University of Victoria

Dr. Kyle Duncan is helping lead the Spatial Metabolomics Hub. (Courtesy Vancouver Island University)

Vancouver Island team receives $2.4M for cancer research

The funding will help create the Spatial Metabolomics Hub

 

The University of Victoria has received provincial funding for its Experimental Ocean Climate Change Lab (EXCEL) to research the impact of marine climate change. (Photo courtesy of UVic)

B.C. funding will help UVic study impacts of marine climate change

Provincial infusion will help new lab see which B.C. coastal ecosystems sensitive to changes

 

Pictured is Suncor’s base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta. A new study finds equity ownership in Canada’s five largest fossil fuel companies is becoming increasingly concentrated. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

UVic helps find Canadian fossil fuel financiers not pushing low-carbon shift

Increasingly foreign stakeholders hold considerable leverage on Canada’s biggest companies

 

The top microscopic image shows a pteropod with shell dissolution, the white areas, that were exposed to acidic water while the bottom image shows the usual translucent appearance of the sea snail in non-acidic water. It’s part of what helped a UVic researcher question pteropods being a bioindicator for the effects of ocean acidification. (Courtesy of Matt Miller)

UVic sea butterfly study challenges their ocean acidification indicator role

Pteropod shells could be more resilient to, but still face risks from increasingly acidic waters

The top microscopic image shows a pteropod with shell dissolution, the white areas, that were exposed to acidic water while the bottom image shows the usual translucent appearance of the sea snail in non-acidic water. It’s part of what helped a UVic researcher question pteropods being a bioindicator for the effects of ocean acidification. (Courtesy of Matt Miller)
The view from atop PKOLS (formerly Mt. Douglas Park). (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

‘Toponymic revolution’: Indigenizing place names in Greater Victoria

University of Victoria historian John Lutz said he expects the recent momentum will continue

The view from atop PKOLS (formerly Mt. Douglas Park). (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Robina Thomas, University of Victoria vice-president, Indigenous, outside the newly named Cheko’nien House, named after the territory that is now called Oak Bay. (Courtesy University of Victoria)

VIDEO: UVic adds Lekwungen names to two new buildings

One is called Cheko’nien House. Construction on the other, called Sngequ House, will be done in Sept.

Robina Thomas, University of Victoria vice-president, Indigenous, outside the newly named Cheko’nien House, named after the territory that is now called Oak Bay. (Courtesy University of Victoria)
Masami Teramachi (right) delivers her map to Burnside-Gorge Community Association board member Michelle Peterson. (Courtesy Masami Teramachi)

UVic graduate depicts locals’ favourite spots with hand-drawn Greater Victoria maps

Masami Teramachi’s latest Saanich map was a collaboration with a community group

Masami Teramachi (right) delivers her map to Burnside-Gorge Community Association board member Michelle Peterson. (Courtesy Masami Teramachi)
Program manager Ben Whitby shows a similar type of buoy-based wave data collection platform to the one that will be deployed in the waters off Yuquot at the University of Victoria’s Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) lab in North Saanich March 3. (Austin Westphal/News Staff) Program manager Ben Whitby shows a similar type of buoy-based wave data collection platform to the one that will be deployed in the waters off Yuquot at the University of Victoria’s Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) lab in North Saanich March 3. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

UVic researchers help bring First Nation back to Nootka Island with wave power

Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation looks towards renewable energy microgrid to power future community

Program manager Ben Whitby shows a similar type of buoy-based wave data collection platform to the one that will be deployed in the waters off Yuquot at the University of Victoria’s Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) lab in North Saanich March 3. (Austin Westphal/News Staff) Program manager Ben Whitby shows a similar type of buoy-based wave data collection platform to the one that will be deployed in the waters off Yuquot at the University of Victoria’s Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery (PRIMED) lab in North Saanich March 3. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
Val Napoleon, acting dean of law, along with Patricia Barkaskas, strategic advisor to the dean for the National Centre for Indigenous Laws, show a rendering of the future building at the University of Victoria Thursday (March 9). (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

Construction gets underway for National Centre for Indigenous Laws at UVic

Building to house joint degree program in Canadian Common Law, Indigenous legal orders

Val Napoleon, acting dean of law, along with Patricia Barkaskas, strategic advisor to the dean for the National Centre for Indigenous Laws, show a rendering of the future building at the University of Victoria Thursday (March 9). (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
Sara Ellison looks at a basket star while snorkelling off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. (Courtesy Sara Ellison)

UVic astronomer writes ultimate Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands snorkelling guide

Snorkelling Adventures Around Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands hits shelves March 11

Sara Ellison looks at a basket star while snorkelling off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. (Courtesy Sara Ellison)
KELA_EKE Kingfisher Forest, named for its abundance of belted kingfishers, as seen from above. (Alex Harris/Raincoast Conservation Foundation)

Rare Pender Island habitat slated for ‘mega-mansions’ to become nature preserve

KELA_EKE Kingfisher Forest secured for wildlife conservation in joint land acquisition

KELA_EKE Kingfisher Forest, named for its abundance of belted kingfishers, as seen from above. (Alex Harris/Raincoast Conservation Foundation)
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows decreased functional connectivity in the human brain after exposure to traffic pollution. (Courtesy UBC Faculty of Medicine)

Traffic pollution can impair brain function, say UVic and UBC researchers

Groundbreaking study finds even brief exposures have adverse effects on human brain

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) shows decreased functional connectivity in the human brain after exposure to traffic pollution. (Courtesy UBC Faculty of Medicine)
UVic women’s basketball is holding a Shoot for the Cure game Saturday (Jan. 14.) at 5 p.m. in the CARSA Performance Gym. (Black Press Media file photo)

UVic Vikes women’s basketball raising funds for breast cancer research

U Sports Shoot for the Cure is looking to raise $100,000

UVic women’s basketball is holding a Shoot for the Cure game Saturday (Jan. 14.) at 5 p.m. in the CARSA Performance Gym. (Black Press Media file photo)
University of Victoria rugby player Summer Blackmore intercepts a UBC punt before running it into the endzone on Oct. 15. (Courtesy of the Courtesy of UVic/APShutter.com)

Vikes field hockey, rugby players awarded as playoffs near

Player of the week nods help keep UVic near the top of the standings

University of Victoria rugby player Summer Blackmore intercepts a UBC punt before running it into the endzone on Oct. 15. (Courtesy of the Courtesy of UVic/APShutter.com)
Toronto Raptors’ Pascal Siakam speaks to reporters at the Raptors media day availability, in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Siakam thrilled to have Rico Hines on the Raptors’ NBA coaching staff this season

Newcomer says he lives and breathes his work

Toronto Raptors’ Pascal Siakam speaks to reporters at the Raptors media day availability, in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Pictured is traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. A UVic researcher found carbon pricing mixed with subsidies for drivers to choose cleaner options was one of the most effective mixes at reducing transportation emission in Europe. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

UVic researcher helps find what policy mixes drive down transportation emissions

A carrot-and-stick approach made for the largest emissions drops within Europe

Pictured is traffic on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles. A UVic researcher found carbon pricing mixed with subsidies for drivers to choose cleaner options was one of the most effective mixes at reducing transportation emission in Europe. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
The University of Victoria’s Nora Struchtrup was named the Canada West field hockey play of the week after the season’s opening weekend. (Courtesy of UVic)

Vikes field hockey player takes Canada West player of the week

Nora Struchtrup helped the University of Victoria open season with pair of wins

The University of Victoria’s Nora Struchtrup was named the Canada West field hockey play of the week after the season’s opening weekend. (Courtesy of UVic)
Premier John Horgan looks on as the rendering of the new postsecondary campus in Langford is unveiled at the announcement on Aug. 3. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Langford post-secondary campus gets green light from council

City signs 10 year-phased development agreement with Royal Roads

Premier John Horgan looks on as the rendering of the new postsecondary campus in Langford is unveiled at the announcement on Aug. 3. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Community members have been working to revitalize the patch of forest at the University of Victoria’s Queenswood campus over the past few months. (Courtesy of Greater Victoria Green Team)

Volunteers continue the fight against invasive plants at UVic’s Queenswood campus

Greater Victoria Green Team helpers remove 6 cubic metres of non-native plants

Community members have been working to revitalize the patch of forest at the University of Victoria’s Queenswood campus over the past few months. (Courtesy of Greater Victoria Green Team)
The University of Victoria’s First Peoples House, located in the heart of the campus. In 2023 UVic will be offering a master’s in business administration program for Indigenous Reconciliation for the first time. (Courtesy of UVic Photo Services)

UVic to offer groundbreaking MBA program in Indigenous Reconciliation

Program’s first enrolment of business students set to begin in spring 2023

The University of Victoria’s First Peoples House, located in the heart of the campus. In 2023 UVic will be offering a master’s in business administration program for Indigenous Reconciliation for the first time. (Courtesy of UVic Photo Services)