Media Releases
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Boost to nurse practitioner program supports primary health care
Fifteen more nurse practitioners (NPs) will be trained at the University of Victoria this fall, helping boost the number of professionals able to offer primary health care to the more than 800,000 British Columbians without a family doctor. New funding of $532,500 from the BC government will expand the…
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Podcasts for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
For National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30, media are invited to draw on a curated list of…
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Research reveals reality of Ice Age teen puberty
Landmark new research shows Ice Age teens from 25,000 years ago went through similar puberty stages as modern-day adolescents. In…
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Northern elephant seals use deep-sea research sonar as dinner bell
Northern elephant seals were repeatedly captured on camera in the deep Pacific Ocean using sonar from an Ocean Networks Canada…
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History lesson: Identifying a climate ‘tipping point’ for ocean deoxygenation
Massive volcanic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions contributing to an extreme global ocean deoxygenation event over 120 million years ago has…
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World premiere of climate-disaster play at UVic
People across Canada came together to help one another during recent climate disasters, and now Neworld Theatre is bringing those…
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New UVic research questions health of world fisheries
A new study analyzing over 230 fisheries has found that their sustainability is likely overstated world-wide. Previous estimates of the…
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UVic signs collaboration agreement with Ts’uubaa-asatx Nation
The University of Victoria (UVic) and Ts’uubaa-asatx Nation (formerly known as Lake Cowichan First Nation) have signed a five-year collaboration…
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ONC welcomes new Tang.ɢwan — ḥačxʷiqak — Tsig̱is Marine Protected Area
Ocean Networks Canada, a University of Victoria initiative, welcomes today’s announcement of the new marine protected area (MPA) Tang.ɢwan —…