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Preservation Is Power: Keeping UVic Research Accessible

As we wrap up Open Access Week 2025 and reflect on this year’s theme, who owns knowledge?, one concern keeps coming up: what happens to research...

Fall 2025 Zero Textbook Cost List Beats 2024 Savings

Zero Textbook Costs for Students (Fall 2025) The numbers are in and the savings are counted! For the 2025 Fall semester, UVic Libraries' Zero...

Zero Textbook Cost list – Fall 2025

It's that time of the year! The Copyright and Scholarly Communications Office is excited to share our annual list of Zero-Cost Textbooks for...

Summer 2025 Zero-Cost eTextbook Savings Round Out the Year

eTextbooks for Students (Summer 2025) For the 2025 Summer semester, UVic Libraries' eTextbooks program saved students a whopping $92,199.84, beating...

Whose Knowledge Guides the Fisheries? The Gap Between Policy and Practice

11 June 2025| Vancouver is Awesome via UVic News According to a new article, a recent study has found that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has...

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The Arctic Sends a Warning in Feathers

25 May 2025 | Toronto Star via UVic News In Canada’s sweeping Arctic skies, the snowy owl has long symbolized untamed beauty and northern resilience. But now, this striking species is raising a red flag. A recent article reveals that snowy owl populations have dropped...

Grunt Work: Tracking Arctic Cod Through Sound

April 22, 2025 | Victoria News via UVic News A newly discovered grunting sound made by Arctic cod is helping scientists at the University of Victoria (UVic) uncover critical ecological insights—and develop new methods for tracking this keystone Arctic species. Leading...

Bill 15 and the Future of Environmental Governance in BC

14 May 2025 | The Tyee via UVic News As British Columbia pushes ahead with Bill 15—the Infrastructure Projects Act—critics are raising red flags about what they see as a troubling shift in environmental and Indigenous governance. Touted by the province as a way to...

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