From building a cost-effective, low-impact way of tracking pedestrian traffic to championing co-op student hiring within the informtion and communications technology sector, UVic co-op students make an impact wherever they go.
Cultural exchange is a core component of the program at UVic’s English Language Centre. A simple request for "something more"—suggested by the Department of Education in the state of Veracruz, Mexico—created what has become an invaluable opportunity for Indigenous-international collaboration and dynamic learning at UVic.
Exactly two years after the launch of UVic’s International Plan, a delegation departed Oct. 28 for Japan and Thailand on another official visit focused on accelerating the momentum of internationalization at UVic and to deepen the university’s connections in Asia.
On Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018, the UVic flag will be lowered in memory of Garth Kempster, who passed away on Aug. 2. Garth was a UVic staff member in the Division of Continuing Studies. A Celebration of Life will be held at UVic's Interfaith Chapel on Aug. 18 at 1 pm.
The Division of Continuing Studies, in line with the UVic International Plan's commitment to "making a world of difference," welcomed ECE students from Yasuda Women’s University in Japan to study English and ECE teaching methodology, as well as to engage in meaningful Pro-D workshops.
Phuong Duong is confident that studying at UVic will make a vital impact on her future. The 17 year old, recently arrived from Vietnam, is the first student to receive the UVic Pathways Entrance Scholarship from UVic's English Language Centre.
A week-long intensive course in Cambridge Bay is a perfect example of the range of compelling experiential-learning courses offered by UVic for students within the CALR program. Taught by Nunavut Arctic College instructor Emily Angulalik last year, LING 187 was featured this past season as part of a national CBC story.
As a host university for the prestigious Panama Bilingue program, UVic is turning its commitment to fostering intercultural connection into action by welcoming visiting educators, shown here during a special cultural presentation.
It is with great sadness that the Division of Continuing Studies announces the passing of Didier Bergeret. Bergeret joined the division as a French language instructor in 1987 and remained a steadfast and constant figure throughout the next 29 years.
In the winter term, Continuing Studies is offering business and management courses at a special rate for full- and part-time employees, based on available space. Most evening and online courses start the week of Jan. 9, 2017.
Updated: April 6, 2016 An introduction to poetry, eye witness memory, neuropolitics, the politics of the refugee crisis in a Canadian context, a short history of early Protestantism in England and functions of the human immune system. These are just some of the many topics covered in Uni 101, Uni 102 and Uni 201 — a program at UVic offering free, non-credit university courses to people who face significant barriers to post-secondary education. On March 31, University 101 celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Natasha Marshall likes to set goals for herself. Inspired by her mother, who began pursuing post-secondary education while Marshall was a teenager, she realized that through hard work and dedication she could make her dreams come true.
Paula Ceroni probably knows how to say “hello” and “welcome” in more languages than just about anyone else on campus. That’s one of the perks of her job in the English Language Centre, managing UVic’s homestay program. Each year the program places over 1,600 students from as many as 30 countries into 600 host families (and they are always looking for more hosts).
This April, Director of Community Relations Dr. Joy Davis received the 2015 Distinguished Service Award Canadian Museums Association for her extraordinary work directing UVic’s Cultural Resource Management program for more than 30 years. “Joy developed the world’s first academic distance education courses in museum studies, supporting professionals from as far afield as Rankin Inlet, Haida Gwaii, Kenya and the Falkland Islands,” noted Dr. Robert Janes, of the museums association. “While Joy has consistently created widely respected—and enthusiastically evaluated—learning opportunities, the real significance of her work lies in the difference these have made across the museum sector, long after coursework is complete.”
The University of Victoria is taking a lead role this year in the Chinese Canadian Artifacts Project (CCAP) to establish an online inventory of Chinese Canadian artifacts held by local museums.
UVic launched a new project, in partnership with the Nanaimo Museum and the Cumberland Museum and Archives, to compile a publicly accessible database of Chinese Canadian artifacts.
