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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What if people affected by research and design helped shape it from the start? Join the #UVicENVI Colloquium on involving people as active participants—not just end users. 📅 Oct 7 | 🕦 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | 📍 David Turpin Building, B255 Everyone welcome! #ParticipatoryDesign
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🌈 Queer theory. Trans theory. Ecology. Political ecology. And apparently a jackalope. 🐇🌲🍄 ES 480 A02: Queer & Trans Ecologies is coming Spring 2027. M/Th | 11:30–12:50 Questions or need a prereq waiver? jenneschmidt@uvic.ca
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ES undergrads: we have plans for you this afternoon. 🌱🍕 Come meet other students & faculty, learn about advising, clubs & events—and have some FREE PIZZA. 📅 TODAY 🕝 2:30–3:30 📍 DTB B255 New or returning, come say hello!
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the classroom to the Royal BC Museum. 🎥🌎 Students in ES 381/Writing 345 co-created micro-documentaries with climate disaster survivors—and their work is now part of the museum’s refreshed climate gallery. A pretty incredible destination for undergraduate coursework. rbcm.ca/climate-chan...
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Climate Change: Everything is Connected  | Royal BC Museum
We recommend 2-4 hours to enjoy the main galleries and exhibitions.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For National Tree Day, we'd like to recognize some of our hardest-working environmental practitioners. 🌳 Carbon storage 🐦 Wildlife habitat 🌧️ Stormwater management ☀️ Shade and cooling 🌱 Soil protection No meetings. No email. Just quietly getting the job done. Happy #NationalTreeDay!
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Truth and Reconciliation requires more than a single day of reflection. 🧡 Throughout the week, UVic is offering opportunities to listen, learn, reflect and act—leading up to the Sept. 29 Orange Shirt Day campus gathering. Explore the events: www.uvic.ca/event/orange...
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Orange Shirt Day - University of Victoria - University of Victoria
UVic is committed to reconciliation. We're working to foster truth, respect and mutual understanding with all Indigenous peoples and communities. You can partner in the work of reconciliation by…
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join us for our Undergraduate Welcome Event on Monday, September 28, 2026 from 2:30-3:30 in DTB B255! There will be free pizza, a chance to meet other students and faculty, and students will be able to learn about advising, events, and clubs! We hope to see you there! 🍁
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What can the history of food tell us about race, power & inequality? Join award-winning author Andrea Freeman for a presentation of Ruin Their Crops on the Ground, exploring how U.S. food law & policy have shaped racial and social inequality. 📅 Sept. 24 | 4 PM 📍 Fraser B161 Free & open to all.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fall term just started, so naturally we’re already thinking about January. 😅 Spring 2027 courses with space: 🌎 Indigenous Environmental Justice 🏳️‍🌈 Queer & Trans Ecologies 🌲 Forest Environments 🐻 Canadian Mammal Conservation Some are new or rarely offered—and prerequisite overrides may be possible.
Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AdemoorPhoto by Albert Stoynov on UnsplashPhoto by Chris Linnett on UnsplashPhoto by Jonathan Brown on Unsplash
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Learning doesn't end with class. This Orange Shirt Day, learn about residential schools' history and impacts, honour Survivors and families, and reflect on reconciliation in your community. 🧡 Sept 29 at UVic www.uvic.ca/event/orange... #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters
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Orange Shirt Day - University of Victoria - University of Victoria
UVic is committed to reconciliation. We're working to foster truth, respect and mutual understanding with all Indigenous peoples and communities. You can partner in the work of reconciliation by…
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Orange Shirt Day asks more than remembrance: listen, learn, reflect and act for reconciliation. On Sept 29, UVic will gather to honour Survivors, remember children who never returned, and renew commitment to justice. Learn more: www.uvic.ca/event/orange...
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Orange Shirt Day - University of Victoria - University of Victoria
UVic is committed to reconciliation. We're working to foster truth, respect and mutual understanding with all Indigenous peoples and communities. You can partner in the work of reconciliation by…
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Can meditation, ritual and contemplative practice build just societies? A new book co-edited by our James Rowe explores their intersection with activism, democracy, decolonization and justice movements. Learn more: www.routledge.com/Contemplativ...
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Contemplative Praxis and Politics
Mindfulness is now a zeitgeist. The mainstreaming of mindfulness – what Time Magazine calls the “mindful revolution” – is being powered by research documenting the physical and mental health benefits…
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What happens when a century-old photo meets climate change? Using UVic Mountain Legacy images, researchers document century-plus landscape shifts and novel ecological conditions driven by climate change. Read more: news.uvic.ca/2026/ecologi...
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Ecological novelty and climate change - UVic News
As temperatures continue to rise, scientists are witnessing the emergence of ecological conditions with no historical precedent.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Looks like orientation has started. 🦌 A local mom was spotted giving her twins a campus tour this week, covering the essentials: • best grazing spots • quiet study areas • how to avoid 8:30 a.m. classes We assume they'll be applying to Environmental Studies.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
AI. Chatbots. Surveillance pricing. Naturemaxxing. AI slop. What do any of these have to do with environmental studies? Quite a lot. New this fall, ES 480 A02: Nature & Technology examines how technology shapes power—and our relationships with nature and each other.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What can land defence campaigns teach us about building a just climate future? Join Indigenous Climate Action, Research for the Front Lines, and UVic's Transformative Climate Action program for the first Organizing Climate Futures webinar. 📅 Aug 13 | 🕛 12–1:30 PM PT Register: buff.ly/YobA9Ac
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A barred owl checking out our ES staff member on her break. They're often seen in the beautiful campus Finnerty Gardens!
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The future of marine research isn't just about new technology—it's about working in partnership. Read how UVic students are supporting Indigenous-led marine research grounded in community priorities, knowledge, and stewardship. news.uvic.ca/2026/here-fo...
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Here for Indigenous-led marine research - UVic News
Kinoogeix Mikki Mitchell spent a summer studying cultural, ceremonial and food harvests as part of the UVic Sustainability Scholars program.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Bread, cheese, wine, salt, cider, cows, castles, and serious academic reflection. The France Terroir Field School understood the assignment.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Some classrooms come with stone walls, vineyard rows, salt air, and centuries of history. That’s field-based learning.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Field school lesson: terroir includes soil, climate, culture, history… and occasionally mud. Our students got hands-on with place-based learning in France. Very hands-on.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
From UVic to France 🇨🇦➡️🇫🇷 Our Terroir Field School has wrapped after days of vineyards, farms, salt marshes, castles, caves, and field-based learning about how place shapes food, wine, culture, and land use.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
From UVic to France 🇨🇦➡️🇫🇷 Our Terroir Field School has wrapped after days of vineyards, farms, salt marshes, castles, caves, and field-based learning about how place shapes food, wine, culture, and land use.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Looks like ENVI has a few new undergraduate students. 🦌🦌 A doe and her twins stopped by campus this morning—orientation appears to be going well.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I'm getting excited to visit these cute little guys at Rocky Point (starts July 21), or on selected dates at Witty's Lagoon via MAPS! rpbo.org/what-we-do/m... rpbo.org/what-we-do/m...
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Breaking: Seal spotted in Elk Lake. 🦭 Update: It was Alina Fisher's dog, Beowulf. He was on an urgent stick-recovery mission and successfully rescued the target.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
No, this is not a tiny zebra crossed with a rhinoceros. 🪲 It's a ten-lined June beetle, proving once again that evolution has a very active imagination.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Make your next elective with the School of Indigenous Governance! If you have any questions, please reach out to igov@uvic.ca.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Alina Fisher is out enjoying the summer weather, so Perdita has stepped in as Acting Research Manager. So far productivity is down, sunbeam utilization is up, and several meetings have been delayed for brushing. 🐈
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Our receptionist & undergrad program assistant, Elizabeth E. may actually be a Disney Princess. Evidence: Long John Silver arrives regularly for backyard visits and snack inspections. 🐿️✨
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
George has arrived with a reminder: sometimes the road ahead calls for confidence, colour, and a little campus flair. 🦚
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Climate futures aren't built alone—they're organized. Join Sleydo' Molly Wickham, Jesse Stoeppler, and Tia Kennedy for a conversation on land defence, movement organizing, and what it takes to create just and livable climate futures. 📅 June 4 | 12–1:30 PM PT Register: buff.ly/VBJmwOQ
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Spring reminder from Primrose: you don’t need to see the whole path ahead to keep moving forward. 🌿 One step, one sunny trail, one new season at a time. Thanks to our amazing receptionist & undergraduate program assistant, Elizabeth E., for sharing this moment (and Primrose's wisdom) with us
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Watch out — there’s been a Bear sighting in Saanich! 🐻 False alarm! ❌️ This sweet boy, Bear, specialized exclusively in zoomies, charm, and licking people to death. Beloved sidekick of our grad program & admin assistant, Margy Gamble
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Wait… are the campus rabbits back? 🐇 Nope! This distinguished gentleman is a rescued former feral enjoying some supervised outdoor time with the family of our Research Manager, Alina Fisher.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Going “above and beyond” isn’t extra—it’s what keeps a community working. Congrats to our Spring 2026 Above & Beyond Award nominees and recipients in Environmental Studies 👏 Recognition for the work that often happens behind the scenes. Read more: www.uvic.ca/socialscienc...
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A reminder that camouflage doesn’t always mean dull colours. Dragonfly spotted near Christmas Hill — patterned for concealment, stunning in the sunlight.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
🎓 Hey students! The Conservation Data Centre is hiring a Data Technician 👀 Great chance to get some real experience working with data and build your skills.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A cluster of shooting stars appeared outside the building today. Astronomers unconcerned. Botanists pleased. #UVicENVI
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Here at the ENVI Main Office, our bird strike stickers seem to be working! (Check out our chickadee bird box on the maple tree in the background.) We hope to keep them safe.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
From community assemblies to cycling access to bird-safe campus ideas, students at UVic’s Changemakers Summit were focused on solutions—not just problems. A smart model for community-engaged learning. More: news.uvic.ca/2026/changem...
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Changemakers Summit sparks solutions to community issues - UVic News
Changemakers Summit at UVic links local partners with students who are passionate about creating social change in their communities.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Can you “stress test” climate policy like software? That’s the idea behind UVic’s Virtual Lab for Environmental Planning—turning complex environmental decisions into simulations you can explore, test, and improve. Read more: www.uvic.ca/givingtouvic...
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Virtual Lab for Environmental Planning - Giving to UVic - University of Victoria
Donor support is helping turn digital simulations into tools for wildfire response, energy planning and environmental resilience.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Spring showing up outside the building today 🌱 A reminder that seasonal change is already underway—even on the quieter, grey days.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
What if climate action was a game you could play? In the TCA Certificate at University of Victoria, Marty created Global Winning—a cooperative card game built from what he learned in class. Scan the QR to read his story.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Climate action needs people who understand systems. The TCA Certificate at University of Victoria covers: • human behaviour + climate • policy + planning • how change actually happens Then you choose electives that match your focus. Scan the QR to explore courses.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Want skills you can actually use in climate work? The TCA Certificate at University of Victoria focuses on: • real-world collaboration • climate action planning • science → policy translation • Indigenous partnerships Flexible, interdisciplinary, 1–2 years. Scan the QR for details.
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Want a quick look at what ES grad students are actually working on? Note: next week’s 11:30 seminar is cancelled. Instead, join us April 1 (1–3pm, DTB B255) for short research presentations + Q&A. New ideas, early-stage projects, and room to ask questions. #UVicENVI
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Not theory—action. Isabelle used the TCA Certificate to turn learning into a workplace food waste solution, while building skills in environmental politics. Scan the QR to hear how → University of Victoria
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
From net pens to river restoration—this is applied learning in action. Dr. Benjamin Neal shows how UVic students engage directly in BC fisheries recovery. March 25 | 11:30–12:30 | DTB B255 #UVicENVI
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UVIC Environmental Studies @uvicenvi.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The School of Environmental Studies will be hosting our Spring Send Off on April 2, 2026 from 2:30-3:30pm 🌿 Please join us for a pizza lunch, a chance to say goodbye to professors and friends, and to celebrate ES students who are graduating!
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