An experiment involving raccoons and speakers emitting the sound of barking dogs on tracts of beaches on British Columbia鈥檚 Gulf Islands shows that the fear of large carnivores has a positive impact on ecosystem health. The study led by University o鈥�
Ecologist and ethnobiologist Dr. Trevor Lantz (environmental studies) has been named a Fulbright Scholar by the Fulbright Arctic Initiative for his Arctic ecosystems research. Lantz studies the rate and causes of Arctic environmental change and its consequences for northern communities. Using a combination of field studies, remote sensing, and collaboration with knowledgeable hunters and trappers, he will examine the vulnerability of Arctic coastlands to storm surges. His fieldwork will be conducted in the Beaufort Delta region of the Northwest Territories while collaboration with other Fulbright Arctic Initiative scholars will be in Nunavut and Finland.聽
Innovation at the elemental scale could help us move beyond oil-based polymers You might not see the results of his research on store shelves in the next few years, but PhD graduate Saurabh Chitnis is helping to change the very makeup of the world around us. Chitnis is a fundamental chemist working on developing new chemical compounds.
番茄社区 wildlife expert Dr. Chris Darimont is this year鈥檚 winner of the Distinguished Academics Early in Career award from the Confederation of University Faculty Associations.
The following 番茄社区 faculty members are available on various topics related to Earth Day 2015, the annual international day of environmental action. Jason Colby (Dept. of History) specializes in international business and environmen鈥�
UVic wildlife expert Dr. Chris Darimont鈥攁 research pioneer on BC鈥檚 coastal wolves and bears, and a passionate advocate for science-based conservation policy鈥攊s this year鈥檚 winner of the Distinguished Academics Early in Career award from the Confederation of University Faculty Associations of BC (CUFA-BC).
Landscape architect and environmental studies master鈥檚 student Catherine Orr saw her graduate project as a way to connect with a local school and a community about water and the importance of rainwater management.
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the 番茄社区, has expanded its footprint across Canada with the launch of a new collaboration with the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) on the Atlantic coast.
British Columbia鈥檚 liquefied natural gas (LNG) strategy won鈥檛 help the problem of global climate change in the absence of stronger policies internationally that limit carbon pollution, new research suggests.
As part of Canada's ecoEnergy Innovation Initiative (ecoEII), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) announced on Aug. 8 $600,800 in funding for the 番茄社区's plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) smart grid project, led by Dr. Curran Crawford, associate professor in UVic鈥檚 Institute of Integrated Energy Systems.
After a year and a half in development with the Government of Nunavut and the community of Cambridge Bay, a new mini-observatory created by UVic's Ocean Networks Canada is now streaming continuous data from the Arctic seafloor.
The 番茄社区's Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is making its first foray into the Arctic, just as the sea ice extent is setting a new record low. The observatory has been granted a five-year research license from the Nunavut Research Insti鈥�
UVic鈥檚 plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) smart grid project, which received $600,800 in federal funding on Aug. 8, will help generate a better understanding of intermittent renewable electricity sources such as wind, tidal, wave and solar.
The Princeton Review has tallied Green Rating scores for 861 colleges in the US and Canada, and UVic is in the top 24 schools listed on the company鈥檚 2015 鈥淕reen Rating Honor Roll.鈥� Only those schools that achieved a perfect score of 99 in the Green Ratings were named to the honour roll, based on criteria in three broad areas:
Grizzly bears are moving onto islands along the central BC coast, according to new research by Christina Service, a 番茄社区 PhD candidate in geography. Collaborating with other wildlife scientists from UVic, the Kitasoo/Xais-xais-oper鈥�
UVic鈥檚 EcoCAR 2 team of engineering students aren鈥檛 just getting hands-on experience while they study鈥攖hey鈥檙e getting their hands dirty. Since April 2011, close to 60 students in mechanical, electrical, computer and software engineering, and business have been hard at work鈥攗sing multi-million dollar dSPACE, Siemens and MathWorks modelling and testing tools, and a mechanic鈥檚 full suite of wrenches and ratchets鈥攔e-designing and retrofitting a GM-donated 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco into a next generation plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
