBC-Vancouver, Thompson Rivers University and Trinity Western University, the first-of-its-kind master’s program is designed to decolonize and Indigenize nursing where graduate students live and work. The goals include bolstering the retention of Indigenous nurses, improving health outcomes for Indigenous communities and strengthening relational partnerships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuk health leaders to improve Indigenous health nursing education, practice and research.
Respected Inuit climate leader and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Siila (Sheila) Watt-Cloutier has been named the inaugural Indigenous Climate Fellow at the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).
Award-winning Tłı̨chÇ« Dene author Richard Van Camp will return to the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø as Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence for 2024/25.
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A team of researchers led by UVic and the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre is attempting to regrow kelp forests, working closely with British Columbia coastal First Nations.
The ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø is a leader among Canadian universities when it comes to climate impact research and programs, according to new international rankings released on Wednesday.
International researchers led by ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø microbiologist Caroline Cameron are developing a vaccine for syphilis, an ancient disease that is, once again, increasingly prevalent. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US is supporting the project with US$7.8 million over five years to engineer a hybrid protein with a goal of preventing infectious and congenital syphilis. Â
As a student in Mandarin classes at UVic, Mina Guan approached the material as someone who grew up with Mandarin and Cantonese in the home—what’s known as a heritage language learner. In class, she found a community of other heritage lan…
Recognizing our retirees
Facilities Management and Capital City Paving will be repairing an electrical conduit and applying new asphalt. Gabriola Road will be closed from June 5 – 7, 2024 to complete the work.
From helping to convert seaweed overgrowth into benefits for the blue economy, to improving travel across sea ice, two ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø projects on Monday [eds note: June 3] received nearly $4 million in federal support to advance climate solutions.
From helping to convert seaweed overgrowth into benefits for the blue economy, to improving travel across sea ice, two ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø projects on Monday [eds note: June 3] received nearly $4 million in federal support to advance climate solutions.