Vikes win gold and silver at U SPORTS championships
University of Victoria women's field hockey team secures fifth-straight U SPORTS title, while women's rugby wins first national silver.
University of Victoria women's field hockey team secures fifth-straight U SPORTS title, while women's rugby wins first national silver.
Twelve University of Victoria athletes and alumni will compete for Canada in four sports at the 2023 Pan American Games, which run from Oct. 20 - Nov. 5 in Santiago, Chile
Alumnus Geoff McKay, a champion of UVic men’s basketball, makes largest single donation in program history.
Sport as powerful bridge for Indigenous Peoples
Hand-carved paddles will be gifted to each country and institution ratifying the lək̓ʷəŋən declaration.
The 2022 Victoria Forum convenes global delegates to discuss the Commonwealth lək̓ʷəŋən Sport Declaration on Truth, Reconciliation and Partnership with Indigenous Peoples.
Despite an extended training block littered with obstacles leading up to Tokyo 2021, UVic Vikes-connected athletes and alumni kept going, and significantly contributed to Team Canada's success on the world stage.
University of Victoria men's rugby alumnus Nathan Hirayama, alongside Ontario-raised basketball player Miranda Ayim, both 33, were named Canadian co-flagbearers this week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
CARSA’s performance gym was used as a practice facility during the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament last week.
We the West basketball festival organizers invited local artists to reflect the spirit of Olympic qualifiers event through a court mural project, a meeting of sports and art. UVic alum Emily Thiessen’s mural design is a hawk taking flight while honouring the beauty of lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territories.
Vikes athletics is advancing the package of initiatives announced earlier this year that further its commitment to providing a supportive high-performance athletic environment aligned with the principles of safe sport. Safe sport principles recognize that all athletes and coaches have the right to participate in a safe and inclusive training environment that is free of abuse, harassment or discrimination.
The Vikes men's rugby team edged the UBC Thunderbirds 21-20 to hoist the program's third-ever Canadian national championship title in Montreal.
The Vikes women's field hockey team were crowned U Sportsnational champions on home turf.
A total of eighteen UVic-connected athletes competed and helped Canada win one gold and six silver medals at the 2019 Pan American Games in August.
The University of Victoria will be well represented at the upcoming 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. A total of 18 former or current varsity student-athletes will represent Canada across four sports including field hockey, rugby sevens, rowing and swimming.
On March 24—exactly three weeks after claiming their second-straight Canada West banner—the University of Victoria Vikes women's rugby 7s team captured the 2019 National University 7s championship title in Kingston, Ontario. The Vikes went undefeated in the tournament, reaffirming their place as one of the premiere women's rugby schools in Canada.