Tag: people place & planet
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Nurse practitioners bring holistic lens to primary care
When Shari Hurst completes her nurse practitioner studies, she will become a primary care provider to up to 1,000 patients…
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Connecting climate action champions
If climate action strength is found in numbers, then last week’s sold-out Victoria Climate Connections event was flexing some serious…
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A healthy change
This May, Tammy Hopper joins the University of Victoria as the inaugural dean of the Faculty of Health—UVic’s first new…
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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…
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Northern voices lead energy conversations
A first-of-its-kind effort to gain a detailed picture of the energy aspirations of small, rural and remote communities across northern…
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When will net zero be truly possible?
It started with a reunion of sorts, a gathering of old friends and colleagues, all scientists. Over dinner—and for some,…
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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…
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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.…
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New podcast series explores the realities of dementia caregiving
When Ashley Sharma graduated from high school, she didn’t imagine that within a few years, she would become her grandmother’s…