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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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Saanich Educators Develop Free Waterways Curriculum

Apr 23, 2025 | Victoria News via UVic News Two Saanich educators, Maleea Acker and Jennifer Walton, have developed a free curriculum that aims to connect students to their local watersheds. This program aims to promote a sense of protection and restoration, while...

Evil-looking Worms Spotted in Esquimalt’s Waters

Feb 10, 2025 | Victoria News via UVic News Off the coast of Esquimalt’s Macaulay Point Park, hundreds of "evil-looking worms" were spotted in the water by a man walking his dog, described as resembling giant sea centipedes. Benjamin Neal, an assistant teaching...

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