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UVic's ACET and Lake Park Society empower Cumberland Grade 4–6 students with clean energy literacy through Energy Rangers.

Afzal Suleman has helped shape aerospace engineering and space technology, and is helping grow the next generation of engineers.

Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically. Thousands of workers were employed and millions of tonnes of coal were exported

UVic biology professor emeritus, Verena Tunnicliffe, is named an officer of the Order of Canada for her contributions to ocean sciences and for being a pioneer in the scientific exploration of the deep sea.

K'sana Wood Lynes-Ford brings to the University of Victoria a love for chemistry and how it explains the world around her, and a devotion to her communities. In her work and studies, she's bringing those passions together -- along with Indigenous and Western science -- in a hands-on research environment. By merging these different approaches to health, this ambitious student's career path is focusing on solutions to improve health outcomes for rural and remote communities.

A pair of BC students who share an interest in water systems and the sciences, and who are beginning their studies at the University of Victoria (UVic) this fall, are among the 100 elite scholars from across Canada recently named Schulich Leaders.

A team of researchers led by UVic and the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre is attempting to regrow kelp forests, working closely with British Columbia coastal First Nations.

Two passionate BC students--one focused on space, the other on cyberspace--who are planning to pursue an education in the sciences at the University of Victoria are among the 100 elite scholars from across Canada recently named Schulich Leaders. Mohammad Awwad was named the 2023 Schulich Leader Scholar in Engineering and will be entering UVic from North Surrey Secondary School while Evan Warburton, a recent graduate of Oak Bay Secondary School, is the 2022 Schulich Leader Scholar in Science. Awwad and Warburton have demonstrated a deep interest in and dedication to technology and astronomy respectively, and both worked to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with peers.

Led by the Tsawout First Nation, the University of Victoria's 2023 archaeology summer field school will conduct the first research-focused archaeological project in the Cordova Bay area, which was originally a teeming centre of life for the people living in an Indigenous village called ȾEL ̧IȽĆE. The fieldwork will map the footprint of the village and surrounding areas using ground penetrating radar and archaeological soil probing techniques, as well as careful exploratory excavations, while bringing SENĆOŦEN language, oral history, and local knowledge into the research. The project aims to recognize and uplift all the incredible stories attached to the place and to reconnect people to the land and water.

A $1-million, four-year research project funded by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions centres what rural, remote and Indigenous communities need to flourish despite climate challenges.

Moving Trans History Forward 2023 runs from March 30 to April 2 at the University of Victoria, hosted by Aaron Devor, UVic's Chair in Transgender Studies. The hybrid conference provides a safe space for trans+ people to connect and learn.

Meet Ian Mauro, the new executive director of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, a four-university partnership hosted and led by UVic. Mauro believes in storytelling, in partnership, and in a solutions-oriented focus to climate change. Read more about his approach and why he rejects dire narratives about our ability to take impactful climate action.

UVic researcher Natalie Ban is working on a project involving the rockfish in a protected area off Galiano Island that may provide lessons to help safeguard a variety of threatened fish species in diverse coastal areas.

Hand-carved paddles will be gifted to each country and institution ratifying the lək̓ʷəŋən declaration.

Two exceptional students--Renata Kamel from Vancouver Island, and Sophie Pavlik from Ontario--are the latest Schulich Leaders to come to UVic to study science and engineering.

A team of University of Victoria researchers reports Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately subject to inequitable access to reproductive health services.

For a lifetime of dedication to marginalized groups, Cecilia Benoit has been awarded the 2022 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize for the Social Sciences and Humanities.

Research hits home for UVic psychology professor studying racism during COVID-19.

UVic's ocean women in social sciences are scientists and researchers who are making a difference with work that honours, values and promotes the benefits of collaboration and cooperation.

UVic alumna Sahar Sam's started a cleantech company, Solaires Entreprises Inc., thanks to her PhD and postdoctoral studies at UVic, including the entrepreneurial and innovation opportunities the university provides.