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The University of Victoria, often referred to as UVic, is the second oldest public

Public university

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research university in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

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. It is a research intensive university located in Saanich

Saanich, British Columbia

The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria. It has a population of 108,265 people, making it the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, and the seventh most populous in the province...

and Oak Bay

Oak Bay, British Columbia

Oak Bay is a municipality located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian Province of British Columbia, Canada. A member municipality of the Capital Regional District, it is a community east of and adjacent to the City of Victoria...

, about 8 km (5 mi) northeast of downtown Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

. The University's annual enrollment is about 20,000 students. UVic's campus is known for its innovative architecture, beautiful gardens and mild climate. The University attracts many students in part because of its size, its picturesque location, and its Cooperative Education, Earth & Ocean Sciences, Engineering, and Law programs. The University is also the province's second largest research institution and the nation's lead institution in the VENUS

VENUS

VENUS - http://venus.uvic.ca - is a cabled sea floor observatory operated out of the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The VENUS cabled ocean observatory is designed to provide new ways of studying the ocean...

and NEPTUNE

NEPTUNE

The NEPTUNE Canada project is the world’s first regional-scale underwater ocean observatory that plugs directly into the Internet. Since December 2009, it has allowed people to "surf" the seafloor while ocean scientists run deep-water experiments from labs and universities around the world. Along...

deep-water seafloor observatory projects.

The University is academically known for its research contributions by its School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, which has also helped predict and alleviate the impact of recent earthquakes around the world. The University of Victoria Law Programs has a long history of protecting human rights

Human rights

Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...

and the environment

Natural environment

The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....

, and has worked closely on a large number of precedent setting environmental

Environmental law

Environmental law is a complex and interlocking body of treaties, conventions, statutes, regulations, and common law that operates to regulate the interaction of humanity and the natural environment, toward the purpose of reducing the impacts of human activity...

and First Nations

First Nations

First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...

legal cases across Canada and around the world.

The Victoria Vikes

Victoria Vikes

The Victoria Vikes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Victoria of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.The Vikes have both men's and women's teams in the following sports:* Basketball* Cross country...

(more commonly known as the UVic Vikes or simply the Vikes) represent the University in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport is the national governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association...

(CIS) community in a number of competitive sports, as well as through a variety of intercollegiate leagues. The Vikes have especially long and eminent ties to competitive rowing

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

and basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

.

The University Of Victoria has been consistently ranked as Research University of the Year and as the Research University of the Decade by Re$earch Infosource. The University has climbed to 130th in the world and sixth place in Canada in the 2010 Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Times Higher Education World University Rankings

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings is an international ranking of universities published by the British magazine Times Higher Education in partnership with Thomson Reuters, which provided citation database information...

. UVic was the top-ranked university in Canada without an autonomous medical school in the THE rankings. The University has also been home to more than 40 faculty members who are Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

Royal Society of Canada

The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...

since the University of Victoria's founding.

History

University of Victoria was established on 1 July 1963 in Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

. Victoria College

Victoria College, British Columbia

Victoria College was a two-year college in Victoria, British Columbia founded in 1903 with sponsorship from McGill University. It was one of the first post-secondary institutions in British Columbia...

, which had been established in 1903 as a college of the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

gained autonomy and full degree granting status on March 1, 1963. The non-denominational university had enjoyed 60 years of prior teaching tradition at the university level as Victoria College

Victoria College, British Columbia

. This 60 years of history may be viewed conveniently in three distinct stages.
Between the years 1903 and 1915, Victoria College was affiliated with McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

, offering first- and second-year McGill courses in Arts and Science. Administered locally by the Victoria School Board, the College was an adjunct to Victoria High School and shared its facilities. Both institutions were under the direction of a single Principal: E.B. Paul, 1903–1908; and S.J. Willis, 1908–1915.

The opening in 1915 of the University of British Columbia, established by Act of Legislature in 1908, obliged the College to suspend operations in higher education in Victoria.
University of British Columbia was created in 1908. A single, public provincial university, it was modeled on the American state university, with an emphasis on extension work and applied research. The governance was modeled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was to provide a link between the two bodies and to perform institutional leadership.

In 1920, as a result of local demands, Victoria College began the second stage of its development, reborn in affiliation with the University of British Columbia.
Though still administered by the Victoria School Board, the College was now completely separated from Victoria High School, moving in 1921 into the magnificent Dunsmuir mansion known as Craigdarroch Castle

Craigdarroch Castle

Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, British Columbia, is a historic, Victorian-era Scottish Baronial mansion. The mansion was designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to its landmark status in Victoria.-Description:...

. Over the next two decades, under Principals E.B. Paul and P.H. Elliott, Victoria College built a reputation for thorough and scholarly instruction in first- and second-year Arts and Science. It was also during this period that future author Pierre Berton

Pierre Berton

Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist....

edited and served as principal cartoonist for the student newsletter, The Microscope.
The final stage, between the years 1945 and 1963, saw the transition from two year college to university, under Principals J.M. Ewing and W.H. Hickman.
During this period, the College was governed by the Victoria College Council, representative of the parent University of British Columbia, the Greater Victoria School Board, and the provincial Department of Education. Physical changes were many. In 1946 the College was forced by postwar enrollment to move from Craigdarroch to the Lansdowne campus of the Provincial Normal School (This is the current location of the Camosun College

Camosun College

Camosun College is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. As of 2009 it had over 12,500 full-time and part-time students between its Lansdowne and Interurban campuses. The Lansdowne campus provides university transfer and access programs, as well as career, technical and vocational...

Lansdowne Campus). The Normal School, itself an institution with a long and honourable history, joined Victoria College in 1956 as its Faculty of Education. Late in this transitional period (through the co-operation of the Department of National Defence

Department of National Defence (Canada)

The Department of National Defence , frequently referred to by its acronym DND, is the department within the government of Canada with responsibility for all matters concerning the defence of Canada...

and the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

) the 284 acre (1,1 km²) now 385 acre (1.6 km²) campus at Gordon Head was acquired. Academic expansion was rapid after 1956, until in 1961 the College, still in affiliation with UBC awarded its first bachelor's degrees.

In the early part of this century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced.

The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society.

The university gained its autonomy in 1963 as the University of Victoria. The University Act of 1963 vested administrative authority in a chancellor elected by the convocation of the university, a board of governors, and a president appointed by the board; academic authority was given to the senate which was representative both of the faculties and of the convocation.

University of Victoria's Arms were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority

Canadian Heraldic Authority

The Canadian Heraldic Authority is part of the Canadian honours system under the Queen of Canada, whose authority is exercised by the Governor General. The Authority is responsible for the creation and granting of new coats of arms , flags and badges for Canadian citizens, permanent residents and...

on April 3, 2001. The historical traditions of the university are reflected in the coat of arms, its academic regalia and its house flag. The BA hood is of solid red, a colour that recalls the early affiliation with McGill. The BSc hood, of gold, and the BEd hood, of blue, show the colours of the University of British Columbia. Blue and gold have been retained as the official colours of the University of Victoria. The motto at the top of the Arms of the University, in Hebrew characters, is "Let there be Light"; the motto at the bottom, in Latin, is "A Multitude of the Wise is the Health of the World."

Campus and grounds

The main Campus is located in the Gordon Head

Gordon Head

Gordon Head is a seaside neighbourhood in the District of Saanich. Gordon Head lies north of McKenzie Avenue and east of the Blenkinsop Valley. The University of Victoria is located partly within Gordon Head along the south-east boundary. Finnerty Road separates Gordon Head from the adjacent...

area of Greater Victoria. With a total area of 403 acre (163.1 ha), the campus spans the border between the municipalities of Oak Bay

Oak Bay, British Columbia

and Saanich

Saanich, British Columbia

. The original campus plan was prepared by the San Francisco architecture and planning firm of Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons. The general concept of the original design is still being followed with the academic portions of the campus located inside Ring Road which forms a perfect circle 600 m (1,969 ft) in diameter. Outside of Ring Road are the parking lots, Student Union Building, residence buildings, the sports facilities as well as some of the academic facilities that are more self contained (Law and Theatre for example).

The University's Cornett Building is an acclaimed example of architectural modernism

Modern architecture

Modern architecture is generally characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building. It is a term applied to an overarching movement, with its exact definition and scope varying widely...

on the campus. Home to many of the humanities

Humanities

The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....

, the Cornett Building boasts a long history of befuddling students who find themselves lost within its long corridors.

The following is a list of the more prominent buildings on campus:

Bob Wright Centre – the School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling & Analysis, Chemistry and Astronomy labs
Business and Economics Building – besides the obvious, this building also houses the offices of senior university administrators.
Clearihue – Faculty of Humanities, including the Departments of English, Philosophy, Linguistics, Greek and Roman Studies, Medieval Studies, Slavonic Studies, History, Women's Studies, Pacific and Asian Studies, and languages. Also included are student computing facilities, the UVic Computer Store, and classrooms. Clearihue is the oldest building on campus, originally constructed in 1962 and augmented by an addition in 1971. It is named after Joseph Clearihue
Joseph Clearihue
Joseph Badenoch Clearihue was a Canadian lawyer, judge, academic and politician.-Life:Clearihue was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1887. He was educated at Victoria High School before attending Victoria College, British Columbia in 1903, where he was one of the first to study at the college...

, who was chairman of Victoria College from 1947 until it gained university status in 1963.
Cornett – includes classrooms and the Departments of Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology.
Cunningham – includes the Department of Biology, a herbarium, numerous specialized research laboratories and the Centre for Forest Biology.

David Strong – classrooms, seminar rooms and the Mathews and McQueen auditorium.
Elliott – includes the Departments of Chemistry and Physics and Astronomy, as well as a number of classrooms and laboratories. The building is topped by the Climenhaga Observatory.
Engineering Buildings – includes the Engineering Office Wing, the Engineering Lab Wing and the Engineering/Computer Science building (ECS) – home to the Faculty of Engineering, which includes the Departments of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
Fraser – formerly known as the Begbie building – houses the Faculty of Law
University of Victoria Faculty of Law
The University of Victoria Faculty of Law is a law school at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The school grants JD, LLM, and PhD degrees in law.-Reputation:...

, the Institute for Dispute Resolution and the Centre for Pacific-Asia Initiatives. The building also houses classrooms, seminar rooms, a moot courtroom and the Diana M. Priestly Law Library.
Hickman – formerly called the Centre for Innovative Teaching – includes "Smart" classrooms featuring closed-circuit cameras and remote projection systems to link teachers and students with other classrooms.
Human and Social Development Building – Classrooms and offices for Child and Youth Care, Dispute resolution, Health Information Science, Indigenous Governance, Nursing, Public Administration, and Social Work.
Ian Stewart Complex – the main fitness facility. Includes tennis courts, an ice rink, an outdoor pool and a gym.
MacLaurin – includes the Faculty of Education and School of Music, as well some classrooms and the David Lam Auditorium.
McKinnon Gymnasium – the School of Physical Education, the main Gymnasium and an indoor swimming pool.
William C. Mearns Centre for Learning

Medical Sciences Building – the Island Medical Program
Island Medical Program - University of Victoria
The Island Medical Program at the University of Victoria is a program created by the province to increase the number of new physicians on Vancouver Island in British Columbia....

.
Petch Building – the Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, and School of Earth and Ocean Sciences.
Phoenix Theatre – the Theatre department.
University Centre – includes many administrative offices (Accounting, Payroll, Advising, Record Services) as well as the main public cafeteria, Maltwood art gallery and the Farquhar auditorium.
Sedgewick – Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (CAPI), Centre on Aging, Centre for the Study of Religion in Society, Centre for Global Studies; administration offices.
Social Sciences and Mathematics – houses the Departments of Geography, Political Science, and Mathematics, as well as the School of Environmental Studies.
Student Union Building – popularly known as "the Sub", it houses a movie theatre, food services, a bookstore, and the headquarters of several clubs and campus organizations, including a radio station (CFUV). There is also a student pub, Felicita's, and a defunct nightclub, Vertigo, which is now study space.
Army Huts – nine single-storey wood-frame utilitarian Second World War buildings (1940) on the northern part of the University of Victoria campus are on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada
Halpern Centre for Graduate Students – colloquially known as "The Grad Centre" the building houses the Graduate Student Society (GSS) general office, "The Grad House" restaurant which is open to the public, and the David Clode lounge. There is also a meeting space (boardroom) that can be booked by contacting the GSS Office.
First Peoples House – Anthropological Building in dedication of the First Nations peoples of British Columbia, and of all Canada.

The university also offers on-campus housing for over 3,200 students. A extensive variety of housing is available, including single and double rooms, apartment-style housing with four people per unit (Cluster Housing) and family housing (Lam Family Housing). One of the oldest buildings is named for General Sir Arthur William Currie. Construction on the South Tower Complex was completed in January 2011. The largest residence building in terms of capacity is Ring Road Hall, which holds 294 beds.

Much of the university estate has been dedicated to nature, notably Finnerty Gardens

Finnerty Gardens

Finnerty Gardens is a public woodland garden located on and maintained by the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Its main feature is the sizeable collection of rhododendrons artfully arranged throughout the 2.7 hectare site...

and Mystic Vale

Mystic Vale

Mystic Vale is a forested ravine that was acquired by the University of Victoria in 1993 and is located outside the ring road to the south east of campus. Its tree canopy is dominated by large specimens of Douglas-fir and grand fir. A few western red cedar also occur. Scattered among these conifers...

, a 4.4 ha (10.9 acre) forested ravine. The campus is home to deer, owls, squirrels, the occasional cougar and many other wild animals native to the area. The large population of domestic rabbit

Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...

s, which likely descended from abandoned house pets from the surrounding community, is a memorable feature of the campus. As of May 2010, the University has begun trapping and euthanizing

Animal euthanasia

Animal euthanasia is the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, an animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition. Euthanasia methods are designed to cause minimal pain and distress...

the rabbits as they have been known to put athletes at risk in the playing fields. It has been documented that local veterinarians have offered to perform neutering of the male rabbits. As of July 2011 the UVic campus is free of rabbits. 900 rabbits have been saved and sent to shelters.

Faculties and schools

Below is a partial list of divisions and faculties within the University of Victoria system.

Education
Engineering
Fine Arts, includes departments of History in Art, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts and Writing.
Graduate Studies (various faculties)
Human & Social Development
Child and Youth Care
Dispute resolution
Health Information Science
Nursing
Public Administration
Social Work
Humanities, includes the departments and programs of English, French, Germanic and Russian Studies, Greek and Roman Studies, Hispanic and Italian Studies, History, Linguistics, Medieval studies, Pacific and Asian Studies, and Philosophy.
Continuing Studies
Political Sciences & Economics
Medical Sciences
Science, includes the departments and programs of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics and Astronomy.
Social Sciences which includes Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Geography, Psychology, and Sociology.

Peter B. Gustavson School of Business

The Peter B. Gustavson School of Business is a business school at the University of Victoria located in the municipality of Oak Bay, British Columbia. There are currently 3,500 alumni in Canada and around the world....

– Formerly the Faculty of Business, renamed following a donation by local entrepreneur Peter B. Gustavson. This leading business School is one of the finest in Canada with a wide range of programs including the BCom, MBA

Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

and other business degrees, EQUIS

Equis

Equis may refer to:*European Quality Improvement System an international system of assessment and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration run by the European Foundation for Management Development....

accredited.

School of Earth & Ocean Sciences

The University's School of Earth & Ocean Sciences is the premiere underwater and marine institution in Canada and has produced a large number of influential findings in its history. The School of Earth & Ocean Science also collaborate with the VENUS and NEPTUNE research institutes. In addition to this the University was a founding member of the Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society, UVic maintains this field station on the west coast of Vancouver Island, which is jointly run by the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary.

School of Public Administration

The UVic School of Public Administration is western Canada

Canada

's leading government management school. The School specializes in its M.A., and PhD. programs but also offers a selective admission Minors Program. The innovative course structure of these programs has led numerous graduates to pursue careers in Finance Management, Government Administration, and Local Governance.

Law

UVic Faculty of Law is consistently ranked as one of the finest law schools in Canada and offers Joint M.B.A., M.P.A. degrees in association with the prestigious Juris Doctorate (J.D.) designation. In 2011 UVic Law was authorized to open a new research facility at Hakia Beach, BC in association with the Tula Foundation. UVic Law has been deeply involved with many of the Aboriginal, Ecological, and Environmental cases within British Columbia and continues this tradition today.

Engineering

One of the leading engineering institutes in the country allows students to specialize in the following disciplines: Computer Engineering

Computer engineering

Computer engineering, also called computer systems engineering, is a discipline that integrates several fields of electrical engineering and computer science required to develop computer systems. Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design, and...

, Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...

, Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...

, Computer Science and Software Engineering

Software engineering

Software Engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches; that is, the application of engineering to software...

Libraries system

The University of Victoria Libraries system is the second largest in British Columbia being composed of three 'on-campus' libraries, the William C. Mearns Center for Learning/McPherson Library, the Diana M. Priestly Law Library, and the MacLaurin Curriculum Library. The Library System has undergone significant growth in recent years as more of the University's operating budget goes towards library purchases and research. The University of Victoria Archives contains priceless collections from Imperial Japan, to carbon dated original manuscripts of the Sancti Epiphanii. The collection also boasts extensive histories of colonial Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

and the Colony of Vancouver Island

Colony of Vancouver Island

The Colony of Vancouver Island , was a crown colony of British North America from 1849 to 1866, after which it was united with British Columbia. The united colony joined the Dominion of Canada through Confederation in 1871...

among other documents. Recently, the library began to digitize some of its collections through the groundbreaking Summon Program, as well as adding a large art gallery. The UVic libraries collection includes 2.0 million books, 2.3 million items in microforms, plus serial subscriptions, sound recordings, music scores, films and videos, and archival materials.

Research

The University of Victoria is one of the foremost research institutions in Western Canada. From Climate Change to Life Sciences the University of Victoria is committed to the highest quality of research. In the 2010 Re$earch Infosource ranking of Canada's research universities, UVic topped all other comprehensive universities in Canada in two out of three measures of research performance over the last decade: growth in research income and growth in research intensity.

Bamfield Marine Research Station

The University maintains a field station on the west coast of Vancouver Island to conduct marine research. The facility is jointly run by the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. Undergraduates at the University of Victoria have full access to research and learning at this facility.

SEOS Oceanic Vessel

In 2011 the University, in collaboration with the provincial government purchased and modified a state of the art ocean vessel capable of launching 'deep sea submersibles' and conducting long range marine biology research expeditions. The 'floating laboratory' is undergoing upgrades and expansions currently and will be in service by late 2011.

VENUS/NEPTUNE

The School of Earth & Ocean Sciences is also home to the renowned VENUS

VENUS

and NEPTUNE

NEPTUNE

research institutes responsible for seismic, oceanic and climate change research.

Centre for Law

Located in the Greater Victoria area the University's legal centre provides free legal assistance to the disadvantaged as well as dealing with important environmental cases in British Columbia. The UVic Law Center is the only full-time, term clinical program offered by a Canadian law school. The Program reflects the Faculty's emphasis on integrating legal theory, legal skills, and community service while providing students with unique education and research opportunities.

University of Victoria Research Park

The University Of Victoria is the only institution in British Columbia to own and operate a research park. Located in the Greater Victoria, British Columbia

Greater Victoria, British Columbia

Greater Victoria is located in British Columbia, Canada, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. It is a cultural rather than political entity, usually defined as the thirteen easternmost municipalities of the Capital Regional District on Vancouver Island but also includes adjoining areas and...

area the Vancouver Island Technology Park is a state of the art, 35 acre commercial research facility. The venture allows the University to work with leading technology and biomedical companies while provided students with unparalleled research opportunities. The facility focuses on fuel cell, new media, wireless, and life science/biotechnological research. The UVic Genome BC Proteomics Centre and a number of other research institutes are based out of the research park. The Capital Regional District is a major commercial hub for technology companies.

Admissions

Admission to the University Of Victoria is based on a selective academic system, and results in a majority of admissions from all across Canada and indeed, the world. UVic requires all applicants to submit gross percentage averages to be considered for admission. The University welcomes qualified applicants studying under IB programs, AP programs or other international distinctions. The University of Victoria maintains one of the most careful admissions processes in British Columbia, but is able to offer scholarships & financial aid to a large number of accepted students.

International exchanges

The University Of Victoria has partnered with a number of research institutions to provide UVic students with the opportunity to gain research experience abroad. Both UVic undergraduate and graduate students may travel abroad with UVic's many partner universities. This international exchange programs develops the collegial yet international atmosphere at the University of Victoria, and promotes an exchange of information.

Rankings

Maclean's Magazine, a major Canadian news magazine, has ranked UVic as one of the top three comprehensive universities in the nation for three consecutive years. Its Faculty of Law has also ranked first in the country, 8 out of the last 11 years. Currently, it is ranked 4th by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. University of Victoria's MBA

Master of Business Administration

program is consistently ranked among the top 10 of its kind in the nation. UVic is British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

's second largest research university, after UBC, and is one of Canada's top 20 research institutions. According to ScienceWatch, UVic is nationally ranked first in geoscience, second in space science

Space science

The term space science may mean:* The study of issues specifically related to space travel and space exploration, including space medicine.* Science performed in outer space ....

and education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

, and third in engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

and mathematics

Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...

for the period of 2000–2004.

The Martlet student newspaper

UVic's oldest and most recognized weekly student newspaper, founded in 1948, is The Martlet

The Martlet

The Martlet is a weekly student newspaper at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. There are over a dozen employees on the payroll, but significant work is done by student volunteers . The Martlet is funded partially by student fees, and partially by advertisements...

. It is distributed all over campus and the Greater Victoria area. The paper is named after the legendary martlet bird, whose inability to land is often seen to symbolize the constant quest for knowledge, learning, and adventure. The Martlet is partly funded by student fees.

The University of Victoria Students Society (UVSS)

The University of Victoria Students' Society

University of Victoria Students' Society

The University of Victoria Students' Society , founded in 1963, is a student society that represents all undergraduate students at the University of Victoria...

is a student society which represents the UVic undergraduate student body, plans campus wide events and maintains the Student Union Building. The student society's leadership is elected annually during campus wide undergraduate student elections. As a multi-million dollar organization, the UVSS is among one of the larger student unions which exist in Canada.

The University of Victoria Graduate Student Society (GSS)

The GSS offers services and support for UVic's 3,000 Graduate students. The society publication is called "The Unacknowledged Source" and features content for and by Graduate students.

Radio station CFUV

CFUV is on-campus radio station focusing on the campus and the surrounding community. CFUV serves Greater Victoria at 101.9, and via cable on 104.3, Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

and many areas in the Lower Mainland

Lower Mainland

The Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding and including Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of 2007, 2,524,113 people live in the region; sixteen of the province's thirty most populous municipalities are located there.While the term Lower Mainland has been...

and northwestern Washington state.

Athletics

The University is represented by its team the Victoria Vikes

Victoria Vikes

, more commonly known as the UVic Vikes or simply the Vikes. Vikes teams participate in the Canada West Universities Athletic Association

Canada West Universities Athletic Association

The Canada West Universities Athletic Association is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and...

(CWUAA) (the western division of Canadian Interuniversity Sport

Canadian Interuniversity Sport

[CIS]) and in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

(NAIA).

The University currently has both men's and women's teams in each of the following sports:

Basketball
Cross Country & Track
Field Hockey
Golf
Rowing
Rugby
Soccer
Swimming

Sports Hall of Fame

UVic Charter Inductees are:

Lorne Loomer: Rowing Coach – Builder/Administrator
Wally Milligan: Men's Soccer Coach – Builder/Administrator
Gareth Rees: Rugby – Athlete Category
Ken Shields
Ken Shields (Canadian basketball)
Kenneth William Daniel Shields, CM is a basketball coach, the one with the most wins in Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's basketball history with the University of Victoria, and former head coach of Canadian national men's basketball team....

: Basketball – Coach Category
Kathy Shields: Basketball – Coach Category

Canadian Inter-University Sports(CIS) Championships

Men's basketball: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1997

Women's basketball: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2003

Men's cross-country: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Women's cross-country: 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Women's field hockey: 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2008

Men's soccer: 1976, 1988, 1997, 2004

Women's soccer: 2005

Canadian University Championship Titles

Men's rugby: 1998, 1999

Men's rowing: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009

Women's rowing: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Men's golf: 2003

Fight Song

Notable among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various events such as commencement and convocation, and athletic games is 'Rack and Ruin' a reminder of the tradition of the founding Victoria College.
"Rack and Ruin,
Blood and Gore,
Victoria College
Evermore!"

Frosh Week

The first week of school and a celebration of admission to the University. Originally, Frosh Week was celebrated by students in all faculties, but its current iteration is exclusive to individual departments; most notably engineering and commerce. Engineering Frosh is a week-long series of extra-curricular events organized by the Engineering Students' Society. Frosh familiarizes new students to the university, their upperclassmen, and their society in fun social events intended to ease the transition to university life.

Martlet icon

A martlet

Martlet

A martlet is a heraldic charge depicting a stylized bird with short tufts of feathers in the place of legs...

adorns many parts of the University of Victoria, including the crest, coast of arms, and flag. The legendary martlet bird's inability to land is often seen to symbolize the constant quest for knowledge, learning, and adventure. The oldest student newspaper on campus, The Martlet

The Martlet

, is named after the bird.

Sport clubs

UVic has 26 sport clubs which are administered by Vikes Recreation and run by students.

Presidents

W. Harry Hickman, 1963–1964 (acting)
Malcolm G. Taylor, 1964–1968
Robert T. D. Wallace, 1968–1969 (acting)
Bruce J. Partridge, 1969–1972
Hugh E. Farquhar, 1972–1974
Stephen A. Jennings, 1974 (acting)
Howard E. Petch, 1975–1990
David F. Strong, 1990–2000
David H. Turpin
David H. Turpin
David Howard Turpin, CM, FRSC was appointed the sixth President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Victoria, a university in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on 1 September 2000. This five-year appointment was in 2004 and 2009. For a complete and updated biography go to the .Dr...

, 2000–present

Notable faculty

Some of the University's noted faculty members, past and present, are:

Alan Astbury
Alan Astbury
Alan Astbury FRS is a Canadian physicist, professor emeritus at University of Victoria, and was director of the Tri-Universities Meson Facility laboratory....

, physics professor emeritus who played a part in the Nobel-prize winning discovery of a new subatomic particle and winner of the Rutherford Medal and Prize for physics
Mowry Baden
Mowry Baden
Mowry Baden is an American sculptor who has lived and worked in Canada since 1975.-Background and Art Practice:A 1954 graduate of Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California, Baden studied at Pomona College and Stanford University...

, sculptor and winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award in Visual Arts
David D. Balam
David D. Balam
David D. Balam is a Canadian astronomer and a research associate with University of Victoria's Department of Physics and Astronomy, in Victoria, British Columbia. Specializing in the search for Near-Earth objects, Balam is one of the world's most prolific contributors to this research; only two...

, astronomer and namesake of asteroid 3749 Balam
Benjamin Butterfield, internationally acclaimed operatic tenor
Brian Christie
Brian Christie (neuroscientist)
Brian R. Christie is a Michael Smith Senior Scholar and an Associate Professor of Medicine and Neuroscience at The University of Victoria...

, Associate professor of Medicine and Neuroscience and active researcher
Harold Coward, world-reowned scholar in religious studies and a president of Academy 2 of the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
William Gaddes, noted psychologist and one of the first specialists in learning disorders in British Columbia
Werner Israel
Werner Israel
Werner Israel, OC, FRSC, FRS is a Canadian physicist.Born in Berlin, Germany and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, he received his B.Sc. in 1951 and his M.Sc. in 1954 from the University of Cape Town. He received his Ph.D...

, physicist who discovered the important phenomenon of mass inflation, and together with Stephen Hawking, coeditor of two important celebratory volumes
Stephen Arthur Jennings
Stephen Arthur Jennings
Stephen Arthur Jennings was a mathematician who made significant breakthroughs in the study of modular representation theory, . His advisor was Richard Brauer, and his student Rimhak Ree discovered two infinite series of finite simple groups known as the Ree groups...

, mathematician who made significant breakthroughs in the study of modular representation theory
Mary Kerr, production designer for the 1994 Commonwealth Games
1994 Commonwealth Games
The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the...

opening and closing ceremonies
Patrick Lane
Patrick Lane
Patrick Lane is an award-winning Canadian poet. He has written in several other genres, including essays, short stories, and is the author of the novel Red Dog, Red Dog.-Biography:...

, poet and the recipient of almost every major Canadian literary prize
Hal Lawrence
Hal Lawrence
Harold Ernest Thomas Lawrence was a Canadian naval officer and author. He was born in the Corps of Royal Engineers barracks at Chatham, England; and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia.-Career:...

, World War II veteran and historian
Marshall McCall, scientist and expert on the chemical evolution of galaxies
Erich Mohr, researcher in experimental therapeutics for central nervous system disorders
Julio Navarro
Julio Navarro (astrophysicist)
Julio F. Navarro is a professor of Astronomy at the department of Physics and Astronomy in the University of Victoria. Dr...

, astrophysicist involved in formulating a density profile for dark matter halos
Jesse Read, musical conductor, composer, and bassoonist
Otfried Spreen, neuropsychologist and aphasia researcher
Don VandenBerg
Don VandenBerg
Don VandenBerg is a professor of Astronomy at the department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Dr. VandenBerg is internationally acclaimed for his work on modelling stars of different size and composition.Using basic input physics , Dr...

, internationally acclaimed astrophysicist for his work on modelling stars
Andrew Weaver
Andrew J. Weaver
Andrew J. Weaver is a climate modeller in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and a lead author of a chapter on Global Climate Projections in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. ....

, one of the world's leading climate researchers, member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which was co-awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along with former U.S. vice president Al Gore, and member of the British Columbia's Climate Action Team
Anne Zeller
Anne Zeller
Anne C. Zeller is a physical anthropologist who specializes in the study of primates. She received her M.A. and Ph.D from the University of Toronto....

, physical anthropologist specializing in the study of primates
Giselle O. Martin-Kniep
Giselle O. Martin-Kniep
Giselle O. Martin-Kniep is an American educator, researcher, program evaluator, and writer. As the president of Learner-Centered Initiatives, and the CEO of Communities for Learning: Leading Lasting Change previously called the Center for the Study of Expertise in Teaching and Learning...

, educator focusing on learning communities

Notable alumni

The University has over 88,000 alumni. Listed below are some of UVic's noted alumni:

Alumni in the arts

Kim Adams
Kim Adams
Kim Adams is a Canadian sculptor who creates assemblage in different scales. His visual style is influenced by industrial design, architecture and automotive design. His work incorporates the model railroading technique of kitbashing, and bright stock colours and prefabricated elements are...

, internationally known sculptor
Bill Burns
Bill Burns (artist)
Bill Burns is a Canadian artist.-Life and work:Bill Burns was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1957 and has lived and worked mostly in Toronto, Canada and London, England.Proving Machine and Floatation Device no.3, 2008...

, conceptual artist
Calvin Chen
Calvin Chen
Calvin Chen Yi Ru is a Taiwanese singer and actor. He is currently a member of the boy band Fahrenheit. His stage name is a homophone of his birth name....

, singer and actor as a member in the popular Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit
Rick Gibson
Rick Gibson
Rick Gibson is a Canadian sculptor and artist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and he studied Psychology at the University of Victoria. Between 1973 and 1974 he drew weekly comics for the student newspaper. After completing his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974 he moved to Vancouver, Canada. He...

, sculptor and performance artist
Amiel Gladstone
Amiel Gladstone
Amiel Gladstone is a Canadian playwright and director. A graduate of the University of Victoria, Gladstone is a founder of Theatre Skam, an alternative theatre company in Victoria, BC and is the former Artistic Associate at Caravan Farm Theatre and the Belfry Theatre...

internationally produced playwright and director
Aislinn Hunter
Aislinn Hunter
Aislinn Hunter BFA, MFA is a Canadian poetry and fiction author. She is married and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia....

, poet and fiction author
Erin Karpluk
Erin Karpluk
Erin Karpluk is a Canadian television actress. She is best known for her leading roles in Godiva's and Being Erica...

, actress current starring as Erica Strange on CBC's Being Erica
W. P. Kinsella
W. P. Kinsella
William Patrick Kinsella, OC, OBC is a Canadian novelist and short story writer who is well-known for his novel Shoeless Joe , which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams in 1989...

, novelist well-known for his 1982 novel Shoeless Joe which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams
Eva Markvoort
Eva Markvoort
Eva Markvoort was a young woman from New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada who died from cystic fibrosis at the age of 25...

, author who chronicled her life with cystic fibrosis which became the subject of the film 65 Redroses
Aaron McArthur, Global News
Global News
Global News is the news and current affairs division of Global Television Network in Canada, overseeing all local and national news programming on the network's eleven owned-and-operated stations .-National programs:...

BC television reporter
Hailey O'Neill, amateur comedian who played a major role in comedic relief during CTRFE 2010
Peter Outerbridge
Peter Outerbridge
Peter Outerbridge is a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Dr. David Sandstrom in the TMN series ReGenesis, as William in Saw VI and his role as Dan Farmer in Happy Town.-Life and career:...

, Genie-nominated actor in such movies as Kissed and Saw VI
Nilesh Patel
Nilesh Patel (filmmaker)
-Early life:Patel was raised in Prince George, British Columbia and attended Duchess Park Secondary School, where he was first exposed to the Brocket 99 audio tape. He attended the city's College of New Caledonia and then obtained a degree in molecular biology from the University of Victoria...

, noted filmmaker
Jessica Stockholder
Jessica Stockholder
Jessica Stockholder is a sculptor and installation artist who has had exhibitions in Europe and USA, her works, "challenge boundaries, blurring the distinction among painting, sculpture and environment, and even breaching gallery walls by extending beyond windows and doors".-Life and...

, artist
Peter Verin, UVic's resident 'philosopher'

Alumni in business

Stewart Butterfield
Stewart Butterfield
Stewart Butterfield is a Canadian-born entrepreneur and businessman. He co-founded the photo sharing website Flickr and its parent company Ludicorp with then-wife Caterina Fake. In March 2005 Ludicorp was acquired by Yahoo!, where Butterfield continued as the General Manager of Flickr until he...

, entrepreneur, businessman, and co-founder of the photo sharing website Flickr and its parent company Ludicorp
Peter Ciceri, former vice-president, Compaq
Compaq
Compaq Computer Corporation is a personal computer company founded in 1982. Once the largest supplier of personal computing systems in the world, Compaq existed as an independent corporation until 2002, when it was acquired for US$25 billion by Hewlett-Packard....

Computer Corporation, United States
Bob Cummings, Executive Vice-President, Guest Experience and Marketing of WestJet
WestJet
WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian low-cost carrier that provides scheduled and charter air service to 71 destinations in Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. Founded in 1996, WestJet is currently the second largest Canadian air carrier, behind Air Canada, operating an average of...
Richard Flury, former chief executive of BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
Mark Hill, co-founder and former vice-president, WestJet
WestJet
WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian low-cost carrier that provides scheduled and charter air service to 71 destinations in Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. Founded in 1996, WestJet is currently the second largest Canadian air carrier, behind Air Canada, operating an average of...
Jeff Mallett
Jeff Mallett
Jeffrey Mallett is best known for building internet giant Yahoo! from its start-up phase into the global franchise it is today...

, former president and chief operating officer, Yahoo
Tim Price, chair and director, Trilon Financial Corporation.
Sheridan Scott
Sheridan Scott
Sheridan Scott is the former Commissioner of Competition of the Competition Bureau of Canada. She joined the Ottawa office of law firm Bennett Jones in March 2009 after leaving the Bureau....

, vice-president, Bell Canada and former head of the Competition Bureau of Canada

Alumni in government and public affairs

George Abbott
George Abbott (politician)
George Abbott is a BC Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. He represents the riding of Shuswap, which he has held since 1996...

, British Columbia's Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
Rona Ambrose
Rona Ambrose
Ronalee "Rona" Ambrose, PC, MP is the Minister of Public Works and Government Services for Canada, Vice-Chair of the Treasury Board Cabinet committee, Minister of State for Status of Women Canada and Minister of Western Economic Diversification.In the previous Parliament, she was Canada's Minister...

, Federal Minister of Labour
Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, public policy scholar and editor of the Journal of Borderlands Studies
Ric Careless, one of British Columbia's leaders in wilderness preservation, named Environmentalist of the Year (1991) by Equinox Magazine and River Conservationist of the Year (1993) by American Rivers
Murray Coell
Murray Coell
Murray Coell is a BC Liberal MLA, representing the riding of Saanich North and the Islands, a suburb of Victoria. He previously served as the Minister of Environment, Minister of Labour, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development; Minister of Human Resources; Minister of...

, British Columbia's Minister of Human Resources and former mayor of Saanich
Rob Fleming
Rob Fleming
Rob Fleming is a Canadian politician who represents the riding of Victoria-Swan Lake in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Fleming was elected the British Columbia New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Victoria-Hillside in the 2005 British Columbia...

, member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Victoria-Swan Lake
Barbara Hall
Barbara Hall
Barbara Hall is a Canadian lawyer, public servant and former politician. She was the 61st mayor of Toronto, the last to run before amalgamation. She was elected mayor of the pre-amalgamation City of Toronto in 1994, and held office until December 31, 1997...

, mayor of Toronto (1994–1997)
Colin Hansen
Colin Hansen
Colin Hansen was Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier for the Canadian province of British Columbia from June 10, 2009 to March 13,2011. He had also served as Minister Responsible for Small Business since October 25, 2010. On November 30, 2010, he was additionally appointed as the Minister of...

, British Columbia's Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier
Derrick Haro
Derrick Haro
Derrick John Haro was a Canadian diplomat.*Full Name = Derrick John Haro *Profession = Canadian Diplomat*Political Party = Liberal*Religion = Roman Catholic...

, diplomat (1953–1993)
Gary Lunn
Gary Lunn
Gary Vincent Lunn, PC, MP is the former Canadian Member of Parliament for the British Columbia riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands. He served in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2011, first as a member of the Reform Party of Canada and subsequently as a member of the Canadian Alliance and the...

, federal Minister of State (Sport)
Lorna Marsden
Lorna Marsden
Lorna Marsden, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian sociologist, academic, and former politician. She is the former President and Vice-Chancellor of both Wilfrid Laurier University and York University, and a former senator.-Career:...

, former president of York University
Barry Penner
Barry Penner
Barry Penner, QC is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Chilliwack-Hope. He previously served as Attorney General of British Columbia, Deputy House Leader , and Minister of Environment and Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.Born in Kitimat in 1966,...

, British Columbia's Minister of Environment and former president of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER).
Andrew Petter
Andrew Petter
Andrew J. Petter is currently President of Simon Fraser University. He was formerly the dean of the University of Victoria's law school. He served briefly as Attorney General of British Columbia under the New Democratic Party government of Ujjal Dosanjh...

, Canadian constitutional law scholar, former Attorney-General of British Columbia, and current president of Simon Fraser University
Tamara Vrooman, former Deputy Minister of Finance of British Columbia and current Vancity
Vancity
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, commonly referred to as Vancity, is a member-owned financial institution in Vancouver, British Columbia and the largest English-speaking credit union in Canada...

CEO

Alumni in sports

Kirsten Barnes
Kirsten Barnes
Kirsten Barnes is a Canadian rower and Olympic champion.-External links:* at Sports Reference...

, winner of two Olympic gold medals in rowing in 1992 in Barcelona
Ryan Cochrane, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in men’s 1500m freestyle swimming
Stephanie Dixon
Stéphanie Dixon
Stéphanie Dixon is a Canadian swimmer. Prior to the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, Dixon had accumulated fifteen Paralympic medals and is considered to be one of the best swimmers with a disability in the world....

, swimmer, gold medalist in the Paralympic Games in Athens (2004) and Sydney (2000), and numerous medals in the Pan American Games
Kyle Hamilton, gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's eights in rowing
Steve Nash
Steve Nash
Stephen John "Steve" Nash, OC, OBC is a South African-born Canadian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association . Nash enjoyed a successful high-school basketball career, and he was eventually given a scholarship by Santa Clara...

, basketball player with the Phoenix Suns and two-time NBA most valuable player
Gareth Rees, CEO for Rugby Canada and Canada's all-time leading goal scorer in rugby
Ken Shields
Ken Shields (Canadian basketball)
Kenneth William Daniel Shields, CM is a basketball coach, the one with the most wins in Canadian Interuniversity Sport men's basketball history with the University of Victoria, and former head coach of Canadian national men's basketball team....

, former head coach of the Canadian national basketball team.
Alison Sydor
Alison Sydor
Alison Sydor is a retired Canadian professional cross country mountain cyclist. She began cycling at age 20 and is a graduate of the University of Victoria...

, three-time world mountain bike champion and recipient of the Velma Springstead Trophy as Canada's top female athlete in 1995 and 1996
Lauren Woolstencroft
Lauren Woolstencroft
Lauren Woolstencroft is a Canadian alpine skier. She is an electrical engineer working with BC Hydro. She graduated with an electrical engineering degree from the University of Victoria. She now resides in North Vancouver...

, eight-time Paralympics gold medalist in alpine skiing

Asteroid 150145 Uvic

The asteroid 150145 Uvic

150145 Uvic

150145 Uvic is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 23, 1996 by David D. Balam at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. The Asteroid is named for the University of Victoria.- External links :*...

was named in the university's honour on 1 June 2007. UVic was the first university in BC to have an asteroid named for it.

External links

Official website

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History

Campus and grounds

Faculties and schools

Peter B. Gustavson School of Business

School of Earth & Ocean Sciences

School of Public Administration

Law

Engineering

Libraries system

Research

Admissions

International exchanges

Rankings

The Martlet student newspaper

The University of Victoria Students Society (UVSS)

The University of Victoria Graduate Student Society (GSS)

Radio station CFUV

Athletics

Sports Hall of Fame

Fight Song

Frosh Week

Martlet icon

Sport clubs

Presidents

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

Alumni in the arts

Alumni in business

Alumni in government and public affairs

Alumni in sports

Asteroid 150145 Uvic

See also

External links