Supporting Homegrown Industries: Vancouver’s Strategy Against U.S. Tariffs

by Madison F. | Feb 21, 2025 | News, UVicSpace

February 11, 2025 | CBC News via UVic News In the face of escalating U.S. tariff threats, municipalities across British Columbia are rallying together to safeguard their local economies according to a new article. This “Team Canada” approach has seen...

Indigenous Candidates in the B.C. Provincial Election: Challenges and Hopes

by Madison F. | Oct 3, 2024 | News, UVicSpace

September 28th, 2024 | Vancouver Sun (Print Edition) via UVic News As the B.C. provincial election approaches, Indigenous candidates are stepping into the spotlight, aiming to bring fresh ideas to provincial politics and address critical issues like the toxic drug...

Canada is divided on how to stop drug deaths

by Kristen De Jager | Jul 18, 2024 | News, UVicSpace

July 15 | The New York Times (external link), The Seattle Times (external link) via UVic News (external link) Recent reports have caused debates on what are effective tactics to combat the opioid crisis. This comes after BC Premier David Eby announced that the...

UVic project looks to enhance Canada’s decarbonization modelling

by Kristen De Jager | Jun 12, 2024 | News, UVicSpace

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...

British Columbia needs unified response to the biodiversity crisis

by Kristen De Jager | Jun 5, 2024 | News, UVicSpace

May 27, 2024 | The Canadian Press, The Conversation via UVic News The vast gaps in British Columbia’s (BC) approach to rectifying the biodiversity crisis was brought to light in an article penned by Jennifer Sunday, David Castle, George Poulakidas, and Mary I....