The Ring

Curator on two wheels

05/10/2013 - 14:49

Mary Jo Hughes and her bicycle, at the Legacy Gallery. Photo: UVic Photo Service
Bike to Work Week May 27–June 2


As soon as her cousin taught her to ride a two-wheeler on the bumpy lanes on her uncle’s farm, eight-year-old Mary Jo Hughes was hooked. She and her brother promptly started nagging their parents for a bike and when they got one—to share—they fought over who got to ride it to school.


Day in the life: Robie Liscomb

05/09/2013 - 11:08

Liscomb. Photo: Beth Doman

Not every reader will recognize him from his picture, but since February 2007, each issue of UVic’s community newspaper has benefited from Robie Liscomb’s discriminating touch. After more than 1,200 days in the life of The Ring, its editor retired at the end of April.


Autism's Own Conference: Uniquely talented individuals develop a new kind of event

05/09/2013 - 10:48

(L-R) CARTE Director Jim Tanaka and co-director Joseph Sheppard

Growing out of the success of Autism's Own journal — a UVic peer-reviewed journal written and edited by persons with autism — the Centre for Autism Research, Technology, and Education (CARTE) celebrated World Autism Awareness Day on April 2 by organizing Autism’s Own Conference. This free, public autism cultural event was founded, organized and enacted by students and lifelong learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder.