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Unforeseen rightward surge in Europe’s politics
June 10, 2024 | CTV News via UVic News Amidst the aftermath of the recent European Parliament elections, Oliver Schmidtke, Director of the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, analyzes the rising wave of right-wing parties across Europe. From Italy...
Federal court rules in favor of fair dealing
On May 31, 2024, the Federal Court of Canada ruled in the case of 1395804 Ontario Ltd. (Blacklock's Reporter) v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FC 829. The central issue was whether Canadian government employees infringed Blacklock’s Reporter’s copyright by...
University of Victoria researchers developing syphilis vaccine
June 10, 2024 | Yahoo News via UVic News In the wake of a rising syphilis epidemic, Dr. Caroline Cameron and her team at the University of Victoria are making strides in the fight against this ancient disease. With syphilis cases in Canada hitting close to 14,000 in...
The carbon tax has plagued the Liberals politically
June 1, 2024 | CBC News via UVic News A recent article in CBC News dives into the debates around Canada's carbon taxes. What was supposed to assist in Canada's greenhouse as emission targets have now become a political liability. Now the conservative leader, Pierre...
Masters thesis about ChatGPT top UVicSpace article in May 2024
The most viewed article on UVicSpace for the month of May was a masters thesis titled Unmasking ChatGPT: The Challenges of Using Artificial Intelligence for Learning Vocabulary in English as an Additional Language written by department of linguistics masters student,...
UVic project looks to enhance Canada’s decarbonization modelling
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...
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