Media Release
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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 podcasts by Indigenous faculty, staff and students at the University of Victoria. Taapwaywin: Ry Moran, UVic Libraries associate university librarian – reconciliation, launched Taapwaywin in 2022 alongside Karina Greenwood, producer…
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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 —…
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UVic geologist wins Kyoto Prize for research
University of Victoria Adjunct Professor Paul Hoffman has won the Kyoto Prize for his tenacious research of Earth’s geological history.