New online inventory for Chinese Canadian artifacts in BC
Chinese Canadian Artifacts Project Photo: Chinese miner and glass plate. Date: unknown. Courtesy of: Cumberland Museum and Archives.Photo: Ancient Chinese coins. Date: unknown. Credit: Wong Family...
View ArticleNew deans and acting deans announced
2015 dean appointments Four new academic leaders take up their posts at UVic this summer with the appointments of Dr. Patricia Marck as dean of human and social development, Dr. Susan Lewis as acting...
View ArticleMystery of the Franklin Expedition
Mystery of the Franklin Expedition The Franklin Mystery website.HMS Erebus and Terror. Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada.Abandoning the Vessels. From the Richard Cyriax Collection.Locating the...
View ArticleWild game and words feed inspiration for TV host and Indigenous language...
Wild game and words Napoleon, 2012. Photo credit: Antonio Lafauci. Art Napoleon was already a national figure when his TV show, Moosemeat & Marmalade, premiered on APTN in January 2015. He had...
View ArticleHolocaust education in a time of transition
Global Connections: Sept. 1-3 l-r: Schallié, Thorson, van Noord. Credit: Photo Services.A photo taken by UVic student Lauren Petersen during the inugural I-witness field school in 2011.A scene from...
View ArticleUVic faculty bask in Royal Society of Canada spotlight
Royal Society spotlights faculty UVic researchers in the spotlight. Photos: UVic Photo Services.(L-R) New fellows Young, van Veggel and MacLeod.(L-R) New college members Biró, Rhodes and Ellison.(L-R)...
View ArticleUVic responds to international refugee crisis
New support for refugees History Refugee Committee to sponsor family from Syria On Sept. 15, the week after President Jamie Cassels wrote to the campus community about the need for a university...
View ArticleBack from the grave: Maker Lab brings spooky 19th century skull to life
Reviving spooky cultural artifacts Early Wearable Kit, courtesy of the Maker Lab in UVic Humanities. Just in time for Hallowe'en, the Maker Lab in the Humanities at the University of Victoria launched...
View ArticleUnique ethnohistory field school well into its second decade
Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School Student Jesse Robertson and Matsqui elder Joan Silver (right). Photo: Tenille Campbell.Naxaxalhts'i on Pitt Lake. Photo credit: see embedded caption. Arrowhead picked...
View ArticlePassion for travel brings a humanities grad full circle
Humanities grad comes full circle Meredith, studying abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia. Rowan Meredith misses the rain. The Slavic studies major, who graduates from UVic in November with the highest...
View ArticleLending voice to an international initiative
VocaliD Human Voicebank Bird (right) and Regan in SRL sound booth. December 2015. Credit: Photo Services UVic linguistics associate professor Sonya Bird was listening to the CBC Radio “Spark” program...
View ArticleNew findings sharpen view on Vancouver properties in 1940s
New findings by SSHRC-funded project Photo credit: Nikkei National Museum 2011.58.13Photo credit: Nikkei National Museum 2011.16.1.2.5Photo credit: Nikkei National Museum 2012.41.1.5Photo credit:...
View ArticleExchange experience immerses two students deeper into Hispanic studies
Study abroad: Ecuador, Spain Dane and a turtle, discovered after canoeing in the Amazon Jungle, 2015.Dane at the 'End of the World' in Banos Ambato, 2015.Isaac at a Real Madrid soccer match,...
View ArticleThe Malahat Review's signature literary festival returns for 2016
WordsThaw 2016 Just as the cherry blossoms hit full bloom, The Malahat Review will host its annual literary symposium, WordsThaw, from March 16 to 20. Mingle with over 30 poets, novelists, short-story...
View ArticleDay in the Life: Becky Cory
Day in the Life: Becky Cory Cory at right, with program graduates who now volunteer with Uni 101. Becky Cory’s office is surrounded by organized chaos, as people pop their heads in to say hi or ask a...
View ArticleNew name for women’s studies department
Dept. of Gender Studies The UVic women’s studies department has changed its name to the Department of Gender Studies.read more
View Article2016 Provost’s Engaged Scholar recipients announced
2016 Provost’s Engaged Scholars Lutz. Photo: UVic Photo Services.Ball. Photo: UVic Photo Services. Dr. Jessica Ball (child and youth care) and Dr. John Lutz (history) have been named the 2016...
View ArticleHistory master's student Jon Weller wins SSHRC video prize
2016 SSHRC Storytellers video 2016 SSHRC Storytellers video Normal read more
View ArticleExpert Q&A on Shakespeare and 400th anniversary
Q&A: Michael Best April 23, 2016 is the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. Professor Emeritus Michael Best—an early trailblazer who launched Internet Shakespeare Editions (ISE) in...
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