Lisa Abram, a third-generation Jewish Romanian Canadian and communications officer at the UVic, has spent the last year uncovering her family’s connection to the Holocaust, aided by relatives and UVic’s Holocaust Studies experts.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is Jan. 27. These four experts are among many UVic scholars whose research focuses on illuminating one of the darkest times in human history and on teaching new generations about racism, antisemitism, human rights and social justice.
Historian Jordan Stanger-Ross is one of five academics from across Canada who will be honoured in the House of Commons today after receiving a prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Impact award, which is one of the highest national awards for Canadian researchers.
Four decades after the start of a pandemic that has claimed 40 million lives, University of Victoria researchers are putting the stories of British Columbians who lived through the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the spotlight. HIV In My Day, a community-based oral history project led by School of Public Health and Social Policy Associate Professor Nathan Lachowsky, captures the stories of 120 long-term HIV survivors and caregivers.
HIV In My Day, a community-based oral history project that gathered the stories of HIV survivors and caregivers during the early years of BC’s HIV/AIDS epidemic, has been adapted into a play. In My Day will premiere in Vancouver at The Cultch theatre, the day after World AIDS Day. The play takes its script from almost 120 oral history interviews collected from 2017 to 2020 as part of a University of Victoria-led research project.
We are saddened to see the situation in Iran continue to escalate. We are closely watching the situation at the Sharif University of Technology and others in Iran and are deeply concerned for the safety and wellbeing of students, staff and faculty there.
Taapwaywin is a new series hosted by Ry Moran on truth before reconciliation and it harnesses the power of podcasting as an important and vital way of sharing knowledge beyond classrooms and campus.
A new podcast about memory, power and the journey to find truth launched Sept. 27 from the UVic Libraries. The eight-episode series, Taapwaywin, is hosted by Ry Moran.
Nine UVic experts are available to media regarding Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral for comment about the history of the British monarchy or specifically on Canada’s colonial history of abuses.
UVic’s Landscapes of Injustice project documented historical wrongdoings and supported community efforts to build Esquimalt’s new pavilion.
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.
As they prepare to cross the convocation stage in June to receive a bachelor’s degree in history with a minor in Spanish, Navarra Houldin is on track to complete what has been by all measures a remarkable journey during their time at the university.
UVic historian and professor of Slavic studies Serhy Yekelchyk is recognized as an esteemed scholar, public intellectual and advocate for democracy in Ukraine. Since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia, he has been thrust into a much more public role.
Charlotte Schallié speaks in a new Q&A about the release of her edited collection of graphic novels pairing Holocaust survivors with artists to illuminate one of the darkest times in history.
May is Canadian Jewish Heritage Month. UVic joins others across the country in celebrating Jewish culture, history and heritage, and standing together against antisemitism.
A new exhibition opening April 22 at Legacy Downtown focuses on Japanese Canadian identity, community and family. Isshoni: Henry Shimizu’s Paintings of New Denver Internment centres the voices of three generations and provides deep insights into the intergenerational trauma.
