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Honouring the Legacy of Murray Sinclair
The ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø joins communities across Canada in mourning the loss of the Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair, who passed away earlier today in Winnipeg, MB.
Gitxsan Student Helps Improve Community Health
K’sana Wood Lynes-Ford brings to the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø a love for chemistry and how it explains the world around her, and a devotion to her communities. In her work and studies, she’s bringing those passions together — along with Indigenous and Western science — in a hands-on research environment. By merging these different approaches to health, this ambitious student’s career path is focusing on solutions to improve health outcomes for rural and remote communities.
Abortion access lights fire in health grad student
Willow Paul had planned to work in Indigenous child welfare when she finished her bachelor’s degree at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø. A queer Gitxsan woman who grew up in Kelowna on unceded Syilx territory, Paul had never given graduate school mu…
Memorial in honour of Residential School Survivors
At the 2024 Orange Shirt Day ceremony, UVic will be raising the Survivors' Flag at a permanent location on campus.
Ocean research
Science grad creates Arctic ringed seal detector
Karlee Zammit’s friends like to say that she’s trying to ‘catch them all’. They’re not referring to Pokémon, however, but to the classic elements—fire, earth, water and air. And they’re not referring to a game of some sort, but to Karlee’s career opportunities.
UVic's Vanier scholars and Banting Fellowship
The ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø is celebrating four outstanding researchers recently announced as 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholars and one prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellow.
A healthier ocean for all
Learn how one UVic graduate student's quest to build her own community and share her passion for the marine science is shaping the next generation of ocean professionals.
Oceans as sources of law
As an Indigenous law student at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø, Andrew Ambers has found himself reflecting a great deal on the laws governing the waters around him.
Arts & culture
Memorial in honour of Residential School Survivors
At the 2024 Orange Shirt Day ceremony, UVic will be raising the Survivors' Flag at a permanent location on campus.
Royal Society of Canada 2024 awards
Five ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø researchers are receiving Canada’s highest academic honour.
Delegation shares climate change displacement
Climate displacement is underway, and scientists are starting to learn about these realities from those experiencing this first-hand. A delegation of young Inuvialuit leaders from Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, travelled more than 2,300 km to Victoria to meet with government scientists and detail what life is like living with the impacts of climate change and climate displacement on your doorstep.
Studying Ukraine’s national literature in wartime
Olha Chaplia was finishing her dissertation in Ukraine when Russia launched a full-scale invasion in 2022. With aid from the emergency fellowship, she moved to Victoria to continue her research.
Healthy communities
Student combines two passions to steer career
When Maya El-Lakany crosses the stage to receive her bachelor’s degree at convocation in November, she will do so as a fully employed analyst with Island Health in Victoria, embarking on a career in a fast-growing field in the health-care system.Â
Gitxsan Student Helps Improve Community Health
K’sana Wood Lynes-Ford brings to the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø a love for chemistry and how it explains the world around her, and a devotion to her communities. In her work and studies, she’s bringing those passions together — along with Indigenous and Western science — in a hands-on research environment. By merging these different approaches to health, this ambitious student’s career path is focusing on solutions to improve health outcomes for rural and remote communities.
Holistic mental well-being
The UVic Mental Health Research Cluster (MHRC) brings together researchers and patients to tackle mental health from multiple angles. By fostering collaboration across disciplines, the cluster aims to develop innovative approaches that address mental health challenges, improve care, and reduce stigma.
Abortion access lights fire in health grad student
Willow Paul had planned to work in Indigenous child welfare when she finished her bachelor’s degree at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø. A queer Gitxsan woman who grew up in Kelowna on unceded Syilx territory, Paul had never given graduate school mu…
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