More than 100 possible new marine species discovered in a single deepsea expedition

by Amelia Ritchie | Mar 12, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

February 28, 2024 | CBC News via UVic News While not all the species identified during Schmidt Ocean Institute’s recent expedition will turn out to in fact be new to scientists, the diversity of marine life that was found is nevertheless important and exciting....

Open Educational Resources Directory for Courses at UVic

by Amelia Ritchie | Mar 11, 2024 | Open access, Open education, Open scholarship

ePublishing Services, UVic Libraries is pleased to share our OER by Discipline Directory. This reference book, lists a wide range of Open Educational Resources (OER) that may be adopted for courses at UVic. It acts as a referratory where the name of a resource, a link...

UVic Becomes a Signatory of the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA)

by Amelia Ritchie | Mar 11, 2024 | News, Research impact

In alignment with Aspiration 2030: UVic’s Research and Creative Works Strategy, UVic has joined 24,633 individuals and organizations in 166 countries by signing the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). This exciting move allows UVic to affirm the...

Orphaned baby bears and shrinking habitat due to wildfires

by Amelia Ritchie | Feb 19, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

February 15, 2024 | The Hamilton Spectator via UVic News Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smelters, BC, have an overwhelming number of orphaned black bears in their care this spring. Environmental conditions caused by climate change have led to an increase in...

Spider webs catch more than prey. They’re also jam-packed with animal DNA

by Amelia Ritchie | Feb 16, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

February 7, 2024 | CBC.ca via UVic News Innovations in the field of environmental DNA (eDNA) have determined that traces of vertebrate DNA can be collected from soil, water, plants, and even air. Scientists in Australia have now added spider webs to that list....