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Open your mind, transform our world. The Faculty of Humanities at UVic includes studies in English, philosophy, history, gender, languages, religion & culture.

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📣 Calling all University of Victoria Fine Arts grad students 📣

Apply now for the 2026 ONC/UVic Fine Arts ArtScience Fellowship — a paid opportunity bridging art and science to explore the environment, technology, oceans, and culture.

⭐ Apply: bit.ly/ONCJobs

#KnowTheOcean
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Still trying to unpack TS12? Our resident Taylor Swift expert is giving a sample lecture, "Who Is Taylor Swift's Showgirl?" at #ExploreUVic on November 29 - register at uvic.ca/explore 🎶🎤

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UVic’s resident Taylor Swift expert gives his opinion on ‘The Life of a Showgirl’
Dr. Stephen Ross, a professor of English at UVic, teaches  English 240: Introduction to a Major Author: Taylor Swift.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Congratulations to our long service award winners Dr. John Lutz and Dr. Mariel Grant (seen here celebrating with Associate Dean Academic Lisa Surridge). @uvichumanities.bsky.social
Dr. Mariel Grant and Dr. Lisa Surridge
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence program at the University of Victoria has received the Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity:

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Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence receives Robbins-Ollivier - Humanities - University of Victoria
UVic professor Stephen Ross received the Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity for the Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence program.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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🎉 Our very own Martin Holmes reached 30 years of service at UVic! His brilliance and expertise are invaluable to not just UVic and the HCMC, but to the whole field of digital humanities. Congratulations on your achievement, Martin!

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October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Revolutions, Noriega, Hypatia, and airborne invasions—Volume 4 of The Ascendant Historian is stacked. @uvic.ca history undergrads dig deep into turning points that shaped the world. Read the full issue here: journals.uvic.ca/index.php/co... #UVic #HistoryJournal
Promotional image for "The Ascendant Historian, Volume 4," UVic's Undergraduate History Journal. Two hands hold the journal against a green background. The cover shows a black-and-white photo of a pyramid under a dramatic sky. A blue banner on the left reads "New from UVic Publishing Services," followed by the journal title and description.
September 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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How did rich canadians get even richer? 📈

Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. In an article from @thetyee.ca, UVic income inequality researcher Peter Dietsch speaks about the uptick in executive pay.

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How Rich Canadians Got Even Richer | The Tyee
Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here?
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August 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here?

Hear from Peter Dietsch (@uvic.ca Philosophy) in @thetyee.ca:

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How Rich Canadians Got Even Richer | The Tyee
Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here?
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August 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Janis Cleugh (BA '93), a #UVicHumanities grad, is one of the journalists founding a new newspaper co-op:

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Former Unifor members laid off from Glacier Media papers launch their own newspaper co-op
VANCOUVER—Following the closure of Glacier Media’s digital community newspapers in April and May, which affected the jobs of Unifor Local 2000 members, journalists are now banding together to form a w...
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July 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Have you tuned in yet to the latest episode of the #Frontlines Podcast?🎙️

Jeff and Vivian discuss the significance of basket-weaving and her early challenges making baskets out of rivercane.

Check it out here: youtu.be/um_WsKJbI2U
Frontlines Are Everywhere | Ep. 14 - Vivian Garner Cottrell, Weaving a Rivercane Resurgence
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July 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Two philosophy grads will follow the @uvic.ca Vikes Men’s Soccer team for two years.

“Even if someone’s not played the sport, if even a sliver of a second you feel a little bit seen, I have completely accomplished [my task] as a filmmaker.” 🗨️ Raymond Dimmitt

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UVic philosophy grad shooting documentary on men’s soccer team
For the documentary’s director, deeper questions are at play than how the team performs at the championship.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Trevor Van Damme, @uvic.ca alum & former instructor with Greek & Roman Studies, has received the prestigious Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment for Archaeological Research from the Archaeological Institute of America!

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News - 2025 AIA Grant Spotlight: Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment for Archaeological Research - Archaeological Institute of America
AIA News news from the AIA
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July 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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“We are in danger of losing one of the most inspiring environmental success stories I know.”

@uvic.ca @uvichistory.bsky.social scholar Jason Colby on the declining Eastern North Pacific gray whale population in @seattletimes.com:

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#Oceans #MarineHistory
Gray whale populations plummet to lowest number in 50 years
Gray whales travel from the Arctic to Mexico each year. And they're not finding enough to eat, scientists say.
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July 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Hello, Victoria summer ☀️🦚🌊
June 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Ray Siemens, distinguished professor in English @uvic.ca, created the Wikipedian-in-Residence program with UVic Libraries in 2014, bridging academic and non-academic communities by consulting on Wikipedia pages, presenting lectures, and leading Wikipedia edit-a-thons:

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Wikipedian-in-Residence program led the way in open social scholarship - University of Victoria
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July 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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On May 22, Catherine Caws, a professor of French and Francophone Studies in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, was awarded the title of Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques for her instrumental role in the development of the French accréditations exams center @uvic.ca.
In Ottawa, Catherine Caws receives the Ordre des Palmes Academiques. The French ambassador to Canada speaks at a podium; behind him are three flags: the EU flag, French flag and Canadian flag. Catherine Caws stands in front of the Canadian flag; to her left are three other attendees.
June 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Today is #WorldRefugeeDay.

@uvic.ca historian Elizabeth Vibert's film Aisha's Story, which received the 2025 Audience Award for Mid-Length Documentary at Hot Docs, follows Palestinian refugee Aisha Azzam preserving traditional foodways at her grain mill in Jordan:

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I needed to make a film about Palestinian women persevering | CBC Arts
Elizabeth Vibert on telling Aisha's Story in her new documentary about a woman's quest to preserve her food culture in exile.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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@uvic.ca scholars—including @uvichcmc.bsky.social director @janellejenstad.bsky.social—are using digital tools to make science accessible through political uncertainty.

#DigitalHumanities #LibraryScience

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Making science accessible through political uncertainty - UVic News
In the digital age, data is the lifeblood of research and discovery. Too much research remains hidden behind paywalls. As the research community calls for
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June 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Developed through UVic’s Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project, this graphic novel tells Akram al-Saud’s story of surviving Syria’s Assad regime—told from memory.

Al-Fazia افلظ یع – the Horror comes out in 2026.

Learn more: news.uvic.ca/2025/graphic...

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Graphic novel shares Syrian survivor's story of imprisonment - UVic News
“I was thinking, why is my story is special? Why can it be represented in a graphic novel?”   For Akram al-Saud, a survivor of imprisonment and
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May 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Recognized for her leadership in mental health and teaching, UVic English Professor Rebecca Gagan has been named a 2025 3M National Teaching Fellow, Canada’s highest honour for post-secondary educators.

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UVic prof recognized nationally for transformative teaching  - UVic News
UVic English professor, Rebecca Gagan, has been named Canada’s 2025 3M National Teaching Fellow, the country’s highest honour for post-secondary educators. UVic prof recognized nationally for transfor...
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May 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The Royals are coming! Dr. Mariel Grant provides some insight into the significance of this visit. @uvichumanities.bsky.social www.uvic.ca/humanities/h...
May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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@uvic.ca English prof Rebecca Gagan, founder of UVic Bounce, has been named a 3M National Teaching Fellow - the country's highest honour for post-secondary educators.

Her philosophy is simple: teach with love.

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UVic prof recognized nationally for transformative teaching  - UVic News
UVic English professor, Rebecca Gagan, has been named Canada’s 2025 3M National Teaching Fellow, the country’s highest honour for post-secondary educators. UVic prof recognized nationally for transfor...
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May 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Historian Mariel Grant @uvic.ca on what to expect when King Charles opens Parliament:

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King Charles will open Canada’s Parliament next week. Here are 5 things to watch out for
King Charles will be the first monarch to deliver the speech from the throne since 1977. The world will be watching.
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May 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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"When I met Aisha, I realized her personal history was a microcosm of a wider colonial history and, at the same time, a story I knew—a story of strong women resisting those shackles."

@uvic.ca historian Elizabeth Vibert on making award-winning documentary Aisha's Story: www.cbc.ca/arts/elizabe...
I needed to make a film about Palestinian women persevering | CBC Arts
Elizabeth Vibert on telling Aisha's Story in her new documentary about a woman's quest to preserve her food culture in exile.
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May 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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@uvic.ca philosophy professor Eike Kluge spoke to CBC about medical ethics as the NWT medical record system is examined after 2 reported cases of snooping:

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May 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM