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Fifteen more nurse practitioners (NPs) will be trained at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø this fall, helping boost the number of professionals able to offer primary health care to the more than 800,000 British Columbians without a family doctor.      New funding of $532,500 from the BC government will expand the number of seats available in the Master of Science in Nursing – Nurse Practitioner program by a third to 50 places available this September. 

Five ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø researchers are receiving Canada’s highest academic honour.

The most widely used diagnostic tests for syphilis can’t differentiate between an active infection and a past one. They’re not good at identifying early and late disease and can’t diagnose congenital syphilis. UVic’s Caroline Cameron and research partners in the US and Spain are working to change that.

Statement from President Hall regarding the release of the province's new post-secondary overdose prevention and response guidelines

A new study analyzing over 230 fisheries has found that their sustainability is likely overstated world-wide. Previous estimates of the number of fish in the ocean globally may have been too optimistic; two-thirds of fisheries in the study had over-estimated the number of fish available when making earlier management decisions.

UVic researcher Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera is leading an effort to shine the light on an epidemic¬ underlying the toxic drug crisis¬—brain injury after overdose.

In the fall, 25 First Nations and Metis nurses from across BC will embark officially on their graduate studies at their home institutions as part of the Indigenous Graduate Education in Nursing (I-GEN) program, including eight students at UVic. A partnership between Indigenous communities, UVic, UBC-Okanagan, UBC-Vancouver, Thompson Rivers University and Trinity Western University, the first-of-its-kind master’s program is designed to decolonize and Indigenize nursing where graduate students live and work. The goals include bolstering the retention of Indigenous nurses, improving health outcomes for Indigenous communities and strengthening relational partnerships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuk health leaders to improve Indigenous health nursing education, practice and research.

The ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø is a leader among Canadian universities when it comes to climate impact research and programs, according to new international rankings released on Wednesday.

International researchers led by ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø microbiologist Caroline Cameron are developing a vaccine for syphilis, an ancient disease that is, once again, increasingly prevalent. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US is supporting the project with US$7.8 million over five years to engineer a hybrid protein with a goal of preventing infectious and congenital syphilis.  

When Maddy Yonkers crosses the stage for convocation at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø in June to receive her bachelor’s degree, it will be the first time she has set foot on the island.

UVic research focuses on gamifying fitness that changes behaviour

Research requires more secure, faster computing power. It’s even better if the system can also deliver energy efficiency. Deployed and operated by the Research Computing Services team at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø, Arbutus Cloud has revolution…

From ground-breaking research in particle and astrophysics to innovative studies in neuroscience, human health, energy modelling and beyond, UVic’s Arbutus Cloud has revolutionized how scientists process, share and store massive data sets.

From helping to convert seaweed overgrowth into benefits for the blue economy, to improving travel across sea ice, two ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø projects on Monday [eds note: June 3] received nearly $4 million in federal support to advance climate solutions.

From testing environmental stresses on plants to understanding mysteries of the universe, five ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø (UVic) research projects received infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).

Natasha Thambirajah's unexpected journey from biochemistry to a 15-year career in public service, advocating for equity in health policy. Explore her story on the Work It podcast.