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The Ring - The University of Victoria's Community Newspaper

March 2004 · Vol 30 · No 3

 

Family Centre

Alumni lend a hand to students with families

With a new grant of $10,000 from the UVic Alumni Association, the Family Centre is expanding its program, building on the success of the Breakfast Club and adding the equivalent of one more full day of staff time per week.

 

Malahat

Malahat shines its light on Canada's literary landscape

UVic's literary journal The Malahat Review has negotiated the twists and turns of Canada's literary landscape for over 35 years.

Dance

New technology helps children with Down Syndrome

UVic researchers are using the same technology that gave life to Gollum in The Lord of the Rings to help kids with Down Syndrome (DS) discover the joy of dance.

Vautier

New book shares the poetry of Paris through Quebec eyes

English-speaking readers can share the Paris experience with some of Quebec's best-known poets thanks to an English translation of Paris Québec by UVic faculty members Drs. Stephen Scobie and Marie Vautier.

Shade

UVic employee aims for Paralympics

Victoria-based Team Sail Mentor's goal is to represent Canada in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

 

 

News

 

B.C. budget adjusts funding

 

Board approves campus planning report

 

Diversity Month

 

SSHRC seeks feedback

 

Survey examines barriers

 

Funding extended for water usage project

 

Vice president wins award

 

Teen depression study

 

Phoenix FIND Festival

 

Features

 

Alumni lend a hand to students with families

 

New book shares the poetry of Paris through Quebec eyes

 

High-tech facility offers survey research assistance

 

Malahat shines its light on Canada's literary landscape

 

Teacher training in Argentina

 

UVic employee aims for Paralympics

 

New technology helps children with Down Syndrome

 

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