Research

  • Arctic cod grunts: Fish sounds provide clues to conservation

    Arctic cod grunts: Fish sounds provide clues to conservation

    When marine biologist Amalis Riera put a hydrophone in an Arctic cod tank at the University of British Columbia, she wasn’t expecting to hear much. Riera had already tried putting hydrophones in tanks at the Vancouver Aquarium, in search of an undiscovered fish noise, but so far had only heard…

  • Aerial mapping tool takes flight 

    Aerial mapping tool takes flight 

    Researchers at UVic are partnering with Cowichan Tribes Emergency Services and InDro Robotics to test new drone technology to support…

  • David Leitch wins Killam Fellowship

    David Leitch wins Killam Fellowship

    David Leitch is, in his words, a chemical cartographer. And now, as a recipient of the prestigious 2025 Dorothy Killam…

  • Celebrating research and teaching excellence

    Celebrating research and teaching excellence

    Eighteen researchers, teachers, students and artists are receiving UVic’s REACH awards, which pay tribute to campus leaders who champion dynamic…

  • Indigenous research and community spring from arts lab

    Indigenous research and community spring from arts lab

    There’s a new Indigenous arts research space at the University of Victoria (UVic) that is looking up—way up—to the arts…

  • Climate science: Relationships with the land

    Climate science: Relationships with the land

    Janna Wale, as a Gitxsan woman from Gitanmaax First Nation understands and values the science inherent in monitoring the seasons…

  • Microglia: when good cells go dark

    Microglia: when good cells go dark

    Marie-Ève Tremblay, her research team and partners at the City University of New York (CUNY) reported some first-in-world findings recently.…