News and events

Dr. Wiebe - Senate of Canada invitation

Dr. Sarah Marie Wiebe, Acting Director of the Social Justice Studies program at UVic was recently invited by the Senate of Canada to provide an expert witness testimony on Bill C-226, An Act respecting the development of a national strategy to assess, prevent and address environmental racism and to advance environmental justice. The March 21st meeting also took place on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Nancy Clarke, UVic’s President’s Chair Award Winner

For her excellence in research, research-inspired teaching and contributions to the wider community, Clark has been awarded UVic’s President’s Chair Award, the university’s highest academic honour for a faculty member. Her work, which examines the intersecting effects of globalization, racialization, the environment and the social determinants of mental health for refugees and other newcomers, aligns with UVic’s Aspiration 2030 commitments around health and wellness, and social justice and equity.

Summer Reading Book Bingo

Love pizza? Love reading? Visit the Ask Us desk this summer and pick up a Book Bingo Card.

How does it work? When you finish reading a book, see us to receive a stamp on your bingo card. For every bingo line you get, you will be entered in a draw for a free large pizza at the end of thesummer!

So happy reading and happy eating!

Contest rules

Summer Reading Book Bingo

Love pizza? Love reading? Visit the Ask Us desk this summer and pick up a Book Bingo Card.

How does it work? When you finish reading a book, see us to receive a stamp on your bingo card. For every bingo line you get, you will be entered in a draw for a free large pizza at the end of thesummer!

So happy reading and happy eating!

Contest rules

Mustard Seed & Multifaith Centre Food Share Program

This foodshare program provides food for UVic students through the Multifaith Centre.

Master’s Defense: Invariant conic optimization with basis-dependent cones: scaled diagonally dominant matrices and real *-algebra decomposition

Speaker: Khashayar Neshat Taherzadeh, University of Victoria
Location: ECS Room 130
Event type: Graduate dissertations

Midweek Meditation

Join us for a relaxed gathering with a warm and welcoming meditation community. Our meditation is for everyone who wants to bring mindfulness into their daily life and who want the support of theUVic community to strengthen their own practice.

Yintah

See the full schedule of movies at c inecenta.com!

Master of Global Business Info Session

You won't find a masters program quite like ours. Travel through 3 different continents and join a multicultural team passionate about shaping the future of global business.