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“Water Lines: Landscape, Design, and Environmental Legibility”
How can design make hidden water systems visible—and political?
This talk traces water across rivers, pipes, dams, and dry landscapes to show how landscape architecture helps us read power, ecology, and public concern.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
B.C. “running out of electricity”? Not so fast.

Dr. Mark Zacharias breaks down what’s fact vs fiction in debates about EVs, heat pumps, and electrification—and what smart planning actually means for a net-zero grid. #UVicENVI
January 26, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Is B.C. really running out of electricity?

At this #UVicENVI seminar, Mark Zacharias breaks down claims about power shortages, drought-year imports, and electrification—and explains what the evidence actually shows.

A fact-based look at how B.C. can plan an affordable, reliable path to net-zero.
January 23, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Join Louise Blight at #UVicENVI seminar on bird–window collisions.
Window strikes kill ~25 million birds each year in Canada—second only to cats. A UVic study shows West Coast impacts can be worse, especially in fall & winter.
Learn which species are most at risk & which building fixes reduce deaths
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Join us at #UVicENVI seminar by Salvatore Curasi where he talks about climate change's effects on Arctic and boreal ecosystems, focusing on wildfires' impact on Canada's carbon cycle and plant traits' role in climate-carbon feedbacks in tundra ecosystems.
January 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Join us for the #UVicENVI seminar “The Political Ecologies of Fire” by Onyx Sloan Morgan, examining how colonial forestry policy & timber capitalism shape wildfire risk in BC, often excluding Indigenous law, using Indigenous feminist perspectives and case studies from lək̓ʷəŋən and syilx territories
January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
#UVicENVI grad student Rekha Marcus found real hope at COP30 — meeting youth leaders, Indigenous land defenders, and researchers in the Amazon. A good read on why these connections matter: news.uvic.ca/2025/environ...
Environmental studies grad student finds hope in the rainforest at COP30 - UVic News
Travelling to the United Nations climate summit deep in the Brazilian Amazon was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Rekha Marcus.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
There are no more #UVicENVI seminars until the new year! Watch this page for our upcoming speaker dates, beginning in January 2026.

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December 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
📣 Dec 3, 12:30–13:30 (NB time change) #UVicENVI
Dr. Kelsie Murchy (UVic Biology) shares new work using passive acoustic monitoring to track Arctic cod & other gadids. She’ll cover daily and seasonal sound patterns, species differences, and what this means for monitoring shifts in a warming Arctic
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join us for the #UVicENVI Colloquium on Nov 26, 11:30–12:30 in DTB B255.
Dr. Katherine Achacoso shares work on Surigaonon ecological knowledge, anti-colonial resistance, and futures beyond extractive systems.
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
⭐Announcing the CSHS Most-Cited Horticulture Paper! ⭐

Effects of postharvest deficit irrigation on sweet cherry in 5 Okanagan Valley, Canada orchards: II. Phenology, cold hardiness, fruit yield, and quality (Houghton et al.)

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August 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Great Year1 meeting with @anglersatlas, Juanes, @RockfishMecca, @MarineCons, students, and partners @UVICENVI to discuss rockfish #CitizenScience and #conservation through @FishOceansCAN’s BC Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund. [❄️in Victoria - what the 🐟?!]
November 29, 2024 at 9:01 PM
WOW! Funded #rockfish PhD @BiologyBSU using apps & #citizenscience to incr angler compliance w MPAs & descenderes in BC. Incl 1-2 mo field work. RT & DM if interested. Jan 2020 start. Collaboration w @MarineCons @ConserveGaliano @RockfishMecca @anglersatlas #Juaneslab @UVicENVI
November 29, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Graduating with an #envirosci degree? Have we got the summer job for you...@ubcscience @UVicENVI @ualbertaScience

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February 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Advance your skills, get outside. Now recruiting summer field techs!@ubcscience @UVicENVI @FlemingCollege @uog

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February 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Love data? Love aquatic inverts? Have we got the job for you... Now hiring!@UAlberta @ubcscience @UVicENVI @UCalgary

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February 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Dear @UVic staff, I support your #FreedomtoFeelSafe.

- @UVicGeog @UVicENVI @UVicSocialSci #Student

#StopSexualHarassment @uvicsecurity
November 22, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Well done @BStarzomski on winning Weebly award for Biodiversity of the Central Coast site!@HakaiInstitute @UVicENVI

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December 15, 2024 at 4:14 PM
#Mikmaq #Elsipogtog Speaking Tour @uvic Friday! @UVICNSU @UVicSocialSci @UVicFPH @UVicENVI @UVicEvents #fracking
November 23, 2024 at 1:36 AM