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David Boyd, a senior associate with UVic’s POLIS project on Ecological Governance, is the co-author, with David Suzuki, of David Suzuki’s Green Guide. The book provides advice on how to make homes more environmentally friendly, consume fewer resources and make diet changes to eat fresher, healthier food. Boyd is also the author of Unnatural Law: Rethinking Canadian Environmental Law, and also holds academic positions with UBC and SFU.
Celebrated Canadian stage designer Mary Kerr (theatre) is one of three designers featured in the newly published book Inspiring Creativity: 75 Years of the Banff Centre. The book features essays, short stories, poetry, art works, photography, set designs, musical scores and interviews with some of Canada’s greatest artists.
Professor Denis Protti (health information science) is the first recipient of the MacNaught-Taillon Leadership Award in Health Policy, Information and Informatics, bestowed by CHLNet (Canadian Health Leadership Network) in recognition of outstanding individual contributions to Canadian health care.
Dr. Peter Dukes (mathematics and statistics) has been awarded a 2007 Kirkman Medal by the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications for his work in discrete mathematics, also known as combinatorics. The award recognizes outstanding achievements by members who are within four years of their PhD. Dukes holds a BSc from UVic and a PhD from the California Institute of Technology. He joined UVic as a faculty member in 2004.
Keeping Our Cool: Canada in a Warming World, a new book by UVic climatologist Dr. Andrew Weaver (earth and ocean sciences), offers a detailed explanation of the science of global warming. As a lead author in three Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports, Weaver also gives an insider’s perspective on the IPCC process and insight into the news media and their role in conveying science knowledge to the public. Weaver will be at the UVic Bookstore for a book signing on Oct. 6, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
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