UVic economics student Samuel Seshadri has some ideas about what makes an outstanding teacher—and some things that can help good teachers become great. His plan to address this challenge, along with past work in peer mentoring, has helped him become one of 10 3M National Student Fellows for 2021. He’s the sixth UVic student in three years to receive this award, which focus on student leadership in improving postsecondary education.
UVic researchers build more resilient communities in the wake of COVID-19.
A passion for music and computers inspired Professor George Tzanetakis to transform his popular UVic course for a global platform so it could reach an unlimited audience.
UVic geography students discovered that international collaboration to save the planet is actually quite difficult - especially in a virtual climate summit.
Using a combination of web platforms and technologies like Slack, Zoom and Brightspace to organize and communicate, students in Rachel Hope Cleves' "History to 1750 through Role Play" course use historically-based characters and original source materials to help inform vital—but virtual—decisions like whether or not to quarantine from the plague.
The REACH Awards celebrate UVic scholars for their extraordinary contributions in research and teaching.
Study led by Indigenous education scholar, Onowa McIvor, finds the pandemic isn’t silencing language revitalization work in Canada—it’s gaining strength and going online.
A year living in a Francophone village in Quebec instilled a life-long love of French language and culture in University of Victoria graduate Pamela Fraser. Fraser, who graduates in July with a master’s degree in French, credits her parents, especially her dad, for passing along an enthusiasm for French culture and language.
Graduating honours artist Rudra Manani explores her Indo-Canadian identity through her contemporary art practice by challenging generic spiritual practices like yoga.
Mary Kerr’s designs have helped transform Canadian culture over the past five decades. And now she’s the first designer in history to win a Molson Prize, joining the likes of Margaret Atwood, Richard Wagamese and Glenn Gould.
Department of Theatre design professor Mary Kerr has become the first theatrical designer in history—and only the third UVic professor—to be named a Molson Prize laureate, joining the likes of Margaret Atwood, Richard Wagamese, Alice Munro, Marshall McLuhan and other luminaries of Canadian culture.
During the rapid shift away from face-to-face course delivery in March, Janni Aragon knew she wanted to get a jump on circumstance. So she took immediate steps to ensure her students would have the same kind of dynamic, community-oriented learning experience they have come to expect from UVic, using a mesh of technologies she also studies. That effort put Aragon, and students in her course in young adult literature, politics and culture, more than a small step ahead. Her course doesn’t begin until July.
How much do you know about Craigdarroch Castle, Ross Bay Cemetery and Christ Church Cathedral? Michael Reed has been using these local landmarks to explore medieval architecture in Victoria—with a virtual twist.
As COVID-19 turned the world upside-down, urban geographer Cam Owens had the immense task of shifting his International field school into an online course. The fourth-year geography course, Sustainable Cities, has been a surprising success considering how rapidly Owens had to adapt the field school to an online environment.
UVic is implementing new tools for online learning, teaching and collaboration.
The first University of Victoria President’s Chair has been awarded to Simon Pek of the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. The President’s Chair is the highest academic honour UVic can bestow on a faculty member, replacing Distinguished Professorships.
