The following University of Victoria experts are available to the media for comment on the Government of Canada’s Budget 2023, expected on Tuesday, March 28. The experts specialize in various facets of climate action.
In a single year since its inception, CIFAL Victoria, the United Nations-accredited training centre at UVic, has created a variety of courses, trained community leaders in Africa, partnered with BC First Nations, as well as a Swedish group that prom…
Remote, Indigenous communities leading the way to net zero
Gerald Singh, assistant professor in the University of Victoria’s School of Environmental Studies, examines the intersections between environmental management, development and social equity.
UVic’s PRIMED wave energy project with Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation receives $1 million grant from 2022 TD Ready Challenge
UVic’s PRIMED wave energy project with Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nation receives $1 million grant from 2022 TD Ready Challenge
University of Victoria climate policy expert Katya Rhodes says know-how exists to fight the climate crisis, but politicians need to choose policies that are both effective and acceptable to voters. Her research shows there are multiple ways to achieve Canadian climate targets.
New research has uncovered a change in behaviour of deep-sea fragile pink sea urchins off the south coast of Vancouver Island that is linked to climate change impacts.
Canada’s advancement of ocean science and innovation continues to go from strength-to-strength with the expansion of Ocean Networks Canada’s world-leading deep sea and coastal ocean observatories and partnerships.
Canopy-forming kelp forests are a vital lifeline for spawning herring and juvenile salmon, but a raft of environmental stressors make the future of those underwater forests uncertain. A new research alliance is examining the resilience and decline of bull kelp along the BC central coast due to warming ocean temperatures, in hopes of identifying areas of potential protection and possible restoration.
COP15: A call to action to help us meet vital biodiversity goals
What do workers want? 5 key takeaways from the first citizens
UVic social sciences grad and Crookes professor Sean Holman works long hours trying to bring a human face to the way the media covers climate change—and build communities of action.
Curran Crawford, director of the Institute for Integrated Energy Systems at the University of Victoria (IESVic), and his research colleagues are joining forces to bridge the gap in clean energy transitions for communities.
Seven University of Victoria faculty who are leaders in quantum physics, assistive technologies, virology, geophysics, drug discovery, software engineering and biostatistics are named new or renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRCs).
Businesses can collaboratively ‘walk the talk’ on social and econ
