Media Release
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Solar storm detected in deep sea observatories
The powerful solar storm driving the aurora borealis over global skies last weekend was also triggering the movement of compasses deep in the ocean, as revealed in new scientific findings shared today by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a University of Victoria initiative.
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Climate Disaster Project wins national award
The University of Victoria’s Climate Disaster Project has been named the winner of a Special Recognition Citation at the 2023…
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UVic reaches STARS Platinum sustainability rating
UVic has become one of only 14 post-secondary institutions in the world to reach a STARS Platinum sustainability rating. The…
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Marine fossil record reveals climate change insights
As ocean temperatures continue to rise due to climate change, marine plankton may be the newest candidate to act as…
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Opera star Marion Newman joins UVic Music
Critically acclaimed Canadian opera singer and national CBC Radio host Marion Newman is returning to the University of Victoria to…
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World Water Day film screening
The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance is hosting a film screening and conversation at the University of Victoria to showcase…
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Discovery tests theory on cooling of white dwarf stars
Open any astronomy textbook to the section on white dwarf stars and you’ll likely learn that they are “dead stars”…
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UVic’s National Centre for Indigenous Laws wins prestigious design award
The National Centre for Indigenous Laws (NCIL) at UVic is still under construction but its architectural design is already winning…
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Canada and Spain scientists establish new Antarctic Ocean observatory
Canadian and European experts in polar observation are joining forces in a new partnership that will see Ocean Networks Canada…
