Evil-looking Worms Spotted in Esquimalt’s Waters

by Sarah Kahale | Mar 11, 2025 | News, UVicSpace

Feb 10, 2025 | Victoria News via UVic News Off the coast of Esquimalt’s Macaulay Point Park, hundreds of “evil-looking worms” were spotted in the water by a man walking his dog, described as resembling giant sea centipedes. Benjamin Neal, an assistant...

Joly Warns that Canada is the “Canary in the Coal Mine”

by Sarah Kahale | Mar 4, 2025 | News, UVicSpace

February 19, 2025 | The Hill Times via UVic News Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has issued a “wake-up call” to Canada’s allies, urging them to recognize the United States as an unreliable partner under President Donald Trump’s...

Indigenous knowledge key to understanding changes in B.C. bird populations

by Sarah Kahale | Feb 7, 2025 | News, UVicSpace

February 7, 2025 | Mongabay via Uvic News A recent collaboration between Haíɫzaqv land stewards and scientists has revealed significant changes in bird populations on the the Goose Island Archipelago. In the summer of 1948, naturalist Charles J. Guiguet observed a...

2025 Spring eTextbook savings top previous semester

by Sarah Kahale | Jan 28, 2025 | News, Open education

eTextbooks for Students (Spring 2025) The numbers are in, the classes are dropped, and the savings are counted! For the 2025 Spring semester, UVic Libraries’ eTextbooks program saved students a whopping $330,780.15, beating lasts semester’s savings by...

Sneezing sea sponge teaches scientists about B.C.’s changing oceans

by Sarah Kahale | Jan 14, 2025 | News, UVicSpace

January 14, 2025 | Global News via UVic News A recent study published in the Marina Ecology Progress Series centers around a creature named Belinda. Observed 23 meters below the surface of Barkley Sound, Belinda is a sea sponge that was recorded for four years by...