December 2008

Cross

Geographer pioneers sustainable ecological aquaculture

Turkeys will be in a prominent place on many dinner tables across the country this holiday season, but Dr. Stephen Cross always puts seafood first. The University of Victoria marine scientist conducts research at a dedicated aquaculture research and development facility in Kyuquot Sound off northwestern Vancouver Island. It is the first licensed SEAfarm in Canada. more »


Features

Navarro

Shedding light on dark matter

The search for dark matter—the mysterious substance that accounts for 85 per cent of the mass of the universe—has dominated cosmology for many decades. With the help of UVic researchers, that search may soon come to an end. more »


Staff member

UVic uncovers empire’s correspondence

More than 7,000 digital files—transcriptions of all the government documents that passed between Victoria and London in the colonial period—are now available for viewing, thanks to staff at University Systems, the library, the Humanities Computing and Media Centre and the Department of History. more »

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