‘As Above’ at the Belfry

by Kristen De Jager | Feb 16, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

February 12, 2024 | CBC Radio One via UVic News  The Belfry Theatre has announced the [premiere of a play they have commissioned, titled As Above. Written by Christine Quintana, As Above follows the character Joe, a botanical researcher in her late 60s, who has been...

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....

Should You Sleep With Your Best Friend on Valentine’s Day?

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

February 14, 2024 | Psychology Today via UVic News Reiterating the findings of a 2021 article by UVic’s Danu Anthony Stinson and the University of Manitoba’s Lisa B. Hoplock and Jessica J. Cameron, a recent Psychology Today article shares that the Western ‘dating...

‘Here we are talking about drought in February’

by Kristen De Jager | Feb 15, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

February 9, 2024 | Canada’s National Observer via UVic News  The provincial government has released information indicating that snowpack levels are 40 per cent lower than they usually are at this time of year. As a result, water security groups in B.C are now...

Prominent Nuu-chah-nulth artist George Clutesi has a career retrospective exhibit at the Bill Reid Gallery

by Amelia Ritchie | Feb 7, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

January 19, 2024 | The Vancouver Sun via UVic News The George Clutesi: ḥašaḥʔap / ʔaapḥii / ʕc̓ik / ḥaaʔaksuqƛ / ʔiiḥmisʔap exhibit is now open at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art in Vancouver. This retrospective on Clutesi’s artistic and cultural...

Bombardier Unveils University of Victoria as First Announced Academic Partnership in the Pan-Canadian EcoJet Research Project; UVic and Bombardier partner on developing lower-emission planes; ‘Pushing the envelope’: Collaboration between UVic and Bombardier looking to make jet aviation more sustainable

by Amelia Ritchie | Feb 7, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

January 24, 2024 | Yahoo! Finance via UVic News; January 25, 2024 | Vancouver is Awesome via UVic News; January 31, 2024 | CTV News Vancouver Island via UVic News Canadian aircraft manufacturing company Bombardier and the University of Victoria’s Centre for Aerospace...