Sex scandals absorb voters in the US and UK, but new research by UVic political historian Penny Bryden shows that nothing gets under Canadians' skin more than misspent taxpayers' dollars.
UVic historian Penny Bryden knows what riles Canadian voters. For her five-year research project, she is focusing on political scandals in Canada. And her preliminary findings, released Sept. 11, proves that taxpayer pocketbooks are most sacrosanct in the true North.
John Money, Professor Emeritus of History at the 番茄社区, died on 26 July 2019 at the age of 80. John was 鈥渁 historian鈥檚 historian鈥� in all the best senses of that overused phrase.
Cultural perspectives on ocean science stand out for new doctoral grad.
The Witness Blanket by Carey Newman, UVic鈥檚 sixth Audain Professor of Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest with UVic鈥檚 Department of Visual Arts, is the centrepiece of a historic agreement which Newman signed April 12 with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. It unites Western legal principles with Indigenous ways of knowing and being. UVic Law plans to incorporate the agreement into its curriculum.
The archives of Edith Iglauer鈥攁cclaimed journalist, author and activist鈥攁re now available at UVic Libraries for learning and research. Recipient of a UVic honorary degree in 2006 for her role as a trailblazer, Iglauer had a love of the written word and an instinctive grasp of the significance of extraordinary events.
Edith Iglauer achieved an extraordinary writing career covering topics spanning the Second World War to a modern-day fishing village. Her personal and literary archives, including original notes from her New Yorker articles, have been donated to UVic Libraries for scholarly research.
In an ongoing effort toward reconciliation, Andrea Walsh has been on a decade-long journey to repatriate residential school art work. 鈥淭he repatriation work began with the Alberni IRS,鈥� says Walsh, 鈥渁nd our collaborative work to build research partnerships has extended across the country to smaller northern institutions in Manitoba and Ontario.鈥�
When UVic Professor Emeritus Werner Israel donated several early first-edition Cambridge volumes to UVic Libraries about black holes, quantum physics and relativity, a personal letter from notable physicist Stephen Hawking, recommending Israel for election to the esteemed Royal Society, came along for the ride as well.
An international workshop on visual storytelling held at a former Nazi concentration camp for women brought Holocaust scholars, graduate students and visual artists from Canada, France, Greece, Germany and Israel together to examine how graphic novels can be used for Holocaust education.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how do you quantify the experience of holding a whale skull? Students in one history course recently had just that kind of heft added to their learning at the Royal BC Museum, examining the museum鈥檚 whale specimens.
It is with great sadness that the university community marks the passing of Dr. Howard Petch, former President of the 番茄社区, on November 26 at the age of 93. Petch was the university鈥檚 fourth President, and is well-remembered for his 15 years in office guiding the campus through an era of immense change, and prioritizing programs and values that have become the defining characteristics of UVic today.
Martin Ashwood-Smith (BA 鈥�92) likens his signature crossword puzzles to good magic tricks. Part alchemy, part craft, part art, the Victoria-based constructor who has published 1,000 crossword puzzles鈥攊ncluding 85 in the cruciverbalist鈥檚 holy grail, The New York Times鈥攕tarts with a grid. And very few black squares.
Serhy Yekelchyk is an expert on Modern Ukraine and is available to media for comment on the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, including the current situation taking place in the sea passage connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov.
UVic PhD student Brian Pollick and his wife Heather Lindstedt worked closely with UVic Libraries to establish the Medieval Manuscript Fund, which has helped build one of the most extensive collections of medieval manuscripts west of Toronto. 鈥淚 wanted to provide ways to give materiality to a bygone age,鈥� says Pollick.
Newly uncovered documents from UVic's Landscapes of Injustice team reveal the "wanton destruction" of Canada's first Japanese gardens and teahouse in Esquimalt's Gorge Park. A new campaign seeks to rebuild the historical teahouse and raise awareness of this chapter in local history.
