Here at the ENVI Main Office, our bird strike stickers seem to be working! (Check out our chickadee bird box on the maple tree in the background.) We hope to keep them safe.

Changemakers Summit sparks solutions to community issues - UVic News Changemakers Summit at UVic links local partners with students who are passionate about creating social change in their communities.

From community assemblies to cycling access to bird-safe campus ideas, students at UVic’s Changemakers Summit were focused on solutions—not just problems.

A smart model for community-engaged learning.

More: news.uvic.ca/2026/changem...

Virtual Lab for Environmental Planning - Giving to UVic - University of Victoria Donor support is helping turn digital simulations into tools for wildfire response, energy planning and environmental resilience.

Can you “stress test” climate policy like software?

That’s the idea behind UVic’s Virtual Lab for Environmental Planning—turning complex environmental decisions into simulations you can explore, test, and improve.

Read more: www.uvic.ca/givingtouvic...

Spring showing up outside the building today 🌱

A reminder that seasonal change is already underway—even on the quieter, grey days.

What if climate action was a game you could play?

In the TCA Certificate at University of Victoria, Marty created Global Winning—a cooperative card game built from what he learned in class.
Scan the QR to read his story.

Climate action needs people who understand systems.

The TCA Certificate at University of Victoria covers:
• human behaviour + climate
• policy + planning
• how change actually happens

Then you choose electives that match your focus.
Scan the QR to explore courses.

Want skills you can actually use in climate work?

The TCA Certificate at University of Victoria focuses on:
• real-world collaboration
• climate action planning
• science → policy translation
• Indigenous partnerships

Flexible, interdisciplinary, 1–2 years.
Scan the QR for details.

Want a quick look at what ES grad students are actually working on?

Note: next week’s 11:30 seminar is cancelled.

Instead, join us April 1 (1–3pm, DTB B255) for short research presentations + Q&A.
New ideas, early-stage projects, and room to ask questions.
#UVicENVI

Not theory—action.
Isabelle used the TCA Certificate to turn learning into a workplace food waste solution, while building skills in environmental politics.
Scan the QR to hear how → University of Victoria

From net pens to river restoration—this is applied learning in action.
Dr. Benjamin Neal shows how UVic students engage directly in BC fisheries recovery.
March 25 | 11:30–12:30 | DTB B255
#UVicENVI

The School of Environmental Studies will be hosting our Spring Send Off on April 2, 2026 from 2:30-3:30pm 🌿

Please join us for a pizza lunch, a chance to say goodbye to professors and friends, and to celebrate ES students who are graduating!

Indigenous Knowledge offers long-tested ways of caring for land and community. How can it reshape cumulative effects assessment and resource management?

Join Lawrence Ignace / Miskomin on braiding Indigenous Knowledge with governance to rethink sustainability.

#UVicENVI talk 🌿

How do you tell if ecological restoration actually works? Take the same photo… decades apart.

Join Thomas Munson & Sonia Voicescu to see how repeat photography and photopoint monitoring make ecological change visible. 📷🌿

Apr 8, 2–3 pm
UVic Continuing Studies, Room 276
Free talk.

Climate action needs more than policies and targets. What motivates people to actually take part?
Gustav Osberg explores how values, relationships, and shared purpose can power participation in climate governance.
📅 Mar 11 | #UVicENVI

Warming Arctic seas are impacting subsistence harvests in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Collaborating with Ulukhaktok community members, a team created a Cultural Calendar that connects climate, species, language, and knowledge systems. Come learn more! #UVicENVI

The science is clear. The seas are rising. So why the resistance?
Join Dr. Andrea Dutton for the Lansdowne Lecture on deep-time climate evidence and what lies ahead.
📅 Mar 30, 7pm
📍 Bob Wright B150

What is Indigenous political ecology — and who defines the “political” and the “ecological”?

Join Dr. Hunt as she shares relational principles shaping this field, the central role of Indigenous leadership, and why Indigenous political ecology matters for environmental studies.

#UVicENVI

It's reading week, so just a reminder there is no #UVicENVI seminar this week. See you all next week!

Victoria Seedy Saturday is back!
Feb 14, 11am–4pm
Crystal Gardens, Victoria
Swap seeds. Learn climate-smart growing. Meet local farmers. Bring the kids.
Workshops, seed exchanges, and locally grown, climate-adapted plants—all in one place.
Arguably the most wholesome Valentine’s date in town. 🌷

CANCELLED: Tomorrow's #UVicENVI seminar has been cancelled. 😢

If culture matters in humans, why wouldn’t it matter in chimpanzees?

Dr. Ammie Kalan shares evidence from 40+ wild communities showing rich, threatened cultural diversity — including distinct termite-fishing traditions.

Conservation needs to protect populations and their cultures.

#UVicENVI

Mountain Voices: A celebration of awe and persistence (Book Launch) An event celebrating the publication of Mountain Voices: The Mountain Legacy Project and a Century of Change in Western Canada. For almost 30 years UVic's Mountain Legacy...

Join us for the launch of Mountain Voices: A Celebration of Awe and Persistence 🏔️

📅 Feb 12, 2026 | 7–9 pm
📍 McPherson Library

Moderated by Eric Higgs, with panelists from the UIAA, Alpine Club of Canada, NCC, and University of BC.

Conversation + Q&A + reception.
Register now buff.ly/kZk4gAG

The Finnerty Gardens ducks were out in the sunshine today! Take a self-guided walking tour with your friends: www.uvic.ca/finnerty/ass...

The Environmental Studies Student Association (ESSA) has extended the deadline for their zine, ESSENCE. They are now due February 22, 2026.

Submit your work buff.ly/eSgkXTR

Join us for the unveiling of Mountain Voices: A Tribute to Wonder and Endurance 🏔️

📅 Feb 12, 2026 | 7–9 pm
📍 McPherson Library, University of Victoria

Hosted by Eric Higgs, featuring experts from UIAA, Alpine Club of Canada, Nature Conservancy, and UBC.

Discussion, Q&A, and a social gathering.

Have a flair for design and a love for nature restoration? ✏️🌿 Join us in celebrating 30 years of the Restoration of Natural Systems! Design a unique T-shirt. Winner gets featured merch, $250, and a spotlight in the RNS newsletter. Open to UVic students and alumni. Deadline: Mar 15, 2026. #UVic #RNS

Big ideas. Real impact.

The Sustainability Scholars Program at University of Victoria is connecting students with community partners to tackle climate, biodiversity, and sustainability challenges head-on.

Proud to see this work recognized.
Read more: www.uvic.ca/socialscienc...

“Water Lines: Landscape, Design, and Environmental Legibility”
How can design make hidden water systems visible—and political?
This talk traces water across rivers, pipes, dams, and dry landscapes to show how landscape architecture helps us read power, ecology, and public concern.
#UVicENVI

Discover Your Path in Sustainability at UVic Explore UVic Continuing Studies' sustainability programs at our free info session. Learn about climate action, ecological restoration & GIS to advance your

Looking to build real skills in sustainability?
Join Discover Your Path in Sustainability at University of Victoria
📅 Feb 24, 2026 | 🕐 1–2 pm
Explore programs in climate action, ecological restoration, GIS, drones, and more—plus small-group sessions with faculty and staff.
Register:

Socio-Ecological Practice Research Socio-Ecological Practice Research (SEPR) is a transdisciplinary journal focused on improving socio-ecological practices and advancing knowledge in the ...

New research on closing the science–practice divide in ecological restoration by Nancy Shackelford, Alina Fisher, Eric Higgs, and team highlights essential elements for effective collaboration, including dialogue, resources, and adaptive management. Discover more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...