What Does It Mean to “Hold Space for Someone?”
The statement to hold space for someone is becoming more popular. But what does this mean? I have thought about…
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Thank you UVic Grad Students!
This month, graduate students at UVic voted 61.6% in favour of increasing our funding. We are humbled by this show…
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Today in International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day. February 11th likewise celebrated women – in particular, Women and Girls in the Sciences. As…
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Why graduate students need on-campus sexual violence resources
When we think of sexual violence on campus, we often imagine a bunch of undergraduate students, just old enough to…
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Dear UVic graduate students: we need your help
Dear graduate students, This March 6th to 8th, you will have the chance to vote to provide further funding to…
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Discussion with a dataset
Like many of you, I am always pleased to go out and observe nature and wildlife. As a child, I…
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We’re hiring an Outreach Coordinator!
We’re hiring an Outreach Coordinator to join our fabulous team! It’s a 20 hour a week position that pays $24.39/hr…
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Field dreams
Above image: 2018 Kitasoo/Xai’xais biocultural survey crew including Vern Brown, Santana Edgar, Stephen Neasloss, Sarein Basi-Primeau, Chantal Pronteau, Rosie Child, Sam…
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From field to lab – preparing 2018 bear hair for stable isotope analysis
Above image: The prepared samples (tin capsules filled with ~3mm of hair) ready to be sent for analysis. Each sample…
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Advancing non-invasive approaches for monitoring wildlife: considering the ethics of developing new techniques
A theme that underlies our research in the Applied Conservation Lab is that we aim to apply methods that are…
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January 24, 2019
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Meet the team of applied conservation scientists at the University of Victoria
Last year the Raincoast lab at UViC marked an important new milestone with the creation of the Raincoast Chair in…
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Do you want to hug?
Hugging. Some of us hug our friends, our partners, our family and even people we’ve just met. Some us just…
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Today a crowd united on the traditional territory of the WSANEC peoples to remember the lives of fourteen women gunned…
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Fall 2018 Term Summary
Another semester is almost done, and we congratulate all of you on finishing your semester, whether you got through your…
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Catching up with Olympian, biochemist, and nerd, Gillian Carleton
We caught up to Gillian Carleton this fall to talk about sports, training, recovering from injury, and the life of…
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The Salish Sea Emerging Stewards kick off
We’re very excited to be kicking off the Salish Sea Emerging Stewards Program this week with youth from the Indigenous…
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We’re hiring a (temporary) Support Coordinator!
We’re hiring a Support Coordinator to join our fabulous team! This is a 1-year, temporary position that will run until…
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Resource Review: Zines for people who have caused harm
***This blog post was written by AVP volunteer Anabelle Bernard Fournier When you visit the AVP office or support space…
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We’re hiring a work study student!
We’re hiring a work study to join our fabulous team for the 2018/19 school year! We have 340 hours at…
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August 27, 2018
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We’re hiring a new volunteer lead!
We’re hiring a new Volunteer Lead (Outreach Officer) to join our fabulous team! It’s a 10-15 hour a week student…
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Trail running to safeguard the Nadeea tenure
The day of the XTERRA trail run felt full of exciting successes – I finished the run under my goal…
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Giordano Corlazzoli: Running for Coastal Carnivores
Hello there! My name is Giordano, but most people know me as Gio. This summer I am embarking on a…
