Falling in love with sociology and social justice studies came as something of a a surprise to social sciences grad Qwisun Yoon-Potkins, who moved from East Vancouver to pursue her post-secondary education at UVic. She graduates this month with an honours BA in sociology and a diploma in social justice studies.
There鈥檚 nothing quite like looking across the ocean and feeling the fresh salty air filing your lungs as you ride your bike along Dallas Road. And Carson Sage, who graduates with a MA in Kinesiology this month, has been offering senior citizens in Victoria and beyond the opportunity to reconnect with nature through free bike rides, via the Cycling Without Age program.
Margaret Fireman understands that language upholds her culture. Without language, oral traditions and wisdom passed down from her Cree ancestors would be lost. Language, she says, is closely tied to the land. And so when Fireman, a residential school survivor and then-manager of Chisasibi Heritage and Cultural Centre in northeastern Quebec, was searching for a program to bolster the preservation of her community's language of James Bay Cree, she chose carefully.
Sabrina Curtis graduates this spring with an online Graduate Diploma in Evaluation through the School of Public Administration. As the director of planning and evaluation for the Columbia Basin Trust. Curtis is applying her learning directly to her complex work of measuring the performance of many diverse community programs and strategic initiatives supported by the trust.
The journey towards post-secondary education began for Carolyn Belleau when she had to re-invent herself after losing her fashion design business in last decade's recession. To move forward in a new direction Belleau had to carefully assess her skills and aptitude. She graduates this month with a bachelor in political science.
A Victoria leader in community and social development, a lawyer who fights on behalf of the disadvantaged, a diplomat who pioneered modern education in Africa, an international leader in early childhood education and a Holocaust survivor dedicated to educating others about hate and racism will all receive UVic鈥檚 highest academic honour.
Four members of the Convocation have been elected to the Senate of the 番茄社区.
Members of the 番茄社区 Convocation are invited to vote in the election of Convocation Senators.
Fourteen candidates have been nominated to stand for election to fill four Convocation Senator positions. Candidate bios are now available.
Kristina Frolova graduates this November with a degree in civil engineering, the same degree as her parents, uncles, aunts and grandmother. "Civil engineering must be in my genes," says the international student who came to Canada from Russia when she was 18. "I think it's embedded in me in some way."
Hundreds of UVic students and their families will gather on campus this month to celebrate reaching an academic milestone. A total of 1,396 degrees, certificates and diplomas will be conferred.
In 2011, Vikes announced that a track runner from St. Albert, Alberta, had committed to run for the cross country and track program at UVic. Little did they know then that it would be the start of one of the most prolific athletic careers in UVic history and bring a key contributor to student life to campus.
Brandon Poole spent his twenties as a carpenter and electrician, hitchhiking across Canada, living on a sailboat. And the classes he did take鈥攑hilosophy, photo journalism鈥攄idn't lead to any specific path. It wasn't until he decided to shoot a series of photos in downtown Vancouver's back alleys that he had his academic epiphany.
What if you could experience the beauty of Sidney Spit without leaving your home? Geography PhD student Robert Newell has applied cutting-edge technology to develop a virtual reality experience that takes visitors on a tour of the park, over land and underwater, using visualization tools.
One could say that humanities graduate student Ildara Enr铆quez was born for her role as a linguistics researcher. Growing up on the Iberian Peninsula in the northwest region of Spain, Enriquez spoke her native language of Galician at home. At school, she conversed in Spanish.Both were official languages, but as a teenager, Enr铆quez made a decision.
Alana Green, BCom '17, Ch'nook Scholar valedictorian and positive-minded change-maker, takes her role as public servant very much to heart. Green, a member of the Cree community of Duncan's First Nation in northern Alberta, began the BCom program with previous career experience and currently works for the Canadian Coast Guard.
