by Kristen De Jager | Jun 12, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
June 6, 2024 | Victoria News via UVic News On June 6, UVic officially launched the Open Insights Project, which is meant to create multiple tools that will examine pathways to the goal of net-zero carbon emissions that Canada has set. The Open Insights Project has...
by Madison Fernway | Jun 12, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
June 5, 2024 | Neowin via UVic News Ever thought about swapping your gym membership for a virtual reality (VR) headset? Well, a new study highlighted by this article from Neowin suggests you might want to consider it. The study, highlighted by Meta, found that you can...
by Amelia Ritchie | Jun 12, 2024 | Author funding, News, Open access, Publishing
UVic Libraries have a new open access author funding agreement with Elsevier and renewed agreements with SAGE Journals and Oxford University Press. These agreements offer UVic authors 100% waivers or discounts on article publishing charges (APCs). This means that UVic...
by Kristen De Jager | Jun 12, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
June 11, 2024 | Vancouver is Awesome via UVic News In the week of June 2, Axon, a US -based company showcased its virtual reality products that are meant to help train police officers in a number of different scenarios. As the Vancouver is Awesome article described,...
by Madison Fernway | Jun 5, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
May 22nd, 2024 | National Observer via UVic News In the face of rising global temperatures, a recent article from Canada’s National Observer brings to light the pressing issue of extreme heat conditions impacting workers, particularly in the agricultural sector. The...
by Kristen De Jager | Jun 5, 2024 | News, News & events, UVicSpace
May 24, 2024 | Aboriginal Peoples Television Network via UVic News On May 24, the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network’s Melina visited the University of Victoria’s West Coast Wave Initiative. There, Bryson Robertson showed how they take wave measurement...