Retired professors return to the 番茄社区 throughout the month of April to offer insight on topics ranging from Islam to the use of math in slowing the spread of infectious diseases and more.
Recommendations will be presented to the campus Integrated Planning Committee this spring. In a post-secondary environment where enhancing the quality of academic programs is critical, it is more important than ever to align the university鈥檚 resources with its priorities. A working group has been struck to research and recommend enhanced planning tools that will support UVic decision-makers in academic and service units in reaching that goal.
A new Indigenous Communities Counselling master's degree at the 番茄社区 encourages its 14 students to incorporate both western and Indigenous approaches to clinical counselling.
In a post-secondary environment where resources are shrinking, it is more important than ever to align the university鈥檚 resources with its priorities. A working group has been struck to research and recommend enhanced budget planning tools for UVic decision-makers in academic and service units.
It all began with a request from government. Could the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), which is hosted and led by UVic, come up with an informative yet engaging way to explain the complicated science behind global warming? As a result, world-leading climate scientists鈥攚ho were fortuitously based in Victoria鈥攇ot together to create the first free, interactive online course in PICS鈥檚 Climate Insights 101 series, Climate Science Basics, which was launched by then-Environment Minister Terry Lake in August 2011.
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A new online, animated course released today by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) outlines an arsenal of practical methods and policy options for successfully combating human-induced climate change.
For the new year, the 番茄社区鈥檚 Division of Continuing Studies is offering another great season of courses for people who want to learn more about the world around them. The Spring 2014 Continuing Studies Calendar is packed with more 鈥�
Aspiring engineers at the 番茄社区 are getting something most of their peers across Canada aren鈥檛鈥攈ands-on experience from real-world professionals in their first year of post-secondary education.
As the BC government considers priorities for the next provincial budget, 番茄社区 President Jamie Cassels has made a strong case for the important value that BC research universities bring to BC and the public interest in a thriving post secondary system.
The law is in Katelyn Crabtree鈥檚 blood, as is her connection to UVic Law. Crabtree, who graduates this spring from the Juris Doctor program, is the fifth UVic Law alumnus in her immediate family.
Life inside a hospital can be stressful, but nursing school graduate Kara Sundberg has found the perfect way to use the nurturing skills needed as a nurse outside the hospital to help her relax. 鈥淚 focus my free time on working with animals and I have been fostering dogs in my area for years,鈥� says Sundberg. 鈥淭his has turned out to be a wonderful stress reliever after a long, chaotic shift on a busy medical unit.鈥�
It鈥檚 with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Dr. Wesley J. Koczka on March 9. Wes worked at UVic from September 1988 to February 2007. He was hired initially as a program coordinator in Education Extension, then assumed the role of director of the English Language Centre, and was appointed dean of the Division of Continuing Studies in 1997. He served as dean until 2007. Later, he held senior leadership roles in the in the private university sector and then at Thompson Rivers University, where he took on the role of associate vice-president international and CEO of TRU World Global Operations.
Are you looking for a great program on campus for your child on the next Pro-D Day (Friday, May 17)? UVic has created a Science Venture Pro-D Day Pilot Program to provide on-site programming for school-aged children of UVic staff, faculty and students. From 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. children will experience a taste of the university and gain a better understanding of their parents鈥� workplace. The program is supported by UVic Human Resources and costs $37. Registration opens on April 17 and space is limited. More info: www.scienceventure.ca
The following 番茄社区 faculty member is available to discuss the Ministry of Education鈥檚 announcement today of the formation of a provincial advisory group to review the B.C. provincial student assessment program. John Anderson (Educa鈥�
While confirming cuts to provincial post-secondary education funding in coming years, BC Budget 2013 was silent about how the government intends to deal with the looming skills and education shortage due to hit the province in 2016 and growing from there.
