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One of Canada's most successful Olympic athletes and four Indigenous leaders will receive honorary degrees from UVic during spring convocation ceremonies.

Four Indigenous leaders and one of Canada鈥檚 most successful Olympic athletes will receive honorary degrees from the 番茄社区 during spring convocation ceremonies the week of June 13.

Most students wait until after graduation to start making their mark on the world, but Jasleen Powar already has something to sing about. Soon to graduate with a BFA in theatre, 24-year-old Powar has been making waves as Vancouver rapper Horsepowar, thanks to a trio of independent album releases, gigs at high-profile music festivals, and the kind of media attention most emerging artists only dream about.

A comprehensive study of on-reserve housing by 番茄社区 PhD candidate Sylvia Olsen explains for the first time the history of the Indigenous housing crisis in Canada and the persistent failures of the federal system over a span of 65 years.

When 番茄社区 grad student Mike Irvine appears before a panel of academics to defend his master鈥檚 project鈥攖he penultimate step before graduation鈥攈e鈥檒l look the part of the young professional wearing a pinstriped su

Mavis Gillie, an effective advocate for Aboriginal rights and reconciliation, particularly in Canada鈥檚 North and British Columbia, will be granted a UVic honorary degree. The university鈥檚 highest honour will be presented to Gillie, 88, at a special convocation ceremony on March 9 in the University Club of Victoria.

Mavis Gillie, an advocate for Indigenous rights and reconciliation, will be granted an honorary degree tomorrow from the 番茄社区.

Distance education program serves the needs of busy professionals鈥攅ven those who live close to campus聽 Asking Andy Stuart about his aspirations as a child, he recalls spending many hours playing with a specific group of Lego blocks while growing up in Gordon Head. 鈥淭he police station was my favorite.鈥�

When Sean Cunningham, Carissa Ouellette and Matt Holland started working on their final engineering design project last September, they had no idea that it would become the foundation for a new company, but they knew they were onto something really exciting.聽 The three electrical engineering students began their joint 鈥�3D Stereo Navigation鈥� project, an audio-based GPS mobile application for the visually impaired, and soon discovered that what they were working on had never been done successfully in the academic or commercial world.

Rowan Meredith misses the rain. The Slavic studies major, who graduates from UVic in November with the highest GPA in her faculty, has trudged the empty rail beds of former concentration camps in Central Europe and visited Russia in the throes of Olympic mania鈥攂ut now she is in Los Angeles for graduate studies and 鈥渕isses the rain desperately. It never ever rains here. Having grown up on BC鈥檚 west coast, it seems bizarre to me. I鈥檓 not dealing well without rain.鈥�

The 番茄社区 will present two honorary degrees for outstanding achievements in Indigenous advocacy and public service during fall convocation ceremonies.

The best way to gauge the impact of your work is always to test it in the field. For Fine Arts undergrad Clare Mathison, that meant getting out of UVic鈥檚 Phoenix Theatre and onto the world stage鈥攊n Thailand.聽

Brina Martens is an aspiring entrepreneur, a trailblazer, a dedicated philanthropist, and a storyteller. She is also one of the Gustavson School鈥檚 latest commerce grads, and through the years she鈥檚 taken the business school鈥檚 pillars to heart: her latest project, ethreeone, is every bit of an international, integrative, innovative and socially responsible business.聽

A lifelong love of maps led Michael Branion-Calles to the master鈥檚 degree he receives this month in geography. But his path was not straightforward鈥攊t started in English. 鈥淚 began my undergrad degree at UVic in English,鈥� says Branion-Calles, 鈥渂ut once I took an elective geography class I quickly changed my degree path.鈥� He says his appreciation for maps goes back to his childhood and as a kid he always liked maps鈥攁n affection that eventually pointed him to the spatial pattern analysis and research (SPAR) lab in the geography department.

From touring animal shelters in South Africa to analyzing cells from human blood or harvested mouse spleens in Vancouver, Stacey LeDoux鈥檚 UVic experiences have been a little different than most. LeDoux graduates this month from UVic, and as she waits to hear back about her med school applications, she鈥檚 reflecting on her time as an undergraduate. 鈥淯Vic not only gave me the opportunity to travel, but to explore my interests, develop my skills, and apply my learning,鈥� she says.

Summarizing and reviewing court transcripts for the defence. Analyzing evidence and disclosure from the prosecution to the defence. This might seem like a typical day of work for a law intern, but when you鈥檙e doing it at The Hague鈥檚 International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, it鈥檚 anything but normal.聽