Society, culture & education
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Abortion access project lights fire in health grad student
Willow Paul had planned to work in Indigenous child welfare when she finished her bachelor’s degree at the University of Victoria. A queer Gitxsan woman who grew up in Kelowna on unceded Syilx territory, Paul had never given graduate school much thought. “Research was not on my radar,” Paul says.…
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UVic creates permanent memorial in honour of Residential School Survivors
At the 2024 Orange Shirt Day ceremony, UVic will be raising the Survivors’ Flag at a permanent location on campus.
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Study shows benefit of integrating police officers into community mental health teams
An independent study (2008–2019) shows that integrating police officers into Victoria’s Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams reduces violence risks while…
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Royal Society of Canada honours five UVic researchers
Five University of Victoria researchers are receiving Canada’s highest academic honour.
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New research puts climate policies to the test
An international research team found only 63 out of 1500 climate policies have led to substantial emissions reductions over the…
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Brain injury after overdose
UVic researcher Mauricio A. Garcia-Barrera is leading an effort to shine the light on an epidemic¬ underlying the toxic drug…
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The power of Indigenous podcasts
Thanks to technology, entire generations are unearthing communities of like-minded people. Podcasting as a storytelling form has been around since…
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Ojibwe language spirit on ləkʷəŋən land
Graduate student’s comprehensive needs assessment to support urban Ojibwe people in reclaiming language and culture whether near or far from…
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UVic celebrates four new prestigious Vanier scholars and Banting postdoctoral fellow
The University of Victoria is celebrating four outstanding researchers recently announced as 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholars and one prestigious…
