University of Victoria - Annual Review 2007

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The University o Victoria is the university o choice oroutstanding students, aculty and sta who aspire to improvetheir world through exceptional learning and teaching,innovative research and real-li e engagement within awelcoming and spectacular West Coast environment.


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wo weeks a er this exciting event, when the UNIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sharedthe 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Mr. Gore, we hadthe pleasure o congratulating an impressive numbero UVic-based aculty or their involvement with theIPCCa power ul acknowledgement o our leading international role in climate change research.O course, these events do not encompass the vastdiversity o research conducted at UVic, but they dem-onstrate our commitment to improving our society, andthe international leadership we have attained throughthe pursuit o this goal.Tis years annual review highlights many o the other points o excellence o which we can be proud, across abroad range o our activities.

Te achievements o our aculty, sta , and students would not have been possible without the support o our many community partners. Te continued supporto governments, oundations, corporations and individ-uals has allowed us to grow and build a vibrant and wel-coming university. From across Canada and around the world, UVic attracts students and aculty who aspire toimprove their world through exceptional learning andteaching, innovative research and real-li e engagement.I invite you to share in their accomplishments.

David H. urpin, PhD, FRSCPresident and Vice-Chancellor

Im constantly amazed by the accomplishments o ourstudents in both their academic and extracurricularactivities. This September, or example, three Universityo Victoria students were instrumental in bringing ormerUS Vice President Al Gore to speak in Victoria, and provided

me with the opportunity to introduce him to a gatheringo over 1,000 aculty, sta , students and communitymembers. Beyond the environmental theme o Mr.Gores address, I was struck by how central our own core

unctions as a universityteaching and researchareto his message. Our university is one o many invaluableresources charged with the constant renewal o human potential, through education and research.

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Applied Theatre graduate student Emily Story neverthought her drama practise would contribute tohealth research. Story worked with undergraduatesto put the health challenges o homeless womenin the spotlight as part o the theatre in context

program. Taking per ormance o the stage and intothe community, UVics Applied Theatre program appliesto teaching, community planning, museums andhistorical sites, correctional services and health care.

This innovative approach resulted in a three-year grantrom the Social Sciences and Humanities Research councilor theatre per ormances that put the spotlight on the

preconceived belie s o seniors andtheir amilies about the sa etyo older drivers. Dr. WarwickDobson, University Scholar inApplied Theatre, who leadsthe project alongwith Dr. HollyTuokko romUVics Centre onAging, says thestudy presentsan invaluableresearchopportunity.

(L to R) Samantha James and Krista Hagstrom per ormin ront o Applied Theatre students. At lower le t: actor

Samantha James and writer Emily Story.P f APPliedTheATre

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r a - a n nStudents at the University o Victoria participate in one o the largest experiential learning programs in the country. Our diverseco-op, practicum, work-study, clinical education, service learning, laboratory and eldwork opportunities provide students withrelevant, engaged and practical learning experiences ar beyond the classroom. Our strength in real-li e learning builds on thesupport o businesses, government and community organizations who provide placements locally and around the world.

Enhancing graduate studiesTe University o Victorias graduate program re-ceived tremendous support rom the BC Ministryo Advanced Education, which is unding 170 newgraduate students or 2007/08. Tese talentedresearchers will take advantage o expanded schol-arship opportunities and UVics extensive capitalinvestments in state-o -the-art laboratories. As in-dividuals and vital members o research teams, ourgraduate students will have a signi cant, positiveimpact on the uture prosperity, health and well-being o our community, province, and country,reports Aaron Devor, dean o graduate studies.In May 2007, UVic urther expanded its gradu-ate opportunities when it joined an elite groupo universities including Harvard and MI bysigning an agreement with the Chinese Ministryo Education establishing pre erred status withthe China Scholarship Council. UVic is only thesecond university in Canadaand the only onein BCwith this designation, which will drawtalented graduate students rom Chinese universi-ties to study at UVic.

Taking exploration to new depths

Te all-volunteer, student Autonomous Under- water Vehicle Design eam (AUVic) recently won

two prestigiousnational engineer-ing awards orInnovative Designand echnicalExcellenceat the2007 CanadianEngineering Com- petition. AUVicbrings Univer-sity o Victoriaundergraduates in

mechanical, electrical, so ware and computer en-

gineering together to create an innovative underwater vehicle. Te teams submersible uses multiplesources o navigational in ormation, arti cialintelligence, and vision and sonar tracking systemsto per orm intelligent tasks underwater, withouta tether or human operatora eature never seenbe ore in underwater exploration.

Excellence in distance educationIndigenous communities across Canada drawon centuries o tradition, and UVics Indigen-ous Social Work Specialization taps into thosetraditions through a unique course taught on

campus and online. Indigenous Approaches toHealing and Helping provides third-year social

work students with a virtual classroom wherethey can meet and interact with each other and with elders, political leaders and human service workers about social, cultural, environmental andidentity issues a ecting their communities. Social work pro essor Robina Tomas says the course, which was recently awarded the Commonwealtho Learning Excellence in Distance EducationAward, allows students to solidi y their learning in a way that honours the traditional teachings o their ancestors.

Booking an international experience

UVic students are gaining international businessexperience through a unique co-op program thatteams Abebooks, the Internets largest market- place or new, used, rare and out-o -print books, with UVics Faculty o Business Co-op and CareerCentre. Students work at Abebooks Canadianand European o ces, and study at UVic and ourassociated university in Dusseldor , through a program that links the universitys internationalco-op and academic exchange programs withAbebooks' global operations. One o the largestexperiential programs in Western Canada, our co-operative education program links education with

relevant, paid work experience in more than 40academic areas and 31 countries around the world.

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Eight months co-op experience with a green developerwas enough to convince UVic business student David Jawl that sustainable development would be part o his uture. Jawl spent two our-month work terms atWindmill Westpartner in Dockside Greenworking

hard learning about their triple bottom line approachto development, which evaluates net bene ts topeople, pro t and planet. Among other tasks, he helpeddevelop Docksides sustainability report, executed

nancial/environmental cost analyses, and researchedsustainable technologies. I was constantly absorbingin ormation and constantly trying to learn more, says Jawl. Passing the LEED (Leadership inEnergy and Environmental Design)accreditation exam during the last

days o his work term, Jawl hassince started organizing theLEED documentation

or Dockside Greenand now worksas an ownersrepresentativeon site.

(L to R) David Jawl and Joe Van Belleghem,partner in Windmill West, discuss the

Dockside Green development.P f exPerieNTiAlleArNiNg

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in p n t ac nThe quality o our teaching has set the University o Victoria apart, securing our reputation as a supportive and stimulatinglearning community where students can realize their ull potential. Supported by the resources o a comprehensive researchuniversity, our aculty bring the ruits o their investigations into an engaging classroom setting that encourages creativeproblem solving and original thought. Our students consistently rank their learning experience among Canadas nest.

Learning to love enquiry When you are resh out o high school, how do youchoose a direction in university? First-year human-ities students at UVic are getting some help roman innovative course that exposes them to a widerange o disciplines through lectures and tutorials, while boosting skills in reading, critical thinking,interpretation and cultural awareness. Humanities120 introduces students to humanistic enquiryand the nature and value o intellectual li e as wellas exploring di ering religious, environmentaland philosophical perspectives. In the second o three pilot years, the course is already making adi erence or students. Teyre excited about theideas theyre exploring, says Governor General'sAward-winning pro essor Jan Zwicky, humanities,And theyre learning to ask really interesting questions.

National leader in Aboriginal Law John Borrows' passion or Indigenous law hashelped to establish UVic's Faculty o Law as anational leader in Indigenous legal educationand earned him the admiration and respect o hisstudents and colleagues. Borrows is Law Founda-tion Pro essor o Aboriginal Justice and Govern-ance at UVic, and was recently named a Fellow o

the Royal Societyo Canada. He hastaught at prestigiousuniversities in Can-ada and abroad, andis widely regarded asthis country's lead-ing Indigenous legalscholar. Borrowsdraws on his exten-sive knowledge o

Indigenous legal traditions to inspire his studentsto pursue their own academic and career goals

with similar enthusiasm and dedication.Provocative research, critical acclaim When your research involves the cultural historyo sexuality, impotence, contraception, eugenicsand crime, you can expect to raise a ew eyebrows.Angus McLaren, pro essor o history at UVicsince 1975, and Fellow o the Royal Society o Canada, has done much more than that. Hehas developed an international reputation as adistinguished historian, and his work has receivedcritical acclaim in such diverse publications asTe Economist , theSunday imes, theChronicle of

Higher Education, and the New England Journal of Medicine. His most recent book, Impotence: A

Cultural History, draws on an extraordinarily widerange o literature and re erences to challenge the way we think about this age-old a iction.

Teaching excellence goes with the owFor David Sinton, going with the fow means ma-nipulating minute amounts o liquid in miniatur-ized systems no bigger than a human hair. It alsomeans encouraging excitement about the physicso fow during classtime. Sinton, who teachesmechanical engineering, is a recent Faculty o Engineering Excellence in eaching Award winneras well as a recipient o two national awards or

outstanding research work. He also recently estab-lished a state-o -the-art microfuidics laboratory atUVic, with unding rom the Canada Foundation

or Innovation and BC Knowledge DevelopmentFund, in order to advance research with promising applications in the development o new biomedicaldevices and uel cell technologies.

John Borrows, Trudeau ellow, FRSC.


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Opening doors between the university and community,and between Aboriginal students and aculty issomething that comes naturally or Amanda Lalibert,third-year visual arts student. Its a big part o myli e, says Lalibert o her work with the Mtis Nation

youth group she helped to launch, and with UVicsNative Students Union. Lalibert recently received theUniversitys Blue and Gold award, which recognizesexcellence both in and out o the classroom, or hervolunteer work with Aboriginal organizations on campusand in the community, and or her high academicachievement. Lalibert has nurtured the connections shemade with local Mtis youth into lasting riendshipsbecoming a mentor and role model whilevolunteering with the Anti-dote Gurlz

Club, a grassroots network oundedby UVics Department o WomensStudies that promotes the needs o racialized minority and Aboriginal

emales in Greater Victoria. Herinvolvement with Anti-doteis just one way Lalibert iscreating a sense o community

or students, members o thecommunity and aculty alike.

(L to R) Anti-dote participantsBianca, Lexuan, Cree-Wynd,

Amanda and Melanie.P f CommuNiTyiNvolvemeNT

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en n nta app cat nMany o the changes in our society have placed our natural and social systems under stress. The protection o the environment,health and social well-being, among other issues, demand our attention. Addressing these issues is undamental to the sustainabilityo our society and requires solutions rom across our academic disciplines. UVic's environmental achievements and basic scienceresearch have duly garnered international praise, even as we continue to take strides to meet the challenges o the uture.

Undersea observatoryData continue to stream in rom the ocean asthe seafoor observatory Victoria ExperimentalNetwork Under the Sea (VENUS) marks itssecond year o operation. Since the deploymentin February 2006 o bre-optic cables andunderwater instruments including cameras andacoustical apparatus in Saanich Inlet, the VENUS project team has been installing a larger array o cable and instruments in the Strait o Georgianear Vancouver. Researchers rom around the world are using VENUS or teaching and study,as the acility allows continuous, 24/7 monitoring o BCs near-coast environment. Enter the oceanonline at venus.uvic.ca.

Searching the ocean depthsIn August 2007, the French cable-laying ship Ile de Seinbegan installation o BCs WestCoast o the worlds rst regional cabled oceanobservatory. Once again, UVic is at the ore ronto oceanographic research, leading the Canadiancomponent o the North-East Paci c ime-seriesUndersea Networked Experiments (NEP UNE).Much o the equipment and technology isbeing designed, manu actured and installedby Alcatel-Lucent and its main subcontractorsthrough a $50-million contract with NEP UNE

Canada. Te development and installation o theobservatory is being unded through signi cantgrants rom the Canada Foundation or Inno- vation and the BC Knowledge Development Fund.In late summer and early all o 2007, an 800-kmloop o cable was laid on or partially buried inthe ocean foor o the West Coast o VancouverIsland to depths o 2,600 metres. Te powered,

bre-optic cable system will eventually link veseafoor laboratories or nodes hosting morethan 200 instruments, sensors and robotics whenNEP UNE Canada goes live in late 2008. Tisscience megaproject will provide researchers and

the public with a deeper understanding o platetectonics, seismic activity, marine ecosystems,and changes in ocean chemistry and climate byinstantly sending in ormation and images up romthe depths to viewers via the Internet, 24 hours aday, 7 days a week, or the next 25 years or longer.

Harnessing wave powerHarnessing the energy o fowing rivers isnt theonly way to convert water power into electricity.UVic engineering pro essor Dr. A zal Suleman isbringing the day closer when we can use natural pressure changes at the ocean foorcaused by

the motion o the water aboveto provide endless waves o clean electrical energy. Prototype devices

developed by Suleman and his team, including graduate student Julio Rodriguez, demonstratedthe potential to produce signi cant energy. In January 2007, Suleman and his colleagues wereawarded a grant rom the Natural Sciences andEngineering Research Council to continue their work on these promising devices.

Big bang in reverseTe worlds biggest scienti c experiment willstart next year, and UVic researchers have playedan integral role since the 1992 inception o this pioneering project. Involving nearly 2,000 physi-

cists rom universities and laboratories aroundthe world, A LAS will allow researchers to study particle collisions that recreate Big Bang like con-ditions, where protons will be accelerated around a27-km circular tunnel near Geneva. UVic physics pro essor Dr. Michel Le ebvre acted as ounding spokesperson o the A LAS-Canada collabora-tion, and UVic adjunct pro essor and Institute o Particle Physics scientist Dr. Robert McPhersonis its current spokesperson. UVic researchers willcontinue to lead the nal tests o the equipment,and urther re ne the power ul computing toolsthat will distribute and analyse the data A LAS

will be collecting or years to come.

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In pursuit o cleaner air, a team o graduatestudents is measuring air quality indicators inpeoples homes, backyards, vehicles and places o work. Led by UVic geography pro essor Dr. PeterKeller, graduate students Eleanor Setton, Karla

Poplawski and Christy Lightowlers work togetherwith community health care partners to examine therelationships between health risk and air quality.

Part o the ambitious Canada-U.S. Border Air QualityStudy (BAQS), the UVic teams research aims to reduce thepollution that contributes to poor air quality inthe Georgia BasinPuget Sound airshed,including the Capital Regional District,Greater Vancouver area and northernWashington State. The combinedgeographic and health data providedby the BAQS project will beo vital importance inunderstanding healthrisks rom air pollution asthe regions populationrises rom six millionto a projected ninemillion by 2020.

Eleanor Setton, Karla Poplawski and ChristyLightowlers gather air quality data.

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Protein research strides towardsearly breast cancer detection With new, state-o -the-art instrumentsand eight moreminds to stretchtheir potential, theUVic-Genome BCProteomics Centreis expanding in a way that lives upto its reputation

as a world-class proteomics researchacility. Proteomics, the study o the structure andunction o proteins, is applicable to elds such

as health, agriculture, sheries and orestry. Tecentre is playing a leading part o an $11.4-millionmulti-year grant to develop a new technology orearly detection o breast cancer by measuring andtesting blood proteins with suspected links tobreast cancer. UVic is the only Canadian univer-sity involved, sharing the stage, and common goal, with world-leading programs at MI , HarvardUniversity, the Plasma Proteome Institute in

Washington, DC, and the Fred Hutchinson Can-cer Research Center in Seattle.

In orming Canadas drug control policyand treatment programsA recent study conducted in seven cities revealsthat prescription opioidscommonly prescribed pain-killers such as morphine, Demerol, ylenol 3or 4rather than heroin, orm the major patterno illicit opioid use in Canada. Tese ndings arehelping to re ne the ocus o prevention and treat-ment programs as well as policy or opioid misusein Canada. Te study, led by Dr. Benedikt Fischero the Centre or Addictions Research (CARBC)at the University o Victoria and unded by the

Canadian Institutes o Health Research (CIHR), provides the scienti c evidence needed to improve public policy and treatment programs. Suchresearch is key to ultimately improving the healtho Canadians, says Dr. Rmi Quirion, scienti cdirector o the CIHR Institute o Neurosciences,Mental Health and Addiction.

Mapping the brainBreakthroughs are near as UVic biology mastersstudent Emanuela ura experiments with a new way o mapping the schizophrenic brain. urais using unctional magnetic resonance imaging

( MRI) to identi y the damage caused by certainmutations in brain circuitries and activation

patterns among people a ected by schizophrenia.Unlike an MRI, which gives an image o the insideo the brain, the MRI produces an overlay o thebrains activity and its topography. uras researchhelps to reveal the underlying biological mechan-isms o schizophrenia and may lead to new ways o communicating with people a ected by motor-language impairments. Dr. Nigel Livingston,director o CanAssist says, We will be able to develop some technology and create some solutionsbecause o this. UVic is orming partnerships with the Vancouver Island Health Authority andthe University o Cali ornia at Irvine to give UVic

researchers urther medical imaging resources inorder to expand this kind o research.

Helping us all age wellA donation o $2.25 million rom two UVic gradu-ates will und urther research into the processo aging, ensuring that UVic is at the ore ronto national research in this eld. Te gi romDr. Erich Mohr (PhD 82) and Dr. Shelley Mohr(BA 84) will establish a research chair, named orErich Mohrs parents, to be held by a world-classscholar who will lead the universitys participationin research initiatives, including the Canadian

Longitudinal Study on Aging.

B n a a t c tThe health o society is o paramount concern to graduate student and aculty researchers at the University o Victoria. Researchand innovation programs in the health and li e sciences can be ound throughout UVic, rom cutting-edge research at GenomeBC that may speed detection o breast cancer to the training o new doctors in the Island Medical Program. The many UVicresearch centres devoted to health issues build on the expertise o our aculty, and enhance their ability to improve our lives.

Dr. Christoph Borchers is the directoro the UVic-Genome BC Proteomics

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The right technology has made a big di erence orMelissa Sephton, in the world and in the classroom.Melissa has cerebral palsy, limiting her movementand coordination. Unable to rely on her hands topoint or activate switches, Melissa now uses a tiny

eyeglass-mounted laser pointer, built by Darcy Laneo CanAssist ( ormerly UVATT), to communicate withher teachers and classmates. Once restricted to aspecialized learning environment, Melissa can nowparticipate in a regular classroomand at home,her laser pointer turns on lamps and the television.

Since 1999, CanAssists interdisciplinary team o students,researchers, aculty and sta has worked withcountless community members to design,build and modi y assistive devices or peoplewith disabilitiesproviding individualsolutions which would be difcult to developin the private sector. Many o these technologieshave attracted national and internationalrecognition, and in July 2007, CanAssistreceived a $750,000 provincial grantto increase their capacity to providecustomized assistive solutionsto those with special needs.

Teacher Peggy Yorke works with Melissausing a customized pointing device.At lower le t: Darcy Lane.P f CANAssisT

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C at n b n pp t n tThe discoveries and innovations emanating rom universities pro oundly afect the well-being o society as well as our nationscompetitiveness on the international scene. The University o Victoria has become a leading Canadian research university by promotingthe mobilization and application o knowledge or societal bene t. Our university is well-positioned to support the developmento the major national and international research initiatives we will need to embark upon in order to secure a prosperous uture.

Helping communities under stressTe University o Victorias Dr. AnaMara Peredo is a pioneer in the eldo community-based entrepreneur-ship, sustainabledevelopment andthe alleviation o poverty. One o only two Canadian winners o the

Western Academy o Managements 2007 Ascend-ant Scholar Award, Peredo explores ways in which poor communities under stress can create busi-nesses that improve peoples lives. Be ore coming to Canada, she worked with UN and Europeandevelopment agencies in Peru, developing micro-credit and income-generation projects or women.Currently, her research aims to extend her earlier work on how poor communities can promote theirown development by drawing on their culture andtraditions to create novel orms o enterprise.

Innovation builds communityHow do you turn a brilliant idea into a solidbusiness venture? Post-secondary students andresearchers across Vancouver Island turn to UVicsInnovation and Development Corporation (IDC).Since 1992, the IDC has linked universities andcolleges, researchers, government and community,trans orming great ideas into commercially viableenterprises. Te IDCs mandate is to move re-search into the public and private sectors through partnerships, licensing o technologies and thecreation o spin-o companies. It provides a widerange o pro essional and technology-trans erservices to graduate and undergraduate students,researchers, and sta rom UVic, Royal RoadsUniversity, Camosun College, and MalaspinaUniversity-College. IDC helps inventors andcreators protect and market their intellectual property, and supports fedgling companies as theygrow. In the past ve years, IDC has put orwardover 270 patent applications and helped establishover 50 university spin-o companies. Some o them operate rom the Vancouver Island echnol-ogy Park, a UVic-owned acility or high-techresearch and development.

Tech Park boosts economyby $280 millionUniversity o Victoria-owned Vancouver Island

echnology Park (VI P) is an economic power-house or the province o BC. An impact studycompleted in December 2006 ound that the parkhad generated $280 million in direct, indirect andinduced revenue, and supported more than 2,000local jobs in 2005. VI P, a highly acclaimed centreo academic and biotech excellence, acilitatesthe growth o technology on Vancouver Island bylinking local resources with emerging or growing

tech companies. Predicting even greater growthover the coming years, the impact report showshow signi cant the high tech industry has becometo Vancouver Islands economy.

Dr. Ana Mara Peredo specializes incommunity-based entrepreneurship.

Expanding socialand economicopportunity.


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Leah Tremains passion or literacy is helping BCamilies discover the joy o reading. This year, through

organizations such as Books or BC Babies and the BCMinistry o Education, 50,000 British Columbia amilieswill receive Tremains DVD production I Love When

You Read or ree. A ter completing her MEd at UVic,the sel -styled mom-trepreneur started her company,Tremain Media, Inc., to develop relevant, timelyeducational media or schools, universities, librariesand non-pro t groups. Guidance and assistance romUVics Innovation and Development Corporation (IDC)has been instrumental in the companyssuccess. IDC has been an excellentresource or us, says Tremain, Itsa very productive partnership.

Tremain Medias success earnedher the rst annual BC Chambero Commerce Young Entrepreneuro the Year Award in 2007.

Leah Tremain works with young childrento produce educational media.P f eduCATor ANdeNTrePreNeur

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s c a p ntThe University o Victoria is known or its strength in community-based researchworking with our local communities to developinitiatives that can be applied throughout Canada and abroad. This year, we enhanced our position o leadership in research collaborationswith public, private and community sector partners by launching Canadas rst comprehensive, university-wide community-based researchunit, which will gather and disseminate the results o our groundbreaking work studying and improving the world in which we live.

Eradicating the use o child soldiersIn 30 countries around the world, up to 30,000children are serving as soldiers, human minedetectors, porters, spies and messengers in adultconficts. Tis summer, three University o Vic-toria aculty traveled to Ghana to join Canadianhumanitarian Romo Dallaire and other pro es-sionals rom around the world to develop and testinnovative ways o eradicating this abuse. Drs.Sibylle Artz and Marie Hoskins rom the Schoolo Child and Youth Care, and Dr. Philip Lancas-ter, adjunct pro essor at the school and militaryassistant to Dallaire during the Rwanda confict,contributed their practical expertise with youth violence, gangs and the a ermath o war. Lancas-ter believes that e ective coordination o servicesand organizations generates a unity o purposethat may help end this destructive practice.

Leading the way withcommunity-based researchTe University o Victoria is breaking new ground with the launch o the university-wide O ce o Community-Based Research (OCBR). Te rstinitiative o its kind in the country, the o ce

is already attracting national and internationalattention or its open and inclusive approach. Te

OCBR is a ocal point or university aculty andstudents who are doing or wish to do community-based research, and an open door or communitygroups to access UVic research partners. Tisinitiative a rms our commitment to communityengagement and places us in a leadership role, saysDr. Valerie Kuehne, UVics vice-president externalrelations. Its an opportunity to demonstrate howmuch can be achieved when communities anduniversities work closely together.

Designing houses that work What makes a good

house? Te answerdepends on whereand how you live.An interdisciplin-ary, community-based, multiple- partner project is working to establish what kind o house works orthe Haisla First

Nation. Kara Shaw (environmental studies), PeterStephenson (anthropology), Peter Wild (Institute

or Integrated Energy Systems), graduate studentMike Optis and Vancouver architects Marceau

Evans Johnson are collaborating with the Haisla todevelop a model or culturally relevant, energy e -

cient and sustainable housing suitable or singlesand single-parent amilies. Te team has submit-ted its report to the Haisla and to the BC Ministryo Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, who

unded the project.

Bringing Aboriginal languages to li eAn innovative and accessible certi cate programis helping ensure that Aboriginal languagessurvive and fourish in British Columbia andbeyond. Te program, o ered by the University

o Victorias Department o Linguistics andDivision o Continuing Studies in partnership with the Enowkin Centre, Penticton, BC,is designed to equip those concerned withlanguage loss, maintenance, and recovery withknowledge and practical strategies or languagerevitalization. Speakers o Mohawk, Inuktitut,Sencoten, Hulquminum and Okanaganare among participants who take courses intheir own communities during the year andattend ongoing summer institutes at UVicor the Enowkin Centre. Designed to honourtraditional knowledge and practices, the program

recognizes and accommodates the needs o diversecommunities.

Kara Shaw and Mike Optis worked onsustainable housing or the HaislaFirst Nation.


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When the National Arts Centre in Ottawa needed toset the stage or a play about the roller-coaster li e o iconic Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau, they turnedto Mary Kerr, pro essor o theatre at the University o Victoria and one o Canadas most respected production

designers.Copper Thunderbird , written by Galiano IslandMtis playwright Marie Clements, ollows Morrisseausli e rom youth to old age. Kerr designed costumes inthe saturated hues o Morrisseaus work, and cast themagainst a white set, which suggested both the walls o a gallery and the world o healing colour possibilitiesinherent in a blank canvas. Kerr, who has a distinguishedcareer in the per orming arts, includingwork or the Canadian Opera Company,the National Ballet o Canada, the

Shaw and Strat ord Festivals, theParis Opera Ballet and the Openingand Closing Ceremonies o the XXVCommonwealth Games, is just oneo many University o Victoria

aculty and students enrichingthe cultural li e o our nation.

Mary Kerrs set and costume workbringCopper Thunderbird to li e at the

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s ta nab t an t wa pThe availability, development and stewardship o nancial, organizational and physical resources are key to the growthand success o our university. The University o Victoria is pledged to transparency in its stewardship o those resources,acquired rom both public and private sources, that allow us to achieve our objectives in a sustainable manner.

Bob Wrights gi t will support ocean,earth and atmospheric research andeducation.

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nurturing ourresources.

Building new acilities to supportresearch and learningUVic continues to grow, with our campus build-ing projects currently under way. Te new acilities will help meet the needs o increasing studentenrolment, and provide essential research, learn-ing and o ce space. Despite challenging marketconditions, the capital construction program ison time and on budget. Underground services orall new buildings were installed during July andAugust.Te Science Building, along with the Social Sci-

ences and Mathematics Building are on scheduleto open in 2008. Te Support Services Building, which will house administrative and accounting o ces, broke ground outside Ring Road in August2007 and is expected to open in October 2008.UVic is committed to sustainable development,building design and construction. Sustainable ea-tures increase building e ciency while reducing maintenance costs and minimizing environmentalimpact.

William C. Mearns Centre or Learning$20-million William C. Mearns Centre orLearning is also on schedule to open in 2008.

Components o the centre include an in ormationcommons with workstations and a single access point or all library resources; a media commonsintegrating all ormats o the librarys music, audioand video collections; improved acilities andresources or students with a disability; and anInternet ca .

Common EnergyGoing climate neutral is good. Going beyondclimate neutral, or doing more to solve the prob-lems o climate change than cause them, is betteraccording to Common Energya network o uni-

versity, community and regional partners working to create solutions to the problems o climatechange. Tis new group is collectively developing a strategic plan to assist the University o Victoriato move beyond climate neutral as an institution.Trough a collaborative examination o transpor-tation, energy use, and even ood consumption,Common Energy is developing recommendationsto help lessen UVics impact on the climate.

A gi t back to the oceanIn June 2007, UVic received an unprecedented$11-million gi rom Bob Wright, President and

CEO, Oak Bay Marine Group o Companies, tosupport ocean, earth and atmospheric research

and education. Tisdonation will allowthe university toreach a new level o research in the mostcritical issue acing the world todayclimate change.

A li elong passionand a nity or thesea has underscoredmy concern aboutthe impact o global warming on our oceans,

Wright said. As a community and as a country, we must expand our investment in solid scienti cresearch so we can pass on a healthy environment

or generations to come.Tis generous gi will help take the Universityo Victorias scienti c research to an even higherlevel, said UVic President David urpin. Bob

Wrights $11-million investment is testimony tohow we as Canadians can play a leading role indiscovering the acts about environmental changeon the global stage.


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I I do it right, Ill work mysel out o a job, says SarahWebb about her role as sustainability coordinator atUVics Ofce o Campus Planning and Sustainability.Sarah acts as a acilitator, bringing students, sta and

aculty together to advance environmental stewardship

across campus. The university has a long historyo environmental responsibility, and has recentlyestablished leadership in sustainability as a key strategicgoal or the uture. The Ofce o Campus Planning andSustainability, directed by Neil Connelly, develops policyand acts as a resource or research and learning aboutsustainable initiatives. From green building design andcampus recycling to community mappingand sustainable transportationprograms, UVic creates a living

laboratory or a green community.Were breaking new ground andacting as a catalyst

or change; creatingsolutions that havemuch broaderapplication in ourcommunity andaround the world.

Sarah Webb and student cyclistSteve Parr discuss sustainabletransportation in ront o oneo the Victoria Car Share Co-opvehicles based on campus.

P f susTAiNABlePrACTiCes

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P b c acc ntab tWe are grate ul or the support o individuals, corporations, oundations and governments that make our accomplishments possible.We hold ourselves to the highest standards o stewardship o these resources and strive to provide a thorough accounting o our activities.Further elements o our accountability ramework can be ound in the Accountability section o the UVic website (www.uvic.ca).

An economic powerhouse or BCTe University o Victoria generates $1.77 billionannually in economic activity. Tis includes directand indirect expenditures such as salaries andbene ts, student and visitor spending, taxes, spin-o companies, patents and licenses, and the e ectso an educated work orce. Te university directlyand indirectly supports over 11,000 jobs.In addition, our Vancouver Island echnologyPark, which houses the greatest concentrationo high-tech companies on Vancouver Island,supports more than 2,000 jobs and contributesnearly $280 million annually to BCs economy.

Research capacityContinued success in external research grantcompetitions at the national level attests to the importance and high quality o research conductedby UVic aculty and graduate students. UVicresearchers were awarded more than $71 million inoutside research grants and contracts in 2006/07,

or a total o $308 million over the last ve years,doubling the research support o the previous ve- year period.Tis year, Macleansmagazine has ranked UVicas the overall top comprehensive university inCanada, and second in that category or size andnumber o medical and science research grants per

aculty member. In Research In osources 2007Research University o the Year ranking, UVic places third among Canadian comprehensiveuniversities, demonstrating superior achievementin earning research income and in publishing research in leading Canadian and internationalscienti c journals.

Supporting our studentsTe University o Victoria maintained its goal tobe a national leader in student nancial assistanceby investing a urther $430,000 in its 2006/07budget or graduate and undergraduate student

nancial aid. Another $1.5 million is being addedto the nancial assistance total or UVic studentsin 2007/08.

Investing in the utureTanks to the generosity o our valued donors,investments in student support, educational pro-grams and research initiatives grew by more than$18.2 million this year. Tis support helps createa uture ull o promise or our students and the wider community that we serve.


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Teaching & learning support equipment, technology,library, culture $6. million

Chairs & research $6.8 million

Student support bursariesscholarships, ellowships,programs, other $5.34 million

$

$

$2

$3

$4

$5

$6

$7

$8

Work studyBursariesScholarships

2 0 0 6 / 0 7

2 0 0 5 / 0 6

2 0 0 4 / 0 5 *

2 0 0 3 / 0 4

2 0 0 2 / 0 3

2 0 0 1 / 0 2

m i l l i o n s

* Bursary amount for 2004/05 does not include$900,000 in additional one-time funding provided by the University of Victoria

$

$

$2

$3

$4

$5

$6

$7

$8

Canada Research Chairs

CIHR (Canadian Institutes o Health Research)

CFI/BCKDF (Canada Foundation or Innovation / BC Knowledge Development Fund)

SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)NSERC (Natural Sciences and E ngineering Research Council)

Other Sources

2 0 0 6 / 0 7

2 0 0 5 / 0 6

2 0 0 4 / 0 5

2 0 0 3 / 0 4

2 0 0 2 / 0 3

2 0 0 1 / 0 2

2 0 0 0 / 0 1

1 9 9 9 / 0 0

1 9 9 8 / 9 9

1 9 9 7 / 9 8

1 9 9 6 / 9 7

m i l l i o n s

Source: Research Administration

External research grants and contracts Revenues by source 2006/07[Fund accounting basis. In millions.*]

Expenditures by und 2006/07[Fund accounting basis. In millions.*]

T ta n $4 n T ta p n t $441 n

Student fnancial aid[Primarily undergraduate.]

Funds raised by source 2006/07 Allocation o unds raised 2006/07

T ta n a n $18.2 n T ta a cat $18.2 n

Capital unds $55 [ 2%]

Ancillary unds $43 [ %]

Sponsored research $77 [ 7%]

General operating unds $247 [56%]

Other $2 [5%]

Donations $ 4 [3%]

Investment income $22 [5%]

Sales $56 [ 2%]

Federal government $46 [ %]

Tuition $99 [2 %]

BC government $2 8 [45%]

Other Organizations - $2.6 million

Individuals - $6. million

Foundations - $.68 million

Estates - $3. million

Corporations - $6. million

*Percentages may not add to 100 due to independent rounding.

Specifc purpose unds $ 9 [4%]

*Included in the 2 5/ 6 total is $ 7.5 million toexpand the NEPTUNE Canada cabled ocean observatory,compared to $8 million in 2 6/ 7.

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Students and facultyThe University of Victoria is, above all, a community of extraordinarily gifted people, dedicated to the pursuit andperpetuation of knowledge and its application in the service of society. On these pages, we list some of the awards andhonours bestowed this year upon our students, faculty and graduates in recognition of their outstanding achievements.

Students and graduatesMiki Hansen (Social Work

graduate), inaugural AlayneHamilton CommunitySocial Worker Award, BCAssociation o Social Workers

Ashley Heaslip (Political ScienceGraduate), Vancity Youth Award, Victorias Leadership Awards

Julie Lassonde (Law graduate),received NDL D Innovative Awardin Uppsala, Sweden, or her e-thesisPer orming Law

Faculty John Borrows (Law), elected ellow

in the RSC: Te Academies o Arts,Humanities and Sciences o Canada

Glenn Gallins (Law), VictoriasLeadership Awards

Aaron Gulliver (Electricaland Computer Engineering),2007 Canada Research

Chair in Advanced WirelessCommunications

Darlene Hammell (Island MedicalProgram), honoured as one o Canadas Family Physicians o the Year by the national Collegeo Family Physicians o Canada

Kim Juniper (Earth and OceanSciences, Biology, VENUS andNEP UNE), BC LeadershipChair in Marine Ecosystemsand Global Change

Eike-Henner Kluge (Philosophy)has been awarded the Abby-AnnD. Lynch Medal in Bioethics by the

RSC: Te Academies o Arts, Hu-manities and Sciences o CanadaRonald Lou-Poy (UVic chancellor),

Li etime Achievement Award, Victorias Leadership Awards

Ian MacPherson (BC Instituteor Cooperative Studies)

Victorias Leadership AwardsAna Mar a Peredo(Business),

Ascendant Scholar Award rom the Western Academy o Management

Richard Ring (Biology, Emeritus),2006 winner o the Gold Medal orOutstanding Achievement rom theEntomological Society o Canada

David Sinton (MechanicalEngineering), Douglas R. ColtonMedal or Research Excellence

rom CMC MicrosystemsHolly Tuokko (Psychology,

Centre on Aging), inauguralExcellence in BC HealthcareAwards rom the HealthEmployers Association o BC

Nancy Turner (EnvironmentalStudies), Killam Research Fellow-ship or 2007 Administered bythe Canada Council or the Arts

Andrew Weaver (Earth andOcean Sciences), Academic o the Year by the Con ederation o University Faculty Associationso BC (CUFA-BC)

Christine Welsh (Womens Stud-ies) 2006 Amnesty InternationalFilm Festivals Gold AudienceAward or her National Film Boarddocumentary Finding Dawn

GroupsAutonomous Underwater

Vehicle Design Team(AUVicengineering group), frst placein Canadian Engineering Competitions innovative designcompetition and a special award

or technical excellenceFaculty of Business awarded the

EQUIS Quality label by Te Euro- pean Federation o ManagementDevelopment, placing it among the top-tier business schools in the world


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ChancellorDr. Ronald Lou-Poy

ExecutiveDr. David H. Turpin President & Vice-ChancellorDr. J. Howard Brunt Vice-President ResearchProf. Jamie L. Cassels Vice-President Academic & ProvostDr. Julia EastmanUniversity SecretaryMs. Gayle Gorrill Vice-President Finance & OperationsDr. Valerie Kuehne Vice-President External Relations

(as of September, 2007)

Board o GovernorsMr. Andrew Bateman (elected by students)Ms. Penny Beames (elected by students)Ms. Trudi Brown

Mr. Peter Ciceri

Mr. Eric Donald

Dr. Peter Driessen (elected by aculty)Dr. Julia Eastman, SecretaryMr. John Evans

Mr. Murray Farmer, Chair

Mr. Tony GageDr. Robert Giroux

Dr. Peter Liddell (elected by aculty)Dr. Ronald Lou-Poy, ChancellorMr. Raymond Protti, Vice-ChairDr. David Turpin, President & Vice-ChancellorMs. Sarah Webb (elected by sta )

(as of September, 2007)

Honorary degrees con erredN b 006 Arthur Carty , ormer president o the NationalResearch Council o CanadaEarl Claxton Sr. , linguist and advocate or the preservation o Indigenous languagesEdith Iglauer , author and journalistMaria Tippett , art historian

J n 007Iona Campagnolo , ormer lieutenant governoro British ColumbiaBruce Cockburn , musician and social activistMaria Matembe , HIV/AIDS activist and mem-ber o the Pan-A rican ParliamentMary Okumu , Author and human rightsadvocateBill Turner , conservationist and co- ounder o Te Land Conservancy


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