Research, Teaching, & Scholarship
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Grenier Attends Open Science Retreat in The Netherlands
Monique Grenier is attending the Open Science Retreat on the North Sea in Schoorl, The Netherlands. The week-long unconference style retreat brings together scholars from various disciplines to share knowledge, experiences, and best practices related to open science....
Making Waste Visible: An Exhibition at UVic Libraries
Geospatial Librarian Daniel Brendle-Moczuk co-organized and curate the “Making our Waste Visible & Knowledge Mobilization” exhibition at UVic Libraries with the Community-Based Research Laboratory (CBRL). "While waste is part of our everyday life experience, we...
Huculak Co-Hosts Webinar Series on the Ethics of Trauma-Informed Research
The newest instalment of the Ethics of Trauma-Informed Research Webinar Mini-Series co-hosted by the University of Victoria’s Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education project and the UBC-V Public Humanities Hub is now live! In this...
Boudinot and Bebbington Reveal Library Resources at UVSS SEXPO
On Valentine’s Day 2023, Gender Studies librarian David Boudinot and History librarian Tina Bebbington were invited to table at the second annual UVSS SEXPO, a two-day, student-led event on sex positivity, sex education, and consent education. The library display...
Helping Young Students Create Their Own Books
A rocket book, a monster book, a flower book, a cat book; all these and many others have been created by kids over the past few years in Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian Michael Lines’ Bookbinding for Kids workshops. Working with local elementary and secondary...
Brendle-Moczuk Climbs to New Heights with Mountain Legacy Project
Geospatial Librarian Daniel Brendle-Moczuk participated in an expedition to assist UVic's Mountain Legacy Project led by Eric Higgs. The team summited four peaks in 12 days to take approximately 50 repeat photographs from various historical surveyors, such as the...
Grenier Volunteers in Oaxaca, Mexico
Before starting her new position as the Science and Research Data Literacy Librarian at UVic Libraries, Monique Grenier had the privilege of volunteering at the Oaxaca Lending Library in Oaxaca City, Mexico. As a passionate traveller and champion on the importance of...
Embedding Wikipedia Editing in Asian Studies Courses
Ying Liu, the Humanities Librarian for Asian Studies, is leading a project of embedding Wikipedia editing in Asian Studies curriculum together with Dr. Angie Chau from the Pacific & Asian Studies department this fall. Embedding Wikipedia editing in teaching is not...
Shahira Khair Selected for British Library International Leaders Programme
Shahira Khair was selected to participate in the 2022 British Library International Library Leaders Programme. The five-day summer course at the British Library in St. Pancreas was developed by the BL International Office and brings together early-to-mid career...