Six UVic scholars make Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researcher List for 2023

by Amelia Ritchie | Jan 4, 2024 | News, Research impact, UVicSpace

The Office of Copyright and Scholarly Communications at UVic Libraries would like to congratulate the six UVic scholars who made Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researcher List, as announced by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation in their November...

Colonialism contributed to extinction of woolly dogs valued by Indigenous people, study suggests

by Amelia Ritchie | Jan 3, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

December 17, 2023 | CBC News via UVic News Dr. Iain McKechnie, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Victoria, recently co-authored an article in the journal Science exploring how the ancestral Coast Salish loved and pampered a species of...

Public safety warning on toxic drug supply

by Amelia Ritchie | Jan 2, 2024 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

December 15, 2023 | CBC Radio One 90.5 FM (CBCV) via UVic News; December 21, 2023 | Victoria Times Colonist (Print Edition) via UVic News On Friday December 15th , UVic’s Dr. Bernadette (Bernie) Pauly was showcased conversing with On the Island host Gregor...

‘Move now’ – Is claiming a seat at home rude? Stepmother causes meltdown

by Amelia Ritchie | Dec 22, 2023 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

December 14, 2023 | Yahoo! News via UVic News A post by a UK stepmother on the parent site Mumsnet has raised an interesting discussion about environmental psychology and a phenomenon called ‘territoriality’. After asking users of the social media site...

We need smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, not more trucks and SUVs; Low-density development carries much higher costs

by Amelia Ritchie | Dec 21, 2023 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

December 10, 2023|Victoria Times Colonist (Print Edition) via UVic News; December 17, 2023 | Victoria Times Colonist via UVic News Dr. Trevor Hancock, Professor Emeritus of the School of Public Health and Social Policy at UVic, shares his expertise on energy...

B.C. officials said Coastal GasLink pipeline plans could withstand ‘extreme weather conditions.’ Then the heat came

by Amelia Ritchie | Dec 20, 2023 | News, Open access, UVicSpace

December 14, 2023 | The Hamilton Spectator via UVic News UVic’s Dr. Deborah Curran was quoted in a recent article for The Hamilton Spectator. The piece discusses the environmental damage to nearby ecosystems and Wet’suwet’en territory caused by snow melt...