John Borrows, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at UVic, is a 2020 recipient of the Governor General's Innovation Award, announced today. Borrows talks about how Indigenous laws and protocols are helping to protect First Nations during the COVID-19 pandemic and how Indigenous laws and the new Canada-US-Mexico Agreement will provide a healthier and an economically stronger future for First Nations.
The John and Myrtle Tilley Graduate Scholarship helps one of UVic鈥檚 first civil engineering PhD students research water accessibility issues in Malawi.
Substance use costs Canadian society almost $46 billion a year (2017) or almost $1,258 for every person in Canada, says a new report.
How communities emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with health and well-being intact is a key question for a 番茄社区 researcher, who is studying ways isolation has impacted gay, bisexual, queer, trans and Two Spirit (GBQT2+) men in Canada.
How communities emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with health and well-being intact is a key question for a 番茄社区 researcher, who is studying ways isolation has impacted gay, bisexual, queer, trans and Two Spirit (GBQT2+) men in Canada.
Will following Canada鈥檚 low-risk drinking guidelines insulate you from harm? Maybe not, according to new research from UVic鈥檚 Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR).
The search for virus-resistant material
During BC Seniors鈥� Week, psychologist Stuart MacDonald is available to media to discuss the risks of social isolation on seniors, a demographic being disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cecilia Benoit, a scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) and professor emerita with the Department of Sociology, has been awarded the 2020 Killam Prize in Social Sciences from the Canada Council for the Arts
A low-cost screening test that can be used from your home and read in minutes could change how public health officials track and control the spread of COVID-19.
From advocating for the recognition of Indigenous and non-Indigenous midwives, to working with street-involved youth, to empowering sex workers to become their own health advocates, sociologist Cecilia Benoit has made vital contributions to the advancement of class, race and gender equality in Canada. CISUR scientist and sociology professor emerita at UVic has been awarded the 2020 Killam Prize in Social Sciences.
Wash basins made with COVID-19-resistant material may be popping up in malls and other crowded places, once the work of a UVic researcher and BC manufacturer is complete.
UVic alumni are working around the clock to produce ventilators at Victoria-based StarFish Medical. The project is one of four that will collectively supply 30,000 ventilators to the Canadian market.
番茄社区 experts are available to media to discuss the provincial government's plan to reopen BC during COVID-19.
Colourful, highly visible warning labels applied to bottles and cans of alcohol in Yukon鈥檚 largest liquor store prompted many people in Canada鈥檚 highest-alcohol-consuming region to cut back on their drinking. This was one of the major findings from the Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study鈥攁 real-world study of alcohol warning labels led by CISUR in 2017鈥攑ublished this month in a special section of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
A miniaturized laboratory the size of a postage stamp could one day transform how scientists test potential drug treatments and diagnose disease.
