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Team player

December 6, 2022 - The Torch

UVic grad Manusha Janakiram applies lessons learned on the rugby pitch to the award-winning programs she produces for CBC Radio.

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Nature in focus

December 6, 2022 - The Torch

UVic Environmental Studies alumnus Trevor Dixon Bennett explores the cultural connection to environment through his production company, Kingtide Films.

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Making news

December 6, 2022 - The Torch

CHEK television anchor Stacy Ross, BFA ’97, is a fierce proponent for local news. In 2009, she and her colleagues made a bold and risky move, buying the station to save it from closing.

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Breaking career-growth stereotypes

July 14, 2022 - Business Class

Business Class magazine caught up with Keira Torkko, chief people officer at supply chain sustainability management company Assent, to discuss how she broke the traditional career journey mould, how understanding the importance of personal branding yielded results for her and what it means to tackle business puzzles through the lens of people.

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Healing technology

June 30, 2022 - The Torch

The Victoria Hand Project team, led by alumnus Michael Peirone, designs low-cost 3D-printed prosthetics for amputees in need while providing UVic students with valuable skills and training.

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Hidden wonder

June 30, 2022 - The Torch

Puppeteer and UVic theatre grad Ingrid Hansen stars in hit children’s shows and navigates the “complex universe” created by legend Jim Henson—all while never being seen.

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World of words

June 29, 2022 - The Torch

Star poet, UVic associate professor, filmmaker and world traveller Shane Book (BA ’99) finds inspiration in hip-hop, jazz and never staying in one place.

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Star student

June 20, 2022 - The Torch

Astrophysicist and UVic alum Louise Edwards was one of the first Black Canadians to earn a PhD in physics. She’s an expert on the evolution of galaxies, her face has appeared on a Canadian stamp—and she’s only getting started.

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