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3 @uvic.ca Writing students are featured @theguardian.com for a @climatedisaster.bsky.social COP30 partnership: Raamin Hamid, Fernanda Solorza & Ashley Ciambrelli spoke with climate survivors in India, Peru, Brazil & Maui.
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Pics: Chad Hipolito (F/A), Gouchen Wang (R)
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November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
3 @uvic.ca Writing students are featured @theguardian.com for a @climatedisaster.bsky.social COP30 partnership: Raamin Hamid, Fernanda Solorza & Ashley Ciambrelli spoke with climate survivors in India, Peru, Brazil & Maui.
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Pics: Chad Hipolito (F/A), Gouchen Wang (R)
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Pics: Chad Hipolito (F/A), Gouchen Wang (R)
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Pucker up!
Dr. April Nowell commented on the evolutionary origin of kissing for Live Science's new article "Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study finds"
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Dr. April Nowell commented on the evolutionary origin of kissing for Live Science's new article "Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study finds"
tinyurl.com/3mc6kfjc
@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #kissing
Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study finds
Scientists traced kissing back to a primate ancestor that lived around 21 million years ago.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Pucker up!
Dr. April Nowell commented on the evolutionary origin of kissing for Live Science's new article "Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study finds"
tinyurl.com/3mc6kfjc
@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #kissing
Dr. April Nowell commented on the evolutionary origin of kissing for Live Science's new article "Kissing goes back 21 million years, to the common ancestor of humans and other large apes, study finds"
tinyurl.com/3mc6kfjc
@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #kissing
UVic ranks 1st in Canada for oceanography & atmospheric science in 2025 ShanghaiRanking!
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📸 Kim Nesbitt / Ocean Image Bank
#ShanghaiRanking #GRAS
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Global Ranking of Academic Subjects of the ShanghaiRanking - University of Victoria - University of Victoria
UVic ranks 1st in Canada for ocean, climate research in global Shanghai Rankings
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November 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
UVic ranks 1st in Canada for oceanography & atmospheric science in 2025 ShanghaiRanking!
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#ShanghaiRanking #GRAS
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Could a symbol of fossil-fuel history become the foundation for a sustainable future? ⛏️
Cumberland, B.C. and UVic’s ACET team are exploring how abandoned mine shafts could become a modern, low-carbon energy source for the village.
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Cumberland, B.C. and UVic’s ACET team are exploring how abandoned mine shafts could become a modern, low-carbon energy source for the village.
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Clean energy found in old coal mines - UVic News
Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically. Thousands of workers were employed and millions of tonnes of coal were exported
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November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Could a symbol of fossil-fuel history become the foundation for a sustainable future? ⛏️
Cumberland, B.C. and UVic’s ACET team are exploring how abandoned mine shafts could become a modern, low-carbon energy source for the village.
news.uvic.ca/2025/clean-e...
Cumberland, B.C. and UVic’s ACET team are exploring how abandoned mine shafts could become a modern, low-carbon energy source for the village.
news.uvic.ca/2025/clean-e...
What can scent tell us about a person?👃
Humans use scent as a form of communication. It can signal fear, sickness, attraction, and more. New research suggests that scent may also tell us something about testosterone levels.
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Humans use scent as a form of communication. It can signal fear, sickness, attraction, and more. New research suggests that scent may also tell us something about testosterone levels.
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Testosterone in body odour linked to perceptions of social status - UVic News
New research from the University of Victoria suggests we can smell testosterone, and that we associate it with dominance
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November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
What can scent tell us about a person?👃
Humans use scent as a form of communication. It can signal fear, sickness, attraction, and more. New research suggests that scent may also tell us something about testosterone levels.
Learn more: news.uvic.ca/2025/testost...
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Humans use scent as a form of communication. It can signal fear, sickness, attraction, and more. New research suggests that scent may also tell us something about testosterone levels.
Learn more: news.uvic.ca/2025/testost...
@uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social
In The Conversation Canada, Susanna Klassen, postdoctoral researcher in the department of Sociology at UVic shares her research on job quality on BC organic vegetable farms.
Canada’s food sovereignty depends on better jobs for farmworkers
Canada’s food sovereignty depends on better jobs for farmworkers
A resilient and affordable food system depends on good quality jobs in agriculture.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In The Conversation Canada, Susanna Klassen, postdoctoral researcher in the department of Sociology at UVic shares her research on job quality on BC organic vegetable farms.
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Where did the zombie worms go?
A decade after ONC sank whale bones in Barkley Canyon, the deep-sea decomposers are nowhere to be found.
Dive into the story 🪱 https://bit.ly/3WrQQ20
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🧪 🌊 #SciComm #KnowTheOcean
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A decade after ONC sank whale bones in Barkley Canyon, the deep-sea decomposers are nowhere to be found.
Dive into the story 🪱 https://bit.ly/3WrQQ20
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🧪 🌊 #SciComm #KnowTheOcean
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October 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Where did the zombie worms go?
A decade after ONC sank whale bones in Barkley Canyon, the deep-sea decomposers are nowhere to be found.
Dive into the story 🪱 https://bit.ly/3WrQQ20
University of Victoria
🧪 🌊 #SciComm #KnowTheOcean
Photo credit: Alamy Stock Photos
A decade after ONC sank whale bones in Barkley Canyon, the deep-sea decomposers are nowhere to be found.
Dive into the story 🪱 https://bit.ly/3WrQQ20
University of Victoria
🧪 🌊 #SciComm #KnowTheOcean
Photo credit: Alamy Stock Photos
Zombie worms play a key role in recycling whale bones on the seafloor. Yet UVic’s @oceannetworks.ca hasn’t observed them in over a decade—an absence that may signal how expanding low-oxygen zones, driven by climate change, threaten deep-sea biodiversity. 🪱
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Where are the zombie worms? - UVic News
An Ocean Networks Canada supported experiment has revealed the absence of the “bone devourer,” Osedax, on submerged whale bones, bringing scary lessons about climate change and potential species loss.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Zombie worms play a key role in recycling whale bones on the seafloor. Yet UVic’s @oceannetworks.ca hasn’t observed them in over a decade—an absence that may signal how expanding low-oxygen zones, driven by climate change, threaten deep-sea biodiversity. 🪱
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Innovation helps local barista work independently. ☕
@canassist.bsky.social builds custom tools that break down barriers for people with disabilities.
With Coco Café BC, they created a device that helps barista Colin read orders independently.
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@canassist.bsky.social builds custom tools that break down barriers for people with disabilities.
With Coco Café BC, they created a device that helps barista Colin read orders independently.
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CanAssist technology helps local barista work independently - UVic News
Break barriers, build belonging Despite talent, drive and ambition, many individuals with disabilities still encounter barriers in the workplace.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Innovation helps local barista work independently. ☕
@canassist.bsky.social builds custom tools that break down barriers for people with disabilities.
With Coco Café BC, they created a device that helps barista Colin read orders independently.
🔗 news.uvic.ca/2025/canassi...
@canassist.bsky.social builds custom tools that break down barriers for people with disabilities.
With Coco Café BC, they created a device that helps barista Colin read orders independently.
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🔬High-resolution imaging just got a lot more accessible. A UVic team led by Arthur Blackburn achieved sub-Ångström resolution using a low-energy electron microscope—a breakthrough that makes atomic-scale imaging more accessible and affordable than ever before.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🔬High-resolution imaging just got a lot more accessible. A UVic team led by Arthur Blackburn achieved sub-Ångström resolution using a low-energy electron microscope—a breakthrough that makes atomic-scale imaging more accessible and affordable than ever before.
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🚨 Big news! UVic researchers receive $1.13M from CFI-JELF to advance their work in climate and health innovation. These locally grounded projects are creating global impact, from BC’s alpine ecosystems to coastal communities and beyond. 🌍
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October 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨 Big news! UVic researchers receive $1.13M from CFI-JELF to advance their work in climate and health innovation. These locally grounded projects are creating global impact, from BC’s alpine ecosystems to coastal communities and beyond. 🌍
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Many hands and hearts came together to celebrate UVic’s new Indigenous Law wing — a space rooted in Coast Salish traditions where Indigenous Law is taught, practiced, and lived.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Many hands and hearts came together to celebrate UVic’s new Indigenous Law wing — a space rooted in Coast Salish traditions where Indigenous Law is taught, practiced, and lived.
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🧠 What if a protein could be injected to help heal both “leaky gut” and severe depression?
New research from the University of Victoria, published in Chronic Stress, shows that a glycoprotein called Reelin may one day be able to do just that.
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New research from the University of Victoria, published in Chronic Stress, shows that a glycoprotein called Reelin may one day be able to do just that.
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UVic neuroscientists advance depression research - UVic News
A new paper from the Caruncho Lab shows the potential of a protein called Reelin for treating both “leaky gut” and severe depression.
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October 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🧠 What if a protein could be injected to help heal both “leaky gut” and severe depression?
New research from the University of Victoria, published in Chronic Stress, shows that a glycoprotein called Reelin may one day be able to do just that.
Learn more: ow.ly/bNl250X7XmB
New research from the University of Victoria, published in Chronic Stress, shows that a glycoprotein called Reelin may one day be able to do just that.
Learn more: ow.ly/bNl250X7XmB
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3/🧊Data from 35 CTD deployments spanning 22 locations within the South Shetland Islands are being processed by ONC’s data specialists.
Full story 🔗https://bit.ly/4n7CvmA
🧪 🌊#KnowTheOcean #CDNsci #SciComm #DataScience #BigData
Full story 🔗https://bit.ly/4n7CvmA
🧪 🌊#KnowTheOcean #CDNsci #SciComm #DataScience #BigData
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
3/🧊Data from 35 CTD deployments spanning 22 locations within the South Shetland Islands are being processed by ONC’s data specialists.
Full story 🔗https://bit.ly/4n7CvmA
🧪 🌊#KnowTheOcean #CDNsci #SciComm #DataScience #BigData
Full story 🔗https://bit.ly/4n7CvmA
🧪 🌊#KnowTheOcean #CDNsci #SciComm #DataScience #BigData
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1/🧊 ONC is partnering to support the global delivery of research data from the first all-Canadian led scientific expedition to the Southern Ocean.
The data will soon be available on ONC’s data portal, Oceans 3.0 and partners’ platforms.
Full story 🔗 bit.ly/4n7CvmA
🧪 🌊#KnowTheOcean #CDNsci
The data will soon be available on ONC’s data portal, Oceans 3.0 and partners’ platforms.
Full story 🔗 bit.ly/4n7CvmA
🧪 🌊#KnowTheOcean #CDNsci
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
1/🧊 ONC is partnering to support the global delivery of research data from the first all-Canadian led scientific expedition to the Southern Ocean.
The data will soon be available on ONC’s data portal, Oceans 3.0 and partners’ platforms.
Full story 🔗 bit.ly/4n7CvmA
🧪 🌊#KnowTheOcean #CDNsci
The data will soon be available on ONC’s data portal, Oceans 3.0 and partners’ platforms.
Full story 🔗 bit.ly/4n7CvmA
🧪 🌊#KnowTheOcean #CDNsci
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"Liver harm caused by alcohol is a public health problem. Collectively, we need to take better care of our livers by taking steps to reduce alcohol consumption in the population."
CISUR's Tim Naimi in @ca.theconversation.com #alcoholpolicy #alcoholresearch
CISUR's Tim Naimi in @ca.theconversation.com #alcoholpolicy #alcoholresearch
How alcohol contributes to the epidemic of liver disease
How alcohol contributes to the epidemic of liver disease
Liver harm caused by alcohol is a public health problem. Collectively, we need to take better care of our livers by taking steps to reduce alcohol consumption in the population.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"Liver harm caused by alcohol is a public health problem. Collectively, we need to take better care of our livers by taking steps to reduce alcohol consumption in the population."
CISUR's Tim Naimi in @ca.theconversation.com #alcoholpolicy #alcoholresearch
CISUR's Tim Naimi in @ca.theconversation.com #alcoholpolicy #alcoholresearch
🧡 Orange blanketed our campus today as hundreds came together to honour Survivors, their families and communities and to reflect on Canada’s history of colonial violence.
We will never forget. Every Child Matters.
➡️ If you need, support is available: https://ow.ly/YxSo50X4155
We will never forget. Every Child Matters.
➡️ If you need, support is available: https://ow.ly/YxSo50X4155
September 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🧡 Orange blanketed our campus today as hundreds came together to honour Survivors, their families and communities and to reflect on Canada’s history of colonial violence.
We will never forget. Every Child Matters.
➡️ If you need, support is available: https://ow.ly/YxSo50X4155
We will never forget. Every Child Matters.
➡️ If you need, support is available: https://ow.ly/YxSo50X4155
Ten years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report, Acting President, Dr. Robina Thomas reflects on what this moment means for her, Indigenous communities across Canada, and the role of education in shaping the future.
🔗 Read the full op-ed: https://ow.ly/kz8x50X34AF
🔗 Read the full op-ed: https://ow.ly/kz8x50X34AF
September 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Ten years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report, Acting President, Dr. Robina Thomas reflects on what this moment means for her, Indigenous communities across Canada, and the role of education in shaping the future.
🔗 Read the full op-ed: https://ow.ly/kz8x50X34AF
🔗 Read the full op-ed: https://ow.ly/kz8x50X34AF
Earlier today, the Board of Governors announced that Qwul’sih’yah’maht, Dr. Robina Thomas, has agreed to an extension of her role as Acting President and Vice-Chancellor until March 31, 2026.
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An update on UVic leadership - UVic News
The Board of Governors has announced that Qwul’sih’yah’maht, Dr. Robina Thomas, has agreed to an extension of her role as Acting President and Vice-Chancellor until March 31, 2026.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Earlier today, the Board of Governors announced that Qwul’sih’yah’maht, Dr. Robina Thomas, has agreed to an extension of her role as Acting President and Vice-Chancellor until March 31, 2026.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/5n9550X2wwo
Learn more: https://ow.ly/5n9550X2wwo
"The global ocean is not changing equally or at an even rate," said Matt Miller, a researcher at the UVic's School of Earth and Ocean sciences. "The polar regions, the Arctic, for instance, are experiencing the most drastic changes."
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Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News
The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans’ ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"The global ocean is not changing equally or at an even rate," said Matt Miller, a researcher at the UVic's School of Earth and Ocean sciences. "The polar regions, the Arctic, for instance, are experiencing the most drastic changes."
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🏔️ Are nature enthusiasts hurting the ecosystems that they love?
A team of researchers led by UVic is partnering with the Squamish Nation and BC Parks to investigate how overuse and global warming contribute to degradation of mountain ecosystems.
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A team of researchers led by UVic is partnering with the Squamish Nation and BC Parks to investigate how overuse and global warming contribute to degradation of mountain ecosystems.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🏔️ Are nature enthusiasts hurting the ecosystems that they love?
A team of researchers led by UVic is partnering with the Squamish Nation and BC Parks to investigate how overuse and global warming contribute to degradation of mountain ecosystems.
🔗 news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
A team of researchers led by UVic is partnering with the Squamish Nation and BC Parks to investigate how overuse and global warming contribute to degradation of mountain ecosystems.
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Fine Arts was thrilled to be so well-represented at the launch of the new @uvic.ca Kula Library Futures Academy on Sep 15: Esi Edugyan, Richard Van Camp, Atom Egoyan, Sean Holman + Shelagh Rogers, Lawrence Hill, Dave Obee & many other fascinating thought leaders! www.uvic.ca/library/abou...
September 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Fine Arts was thrilled to be so well-represented at the launch of the new @uvic.ca Kula Library Futures Academy on Sep 15: Esi Edugyan, Richard Van Camp, Atom Egoyan, Sean Holman + Shelagh Rogers, Lawrence Hill, Dave Obee & many other fascinating thought leaders! www.uvic.ca/library/abou...
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A new 2SLGTBQIA+ Liaison Nurse and the Trans Healthcare Research Co-Lab are solutions for better healthcare, by and for community members.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A new 2SLGTBQIA+ Liaison Nurse and the Trans Healthcare Research Co-Lab are solutions for better healthcare, by and for community members.
healthresearchbc.ca/news_article...
@uvic.ca @vanislandhealth.bsky.social
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UVic receives $5M investment from the Mastercard Foundation to strengthen education initiatives for indigenous youth.
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UVic welcomes $5M boost to scale Indigenous priorities and reconciliation - UVic News
UVic is recognized for its national leadership in advancing education for Indigenous young people with a $5-million investment from the Mastercard Foundation.
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September 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
UVic receives $5M investment from the Mastercard Foundation to strengthen education initiatives for indigenous youth.
🔗 Learn more about this investment: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...
🔗 Learn more about this investment: news.uvic.ca/media-releas...