The next generation of Marie Curies, Albert Einsteins and Stephen Hawkings is sitting in classrooms across the country right now, and University of Victoria researchers and students are hoping to keep inspiring these empirically minded kids with dynamic presentations about the wonders of scientific and engineering discoveries throughout the year.
Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater (psychology) and Dr. Anne Marshall (education) have been named the 2015 recipients of the Provost’s Engaged Scholar Award.
Makenzie Zouboules, third-year UVic honours political science and writing co-op student, is something of a celebrity in her hometown of Yellowknife, NWT. Last month, along with FOXY co-founders Candice Lys and Nancy MacNeill, Zouboules accepted a $1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize for their work with northern youth. Originally part of Lys’ PhD dissertation on public health promotion, FOXY (Fostering Open eXpression among Youth) is a participatory research project aimed at talking with young people about sexual health, sexuality and relationships across the three northern Canadian territories.
A community program that provides support for former foster youth at risk of homelessness is having demonstrable, meaningful and practical results, a University of Victoria study shows. The evaluation study, believed to be the first of its kind in C…
BC students who are former youth in care and who need financial help to attend university are eligible for a new award established by the University of Victoria to cover the cost of their tuition. Starting in the coming academic year, the award will…
Michael J. Prince, UVic's Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy, received the 2014 CUFA-BC Academic of the Year Award on April 23. Visit uvic.ca/news for UVic's official announcement.
Carolyn Peacock has always been an advocate for children, even when she was one herself. In grade three, she often went home with bloodied hands after getting the strap at the Edmonton school she attended. Her crime? Defending other children who were being bullied. Those children were usually immigrants and were picked on, as she too had been at school.
Science Venture, the University of Victoria’s non-profit science outreach program that has run science, technology, engineering and math camps and workshops for more than 20 years, is launching a new summer satellite camp location and new programs—a…
UVic's Romeo and Juliet bear display took home the Peoples’ Choice Award as well as the Team Spirit Award at the annual Bear Wear fundraiser, hosted by the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island at the Hotel Grand Pacific during December. …
As co-creator of the anti-bullying program, WITS, (Walk Away, Ignore, Talk it Out, Seek Help) Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater has worked tirelessly with community partners, police officers, school staff and administrators, and parents to protect children from peer violence and victimization. On December 2, 2013 Leadbeater was presented with the CIHR Partnership Award by the Governor General of Canada in recognition of her leadership of the WITS programs.
The Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island is hosting its 13th annual Bear Wear event from Nov. 26 to Jan. 2 at the Hotel Grand Pacific. UVic Community Relations staff have dressed up a UVic 'Romeo and Juliet' bear for this annual fundrais…
Chelsea Turpin knew early on that she wanted to make a difference in the lives of children and youth. Now she is employed doing just that. Turpin graduates in November with a BA from UVic’s School of Child and Youth Care, and she is already working as a policy analyst for BC’s Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
The following University of Victoria faculty member is available to discuss the growing trend toward bodychecking bans in youth hockey to lower the risk of injury, especially concussion: Dr. Brian Christie (Division of Medical Sciences) is director …
The following researchers with the University of Victoria’s Centre for Youth and Society (CFYS) are available to discuss the UNICEF report released today on the state of children in wealthy countries. Canada scored “below average” grades for obesity…
Are you looking for a great program on campus for your child on the next Pro-D Day (Friday, May 17)? UVic has created a Science Venture Pro-D Day Pilot Program to provide on-site programming for school-aged children of UVic staff, faculty and students. From 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. children will experience a taste of the university and gain a better understanding of their parents’ workplace. The program is supported by UVic Human Resources and costs $37. Registration opens on April 17 and space is limited. More info: www.scienceventure.ca
Department of Writing student Aysia Law has been named the City of Victoria’s inaugural Youth Poet Laureate—a first not only for Victoria, but also in Canada. Law, who won UVic’s 2011 Diversity Writing Contest, will be performing her work at a number of events throughout 2013 and receives a $1,500 honorarium, plus $1,000 to develop and complete a major project that engages youth through poetry. “She's such a passionate and dedicated writer with a great sense of humour and a natural instinct for language,” say Lee Henderson, one of Law’s writing professors. “She’s the perfect choice as our first public voice for the city's young poets.” Law will perform the first poem in her new position for Victoria City Council at City Hall on Jan.17.
