UVic Libraries Resource Guide for Grad Students

by Sarah Kahale | Oct 16, 2024 | Open access, Publishing

The UVic Libraries provide many incredible — but often underutilized — resources for Grad students. We’ve compiled a list to make it as easy as possible for grad students to find the support they need. Research Book a Librarian Librarians are available to help...

The “African Rifles”, and other lesser-known aspects of B.C.’s history

by Sarah Kahale | Sep 23, 2024 | News, UVicSpace

September 20, 2024 | National Post via UVic News A recent article published by National Post highlights the story of the Victoria Pioneer Rifle Corps — also known as the African Rifles — and its significance in British Columbia’s history. Governor James Douglas, an...

Masters thesis about ChatGPT top UVicSpace article in May 2024

by Kristen De Jager | Jun 13, 2024 | News, UVicSpace

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,...

UVicSpace top article April 2024 | An uncomfortable city: a community-based investigation of hostile architecture

by Kristen De Jager | May 2, 2024 | News, UVicSpace

April 30, 2024 | UVicSpace This month’s top visited article on UVic’s institutional repository (UVicSpace) was a 2021 masters’ thesis titled An uncomfortable city: a community-based investigation of hostile architecture by Jessica Annan. The author...

Featured Thesis: Entangled with/in empire – Indigenous nations, settler preservations, and the return of buffalo to Banff National Park

by Stephanie Boulogne | Jan 5, 2021 | Open access, UVicSpace

By Brydon Kramer https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/12476 A Master of Arts thesis in the Department of Political Science Abstract: This thesis mobilizes the concept of “colonial entanglement” to emphasize the deep complexity and unpredictability of...