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The REACH Awards honour the extraordinary teachers and researchers who lead the way in dynamic learning and make a vital impact at UVic, in the classroom and beyond.

Black History Month provides an important opportunity to explore and celebrate the historical and current contributions of Black Canadians. At UVic, we recognize the many achievements of Black faculty, staff and students. We also acknowledge that ongoing work is needed to support racial equity, diversity and inclusion.

Lisa Abram, a third-generation Jewish Romanian Canadian and communications officer at the UVic, has spent the last year uncovering her family鈥檚 connection to the Holocaust, aided by relatives and UVic鈥檚 Holocaust Studies experts.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Jan. 27. These four experts are among many UVic scholars whose research focuses on illuminating one of the darkest times in human history and on teaching new generations about racism, antisemitism, human rights and social justice.

Historian Jordan Stanger-Ross is one of five academics from across Canada who will be honoured in the House of Commons today after receiving a prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact award, which is one of the highest national awards for Canadian researchers.

HIV In My Day, a community-based oral history project that gathered the stories of HIV survivors and caregivers during the early years of BC鈥檚 HIV/AIDS epidemic, has been adapted into a play. In My Day will premiere in Vancouver at The Cultch theatre, the day after World AIDS Day. The play takes its script from almost 120 oral history interviews collected from 2017 to 2020 as part of a 番茄社区-led research project.

Four decades after the start of a pandemic that has claimed 40 million lives, 番茄社区 researchers are putting the stories of British Columbians who lived through the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the spotlight. HIV In My Day, a community-based oral history project led by School of Public Health and Social Policy Associate Professor Nathan Lachowsky, captures the stories of 120 long-term HIV survivors and caregivers.

We are saddened to see the situation in Iran continue to escalate. We are closely watching the situation at the Sharif University of Technology and others in Iran and are deeply concerned for the safety and wellbeing of students, staff and faculty there.

A new podcast about memory, power and the journey to find truth launched Sept. 27 from the UVic Libraries. The eight-episode series, Taapwaywin, is hosted by Ry Moran.

Taapwaywin is a new series hosted by Ry Moran on truth before reconciliation and it harnesses the power of podcasting as an important and vital way of sharing knowledge beyond classrooms and campus.

Nine UVic experts are available to media regarding Queen Elizabeth II鈥檚 state funeral for comment about the history of the British monarchy or specifically on Canada鈥檚 colonial history of abuses.

UVic鈥檚 Landscapes of Injustice project documented historical wrongdoings and supported community efforts to build Esquimalt鈥檚 new pavilion.

Two humanities-based projects received $5M in SSHRC support to create global connections and partnerships, alongside funding announced June 16 for four other faculties and UVic鈥檚 business school.

As they prepare to cross the convocation stage in June to receive a bachelor鈥檚 degree in history with a minor in Spanish, Navarra Houldin is on track to complete what has been by all measures a remarkable journey during their time at the university.

UVic historian and professor of Slavic studies Serhy Yekelchyk is recognized as an esteemed scholar, public intellectual and advocate for democracy in Ukraine. Since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, he has been thrust into a much more public role.

Charlotte Schalli茅 speaks in a new Q&A about the release of her edited collection of graphic novels pairing Holocaust survivors with artists to illuminate one of the darkest times in history.