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.
A UVic-led knowledge network focused on climate change solutions welcomes the appointment of its executive director to serve as a member of a new advisory council to the BC government providing strategic advice on areas of focus for climate action that go hand in hand with economic growth.
番茄社区 President Jamie Cassels made a presentation before the House of Commons standing committee on finance today to consider UVic鈥檚 submission for financial support to create the proposed Indigenous Law Program and the Indigenous Legal Lodge within the Faculty of Law.
番茄社区 President Jamie Cassels made a presentation before the House of Commons standing committee on finance on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.
Seniors with dementia and children with special needs will benefit from the latest provincial funding to CanAssist, a 番茄社区 program dedicated to helping people with disabilities improve their quality of life, with a focus on promoting independence and inclusion.
The Government of British Columbia announced $4.5 million in new funding for CanAssist during a special event at the CanAssist facility on April 5.
New funding from the BC government for CanAssist will expand services for seniors living with dementia, and children and youth with special needs, including a grant of $3M to continue the CanStayHome initiative and another $1.5M to produce and supply existing assistive technologies.
UVic experts are available to media for comment on the federal budget announcement on March 22.
Data is part of any research process. And for PhD candidate Nicolas Graham, data can be transformed into a virtual map showing power and influence, in particular in the fossil fuel industry.
UVic law professor Donald Galloway is available to media to discuss Canadian law professors' renewed call to the government to immediately halt enforcement of the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement.
Is democracy in crisis? What are the implications of the new US presidency on political liberty, social justice and geopolitics? On Friday, Jan. 20, five UVic historians will hold a public panel discussion on possible impacts of the new presidency and on the lessons that history can teach us.
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Researchers and students at UVic will benefit from a combined investment totalling $7 million from the Government of Canada and the university for infrastructure renovation and renewal projects of UVic's ocean and climate hub.
On Dec. 5, the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS), Pembina Institute and Clean Energy Canada released the first independent assessment of BC鈥檚 Climate Leadership Plan in combination with the federal government鈥檚 recently announced carbon price schedule.
As the federal government moves forward with legalization of cannabis, many lessons can be learned from the Canadian experience with legalization of alcohol. As 13 researchers from the 番茄社区鈥檚 Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC) point out in their co-authored submission to the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation in Canada鈥攑ublished today as a publicly available research bulletin鈥攃annabis, like alcohol, is no ordinary commodity. A delicate balance is needed between the pressures for liberalization and addressing potential public and individual harms.
This June, UVic Distinguished Professor Dr. Susan Boyd was named to the nine-person federal task force on marijuana legalization and regulation.
