November 2008

Touché! BCom program hits the mark for student-athlete

“If you’re going to try out for the Olympics, make sure you’ve got a lot of free time,” advises Monica Kwan, Canada’s number-two-ranked women’s foilist fencer and 2008 UVic Bachelor of Commerce grad. more »

FIRST PEOPLES HOUSE RISING FROM THE EARTH
The first of two rammed earth walls rises from the site of the First Peoples House—a welcoming and supportive space on campus for Indigenous students and the broader community. The walls were built by tamping damp earth into forms. Architect Alfred Waugh says the framed earth walls make reference to the Interior Salish people who used pit houses for their winter homes. More info: http://web.uvic.ca/fphouse. Photo: Maria Lironi

Features

	Sustainability: Making policy, taking action Have you had your say? Since the spring of 2008, the Office of Campus Planning and Sustainability has been carrying out an extensive series of consultations, focus groups, workshops and surveys to develop a new sustainability policy and action plan. more »
	Home-grown business models for sustainable communities Dr. Ana Maria Peredo (business) brings an award-winning perspective to the academic field of business and management, informed by years of living and working among the poor in her native Peru and in regions from the Andes to the Arctic. more »