On our bookshelf
Now might be a good time to stock up on some good reading materials. The days are growing shorter, the weather is turning, and according to the experts, this pandemic is far from over....
Category: Culture club
The best of our arts community
Lights, camera, action
The School of Music is excited to bring music to you again, but this time the tune is a little different. Until it’s safe to resume in-person concerts, all of their events will be...
To Fish As Formerly artist interview series
What role can art play in eco-cultural revitalization? Find out in a new exhibit at Legacy Art Galleries. To Fish As Formerly tells the story of the efforts of generations of W̱SÁNEĆ people who...
What is art trying to tell us?
What stories reveal themselves through objects from ancient times to present day? Find out in Talking About Art, a podcast from UVic Art History and Visual Studies. Listen to faculty and staff discuss the...
How are we doing?
Whether we like it or not, we’ve all grown used to this new COVID-19 reality. Most of us have found the resources and websites we need to entertain ourselves while we ride out this...
TUKTUUYAQTUUQ (Caribou Crossing)
The pandemic has not been kind to galleries, venues and artists of all stripes. The staff at UVic’s Legacy Art Galleries have definitely felt it. But now, with a safety plan in place, you...
A window into a lifetime of poetry
Patrick Lane was one of Canada’s pre-eminent poets. His distinguished career spanned more than fifty years with twenty-five volumes of poetry, as well as award-winning fiction and non-fiction books. Our Chancellor, Shelagh Rogers, spoke...
Victoria Poems
What do you love doing most in Victoria? Is it late-night strolls along the breakwater? Post-film debates at your favourite local eatery? For City of Victoria Poet Laureate John Barton, it’s these things and...
Capturing community
Wild hair, pleated pants, bold patterns and low gas prices – Colin Newell captured everything in the eighties with his camera. It all started back in 1973 when Colin, a long-time staff member in...
Totally Fantastic Title
They say, “write the story you want to read.” Theatre alum Krista Wallace is taking that one step further. Now that she’s written what she wanted to read, she’s reading what she wanted to...