UVic scientist Julia Baum is bringing her expertise in blue carbon to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). She has been selected as a Lead Author for their Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage.
www.uvic.ca/science/home...
🧠 UVic researcher Marie-Ève Tremblay, Tier I Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology of Healthy Cognitive Aging, is revealing how microglia, the brain’s immune cells, shape brain health and disease, opening the door to a world of therapeutic possibilities.
🔗 news.uvic.ca/2026/science...
Humanities student Aurora Campbell dives deep into the de facto censorship that occurs when literature isn't accessible to audiences.
www.uvic.ca/humanities/i...
Environmental historian Jason Colby in @victorianews.bsky.social on the path to Greater Victoria's economic potential:
vicnews.com/2026/03/16/u...
A composite of nine different images depicting impacts of the heat wave, including burnt leaves and forests, sick looking mountain goats, and baked mussels and sea stars.
In June 2021, B.C. experienced one of the most intense heat waves on record.
In a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, researchers, led by UVic ecologist Julia Baum (@baumlab.bsky.social), investigated the heat wave’s ecological effects.
🔗 news.uvic.ca/2026/extreme...
From lifelong hockey fan and Humanities student Sierra Vozel, a research-based discussion of the NHL's pervasive culture of misogyny—and what's needed for real change:
www.uvic.ca/humanities/i...
#NHL #HockeyCulture #WomenInSports
Across UVic, women are advancing knowledge, challenging norms and creating change. 👏 On March 8, we celebrate International Women’s Day by highlighting their leadership from Indigenous law to health to biotech and beyond. #IWD2026
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Image of a hand holding a tablet that displays the colorful cover of Philosophy in Review Vol. 46, No. 1. The cover features bold overlapping shapes in red, yellow, pink, blue, and black. To the right, white text on a dark textured background reads: ‘Fresh issue. Fresh cover. Fresh reads. Philosophy in Review (Vol. 46, No. 1) is now available!’ Below the text is the Philosophy in Review logo.
We’ve got a brand‑new issue (and a brand‑new cover 👀).
Vol. 46, No. 1 is live — take a look and see what we’ve been reviewing!
journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pi...
Promotional graphic for The Albatross, Volume 15 (2025), a UVic student publication. The illustrated cover by Carly Goodman features a medieval-inspired scene: a woman in a purple dress with long red hair holds a goblet and gazes at a constellation shaped like an albatross. Stars, waves, and a rabbit surround her. The title is flanked by two albatross birds, and “VOL. XV” appears in a decorative banner.
Vol. 15 of The Albatross features eight critical works that challenge, reimagine, and reflect. @uvichumanities.bsky.social English undergrads remind us: stories hold power.
🔗 journals.uvic.ca/index.php/al...
#UVic #EnglishLit #Humanities
Promotional graphic for Ecorestoration: RNS Technical Series, No. 1 (Spring 2025), published by UVic ePublishing Services. The cover shows a person in a forest, touching a tree and gazing upward, surrounded by lush greenery and sunlight. Text includes “Spring 2025,” “ECOrestoration,” and “Continuing Studies @UVic,” with the University of Victoria logo.
Throwback to Spring 2025—when UVic’s RNS students turned fieldwork into scholarship. Ecorestoration: RNS Technical Series features capstone projects rooted in real-world restoration and community partnerships.
🔗 journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ec...
#Ecorestoration #UVic #AppliedLearning
New study from IALH Research Fellow Dr. Templeman's lab, featuring lead author Faria Athar, PhD student, may offer hope to women with hot flashes, night sweats news.uvic.ca/2026/new-stu...
🎉 Exciting news! Kate Field and Chris Darimont's article, “Grizzly bears detected at ecotourism sites are less likely than predicted by chance to encounter conflict” was Canadian Journal of Zoology’s most read paper of the year.
@uvicgeography.bsky.social
🔗 cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
A photo of the two main characters from Heated Rivalry looking at each other on a couch. The text over the one on the left reads "Zero-cost textbooks from the library" and the text over the one on the right reads "UVic students".
New semester, same shenanigans! The updated Zero Textbook Cost list is live, and this is not a lie, and a liar did not tell us this. Check to see if your Spring semester textbooks are on there! Check the link in our bio #uvic #uviclibraries
Cover and promotional graphic for Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies (ADCS), Volume 2025.1. The left side features a black-and-white illustrated cover depicting a chaotic urban scene with fragmented architecture and human figures. The issue title reads “Anarchism in Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia,” edited by Aleksandr Migurskii. The right side includes a UVic ePublishing Services banner and issue details in bold text.
Histories of rebellion, resistance, and radical art—Vol. 2025.1 of Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies explores anarchism in Ukraine, Belarus & Russia. Guest edited by Aleksandr Migurskii (ЭГАЛИТÉ).
🔗 journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ad...
#Anarchism #CulturalStudies #PostSovietStudies
These stories shaped our year. 📆
From psychedelic research to innovating clean energy solutions, let’s revisit some of UVic’s biggest stories from 2025. Each one offers a snapshot of how our students, faculty and partners are creating impact locally and globally.
news.uvic.ca/2025/top-10-...
80 years ago, Canada enacted executive orders to banish more than 10,000 Canadians of Japanese descent to Japan, stripping many of them of Canadian citizenship.
More from @uvichistory.bsky.social Jordan Stanger-Ross and @ualbertalaw.bsky.social Eric M. Adams:
theconversation.com/canadas-exil...
This is a recent paper by CISUR researchers!
"Findings revealed that the mean daily MAP-provided alcohol consumption dropped from 8.08 to 6.45 standard drinks following the program’s introduction."
What's the point of art in a climate crisis?
Learn how one UVic Master's student is using documentary film to demonstrate how crucial art is to understanding, processing, and addressing climate change: www.uvic.ca/humanities/i...
cc: @uvicscholcom.bsky.social
UVic Anthropology's April Nowell was interviewed for this story on Neanderthals making fire using pyrite in the UK 400,000 yrs ago: www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #Neanderthals
cc: @uvicresearch.bsky.social
Graphic for the 30th Anniversary Edition of Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform, a student journal from UVic Faculty of Law. The cover features a green and white shield with four symbols: birds, a justice scale, a book, and a column. “30” is prominently displayed in the center. The right side highlights the journal’s milestone and UVic ePublishing Services.
30 years of student-led legal scholarship. Vol. 30 of Appeal reflects on law’s evolution with bold, critical voices from UVic Law. Read the full issue: journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ap... #UVicLaw #LegalScholarship #LawReform
Are you a philosophy enthusiast? The latest issue of @philosophyinreview.bsky.social is out now! Featuring titles on creation & evolution, gaslighting & epistemic harm, and the politics of shame among others. #PhilSky #BookReviews
This is so neat! McPherson may change, but the fluorescents remain our constant companion in scholarship 🔆
🎓 Do you work with Canada #StudentJournals? The Canada Student Journal Forum happening the week of February 17 2026 @canadasjf.bsky.social might be the perfect opportunity to share with #StudentEditors!
The Call for Proposals is open until November 18 2025: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/11/04/c...
#AcademicSky
According to @theglobeandmail.com, the latest book from Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross (@uvichistory.bsky.social) is "essential reading."
Read the review: www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...
@uvicscholcom.bsky.social
📣 Calling all University of Victoria Fine Arts grad students 📣
Apply now for the 2026 ONC/UVic Fine Arts ArtScience Fellowship — a paid opportunity bridging art and science to explore the environment, technology, oceans, and culture.
⭐ Apply: bit.ly/ONCJobs
#KnowTheOcean
🕯️ Join us next week 🕯️
Vigil & Visit
Trans Day of Remembrance
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025
5:00 - 5:45 PM @ Cridge Park
5:45 - 6:45 PM @ Tre Fantastico
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Click on "Upcoming Events" in linktree for more info
#uvic #trans #tdor #transdayofremembrance
Congrats to $100K Sobey Art Award winner & #uvicvisualarts alum Tania Willard. Also a 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient @uvic.ca, she's clearly having a big year! Seen here at the DAAs in April with Dean Allana Lindgren (right) + Visual Arts alumni Rose Spahan & Crystal Clark.
CC: @anthropologica.bsky.social @uvicresearch.bsky.social @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social
Promotional graphic from UVic Publishing Services announcing a new issue of Anthropologica, Volume 67, Number 1 (2025), titled “Narratives and Temporalities of Infrastructure: The Canadian Experience.” The journal cover features an aerial photo of a rural highway interchange, emphasizing infrastructure complexity. Text reads: “NEW FROM UVIC PUBLISHING SERVICES — Narratives and Temporalities of Infrastructure: The Canadian Experience — Vol. 67 No. 1 (2025) — ANTHROPOLOGICA.”
🚨 New issue alert! Anthropologica Vol. 67 No. 1 (2025) is out now.
#Infrastructure is no longer invisible. This issue traces the stories, timelines, and tensions embedded in #Canada’s roads, grids, and extractive projects. 🔗 buff.ly/pPmrwX6
#Anthropology #ClimateJustice