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Trying out UVic’s new Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) are (L–R) Michele McDonald (budget and capital planning), Wendie McHenry (library), Rick Sykes (geography), UVic Manager of Emergency Planning Daphne Donaldson (occupational health, safety and environment) and John Verreault (network services). The EOC is used to help support emergency response at the scene during a major campus emergency. Sixty UVic staff and faculty members on the EOC team participate in training and exercises throughout the year. Members of UVic’s EOC gathered on May 12 to host an orientation and open house in the new space in the Social Sciences and Mathematics Building—within the geography department’s geomatics lab.