UVic's Gustavson School of Business is set to co-create and deliver the world’s first custom MBA in Advancing Reconciliation, reflecting the university's commitment to advancing truth, respect and reconciliation for Indigenous Peoples.
The University of Victoria’s activities, students and alumni help generate $3.3 billion to BC’s economy and overall prosperity, an independent study and analysis has determined. The independent report by Emsi Burning Glass, released today, indicates that UVic’s total impact in BC supported 40,595 jobs. The economic impact for Greater Victoria is $1.8 billion, or one of out of every nine jobs.
Two humanities-based projects received $5M in SSHRC support to create global connections and partnerships, alongside funding announced June 16 for four other faculties and UVic’s business school.
UVic is leading a team that has been awarded a $1.65-million NSERC grant to train emerging engineers to work on water and sanitation projects in Canada and abroad.
More graduates will cross the stage at the Farquhar Auditorium with UVic spring convocation ceremonies that include an extra week to celebrate alumni who graduated in 2020 when large gatherings were not allowed due to COVID-19 restrictions.
New funding announced today advances resources and programming that enriches cultural experiences and strengthens links between the University of Victoria and francophone communities.
For a lifetime of dedication to marginalized groups, Cecilia Benoit is awarded the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize for the Social Sciences and Humanities
The salt marshes, mud flats and eel grass meadows of temperate river estuaries are more effective at capturing and storing greenhouse gases than young coastal forests and may sequester carbon for centuries, if not millennia, according to researchers from the University of Victoria (UVic).
The 2022 Gustavson Brand Trust Index reveals Canadian consumers are more distrusting of dominant technology brands than ever before, even as their use of these companies’ services is on the rise.
UVic is proud to be recognized in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for our innovative and impactful research, campus operations and partnerships to protect the environment and improve conditions for the planet and people.
Four years ago, the University of Victoria launched the world’s first law degree to combine the study of Indigenous and non-Indigenous laws. This spring, students in the inaugural class of this historic program are preparing to cross the stage to receive their degrees. UVic’s joint program in Canadian common law (Juris Doctor, or JD) and Indigenous legal orders (Juris Indigenarum Doctor, or JID) equips students with the knowledge that allows them to draw from, engage with, and work across multiple legal systems. Students graduate with both professional degrees (JD/JID).
Nature’s Path Food co-founders and organic food visionaries Ratana and Arran Stephens are the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business 2022 Distinguished Entrepreneurs of the Year (DEYA).
