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Q&A with Alex D'Arcy
May 9, 2024
VPRI: What excites you most about your new role as Interim AVPR? AD: I’m excited about a lot of things: to learn about research across campus—new methods, new theories, new...
NSERC president meets some of UVic’s trailblazing researchers
May 9, 2024
Donning a lab coat and safety glasses on April 24, 2024, Alejandro Adem got a close-up view of several of UVic’s unique NSERC-funded labs and programs. The president of the Natural...
More than the unit: entangled photons and an all-star collaboration
May 9, 2024
The smallest discrete unit, a quantum, of scholarship—a researcher—might be compared to the smallest discrete unit, a quantum, of light—a photon. Sometimes, going solo...
Wow factor: inaugural Science Meets Parliament BC a success from start to finish
May 9, 2024
On April 22 and 23, 2024, 31 early-career scholars (pictured above)—a dozen from UVic—were fêted by the Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of British...
Creating a vaccine for an ancient, all-too-current disease
May 9, 2024
“My whole mission in life is to help,” says Caroline Cameron. “Especially people whose voices don’t always get heard.” The UVic microbiology...
Arena match
May 9, 2024
Biomedical engineering student Keeley McCormick’s presentation at Arena Pitch did two things. It mirrored the next-generation vaginal speculum that she and her co-founders at Revyn...
NSERC Alliance grants provide support for 19 UVic-led projects
Almost $3 million funding for 17 UVic researchers over 19 projects was announced on March 13, 2024 through the NSERC Alliance Grants program. The Alliance Grants were announced as part of the...
Partnering for a Shared Future
April 10, 2024
UVic’s world-leading research was proudly on display at the Legislative Assembly of BC yesterday. The lunchtime research showcase attracted over 70 BC Ministers, MLAs, policymakers...
Setting the table for social impact
April 10, 2024
Gathering for a meal is a ritual central to human cultures. A previous research participant inspired Dr. Cindy Holmes, associate professor of Social Work at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø, to explore...
The 3-Minute Thesis
April 10, 2024
Distill years of research and an 80,000-word thesis into a three-minute presentation? The 3MT®, created by the University of Queensland in 2008, is just one more way that graduate students...
A storyteller’s spark
March 14, 2024
Allison Balabuch, an Education PhD candidate, is a finalist in the Social Sciences and Humanities’ Storytellers Challenge, which comes with a $3,000 prize and the chance to present in...
From H2O to the power of H
March 13, 2024
The world needs clean renewable energy, we need it now, and Jason Keonhag Lee is catalyzing the transition for us. Drawn both by the challenges and how they connected to his existing knowledge, he...
Science Meets Parliament – BC
March 13, 2024
This spring, 12 UVic scholars will spend two days at the provincial legislature, meeting with MLAs and learning how policy is made in BC. Sarah Nutter, assistant professor, Educational Psychology...
UVic researchers partner with physicists around the world and plant scientists across the country
March 13, 2024
The Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Transport and Quebec Lieutenant, announced $515 million in infrastructure support for 100 projects at 32 post-secondary institutions and research...
Social media: navigating the dilemmas
March 13, 2024
Like mazes, social media have many paths that might (or might not) lead to the destination we seek. UVic Anthropology PhD student Raey Costain explains that, whatever our own personal or...
Writing for The Conversation Canada
March 13, 2024
With almost 56,000 reads (and counting) Lois Harder’s January 9, 2024 article on the recent court ruling to end Canada’s second-generation citizenship cut-off is the...
Given some runway, students take flight
February 12, 2024
“Aerospace research,” the UVic Co-op posting said. Who wouldn’t be intrigued? Third-year UVic electrical engineering student Mclaine de Jesus certainly...
UVic researchers move the needle on health
February 9, 2024
Four UVic scholars have been awarded a total of $6.61 million from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Fall 2023 Project Grant competition. They represent four distinct areas of research...
SSHRC President visits UVic
January 11, 2024
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council President Dr. Ted Hewitt put on his glasses and stepped close to the screen when research project manager Michael Abe brought up the government...
UVic health scholars collaborate, convene and connect
January 10, 2024
UVic scholars collaborate, convene and connect with agencies, practitioners and service users for optimal impact of their health research. Eight of them recently received funding from two Michael...
Good hearts, clean energy: a transformation begins
January 9, 2024
Elders Kathy Horne and Doug Lafortune, both members of local First Nations, welcomed almost 100 partners, collaborators and team members to UVic with an invitation to bring their good hearts to the...
Fulbright Canada Research Chair advances regional climate action
January 9, 2024
Brent Steel has set the bar high. UVic’s inaugural Fulbright Canada Research Chair wanted, during his four-month position at UVic, to continue and expand his research to support the 2016...
Partnership provides a quantum boost for students
January 9, 2024
The interdisciplinary group of engineers and scientists that makes up the quantum photonics, algorithms, and light-matter interactions for technology (QuALITy) cluster at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø...
UVic shows up for COP28
January 9, 2024
For the first time, in 2023 UVic scholars organized a strong virtual participation in a Conference of the Parties. “This grew out of our commitments to the UN Race to Zero and to reduce...
Charging up: A City-UVic partnership develops best practices for equitable EV charging infrastructure
December 11, 2023
Access to electric-vehicle (EV) charging is the single most impactful measure the City of Victoria can take to support EV adoption, according to researchers Curran Crawford of the University of...
Weather and climate extremes call for everyone’s strengths: Zhang
November 16, 2023
With degrees in engineering hydrology and a physics doctorate with a specialization in meteorology, Xuebin Zhang’s route to the leadership of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)...
Aspiration PDF success
November 16, 2023
Launched in 2022, UVic’s Aspiration Postdoctoral Fellowships program attracts outstanding postdoctoral fellows from around the world to conduct cutting-edge research at UVic. Aligned...
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)—Funding highlights
November 16, 2023
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) fund some of Canada’s most impactful research. UVic researchers are at the forefront of that work, and are recognized for their...
CISUR celebrates 20 years
November 16, 2023
On October 20, the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research celebrated its 20th anniversary with a small gathering of current and former CISUR folks, friends and supporters. In 2003,...
Innovate BC Ignite awards
November 16, 2023
On September 25, 2023, Innovate BC awarded $1.365M to five B.C. research and development projects in natural resources and applied sciences that are improving lives for British Columbians....
UVic Physics and Astronomy scholars awarded international fellowships
November 16, 2023
UVic Distinguished Professor Arif Babul and Professor Adam Ritz have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society, one of the field’s high honours bestowed on individuals who...
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium: the name says it all
October 6, 2023
Since 2010, statistician and climatologist Francis Zwiers has been the director of the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC). Under Zwiers's leadership the institute has almost doubled in size...
Celebratory theatre: telling tales
August 29, 2023
This is a story of stories. And like all classic tales, each has an inciting incident followed by a turning point at which the hero steps onto a new path. They sidle or charge or struggle forward...
Canada Foundation for Innovation announces results of JELF competition
August 29, 2023
Today, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of...
UVic scholars lead diverse, innovative projects
August 29, 2023
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery Grants promote and maintain a diversified base of high-quality research capability in the natural sciences and engineering in Canadian...
UVic researchers awarded almost $4M by SSHRC
August 29, 2023
The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, on behalf of the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation,...
Scholar Spotlight: Brent Steel, Fulbright Chair 2023
June 8, 2023
On August 1, Dr. Brent Steel of Oregon State University will join UVic as the inaugural 2023 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Healthy People and Planet. Steel is a University Distinguished...
·¬ÇÑÉçÇø and Ministry of Health - Seed Grant Program 2023
June 5, 2023
Seed Grants provide funding for critical research that responds to the government's research questions to support key decision making and policy development. The program is a collaboration between...
$83.6M advances UVic-led vision for clean energy shift
April 28, 2023
The Government of Canada announced today that the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø will be receiving $83.6 million from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF). This investment is a...
New Frontiers in Research Fund
April 25, 2023
On April 25, 2023, the Government of Canada released the results of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) 2022 Transformation and the 2022 Exploration competition. The New Frontiers in Research...
UVic Aspiration Research Cluster Program
April 18, 2023
OVPRI is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of UVic Aspiration research clusters. The Aspiration Research Cluster program was established by the Office of the Vice-President Research and...
$250K Infosys Visiting Chair Professorship
March 1, 2023
Dr. Arif Babul, ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø Distinguished Professor and Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named Infosys Visiting Chair Professor in Mathematics and Physics...
Gilead Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
January 16, 2023
Katherine Elvira, associate professor of chemistry, Canada Research Chair and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø, has received the Gilead Award for...
E.W.R. Steacie Award for Ian Manners
January 13, 2023
Ian Manners, professor of chemistry and Canada 150 Research Chair at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø, has received the E.W.R. Steacie Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada. The award honours a...
G7 One Health Summit
January 9, 2023
The confluence of human and planetary health, climate, biodiversity and Indigenous knowledge at the G7 Research Summit on One Health in November 2022 was a perfect fit for the University of...
UVic researchers welcome CFI President and Board of Directors
November 24, 2022
President Roseann O’Reilly Runte and members of the board and leadership team of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) saw some of their funding in action at UVic this week. They...
CFI-JELF success for two UVic-led research projects
November 16, 2022
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced on November 16, 2022 more than $64 million to support 251 research...
Two UVic led research projects awarded $215K in infrastructure support from latest round of CFI-JELF funding
September 21, 2022
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced more than $64 million to support 251 research infrastructure projects at 40 universities...
Research and Innovation Town Hall - Feb 2 2023
Thank you to all who attended the 2023 VPRI Town hall, we really appreciate the high level of engagement from the campus community. Lisa Kalynchuk, Vice-President Research and Innovation, discussed...
Aspiration Post-doctoral Fellows program welcomes the second intake of outstanding talent
Over the past year, UVic has welcomed six new early-career researchers in the second intake of Aspiration Postdoctoral Fellows. This VPRI initiative attracts outstanding postdoctoral fellows from...
Increased capacity for evidence-based planning and research communications
June 28, 2022
Feedback received throughout the planning and consultation process for Aspiration 2030 has led to the creation of two new service units within the Strategic Research Initiatives (SRI) team. The...
Meet Associate VP Research Fraser Hof
As Fraser Hof gets ready to kick off his new Associate Vice-President role next week, he shares some of his insights, philosophy and goals.
Ten new Aspiration Postdoctoral Fellows join UVic
UVic will welcome ten new early career researchers this summer in the inaugural intake of Aspiration Postdoctoral Fellows. This new VPRI initiative attracts outstanding postdoctoral fellows from...
·¬ÇÑÉçÇø and Ministry of Health - Seed Grant Program
May 15, 2022
Seed Grants provide funding for critical research that responds to the government's research questions to support key decision making and policy development. The program is a collaboration between...