The presentation of the first-ever translations in the local Indigenous languages of the original Douglas Treaties of the colony of Vancouver Island is a pivotal element in a historic event taking place Feb. 24-26 in Victoria as part of UVic's Canada 150 celebrations.
From one generation to the next, teachers pass along the skills and techniques instilled in them by their mentors. Now, the School of Music鈥檚 internationally acclaimed Lafayette String Quartet will honour their own mentor with a rare performance cycle of all 15 string quartets by 20th century Soviet composer, Dmitri Shostakovich.
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.
鈥婽hanks to a collaboration between UVic Libraries and Les Enluminures, UVic students and researchers have access to 21 manuscripts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, on loan to UVic till May. A public viewing, along with treasures from the library鈥檚 collections, also takes place Dec. 16.
Merna Forster, executive director of the UVic-led Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History project, will receive a Governor General鈥檚 award at the end of this month in recognition of her successful national campaign to depict women on Canadian banknotes.
Sabina Trimble鈥攚ho graduates this month with an MA in history鈥攚ill don a mortarboard on Nov. 9, but her fondest memory as a student was being blanketed and given a hand-woven cedar hat, in a traditional Coast Salish honouring at her defence in August 2016.
UVic expert Jason Colby (Dept. of History) is available to media to discuss today鈥檚 announcement by the US-based Center for Whale Research of the loss of two endangered southern resident killer whales and the urgent action needed by Canada and the US to save them from extinction.
Two recently published research papers show how coastal forests benefited from First Nations habitation, and that fire-management was an important element of Indigenous forestry.
番茄社区 experts are available to media for comment on the US presidential campaign, the upcoming election and its aftermath.
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has named the finalists for the 2016聽Impact Awards. UVic was the only school with two finalists鈥攍aw PhD candidate Aaron Mills and historian Dr. John Lutz. Separately, UVic Vice-President Research Dr. David Castle has joined the board of CANARIE.
The hashtag #makingEME 鈥� for a UVic conference on the literature and culture of medieval England 鈥� was trending second only to #royalvisitcanada for the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Sept. 24.
A major gift from BC sculptor Jeffrey Rubinoff and the Jeffrey Rubinoff Foundation will allow doctoral students at UVic exceptional opportunities to study the complexities and richness of the history of modern and contemporary art and why it matters to Canadians and the world.
UVic historian Mariel Grant is available to media for comment on the royal visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to BC and the Yukon, Sept. 24 to Oct. 1.
A six-week archaeology field school brought the promise and challenges of the Pacific west coast to life for 19 enthusiastic anthropology students this summer. The group traveled to the west coast of Vancouver Island to do research at ancient First Nations settlements, and to learn archaeological field techniques and environmental and cultural history from Tseshaht and Huu-ay-aht First Nations, professional archaeologists, and marine ecologists at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre.
A groundbreaking discovery by UVic paleoanthropologist April Nowell has provided the first direct evidence of exploitation by our Stone Age ancestors of specific animals for subsistence.
A new study published Aug. 30 in Nature Communications shows for the first time that trees near former First Nations villages on BC鈥檚 Central Coast have grown taller, wider and healthier than those in the surrounding forest.
