Welcome to the Faculty of Graduate Studies

Masters

• Jonathan Morris, a Master's student in the School of Child and Youth Care, is one of the recipients of the Andy Farquharson Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching. Read his story in The Ring.
• Master of Writing student, Garth Martens, is inspired by the people and places that surround him. Read his story in the Times Colonist.
• As a Master student in Arts Education, Natalie Johnston knows how to creatively juggle an extremely busy schedule. Read her story here.
• Reuven Sussman, a Master of Psychology graduate, proves that setting a good example works. Read the full story in The Ring.
• Master of Environmental Studies student, Jamie Biggar, is one of 30 official Canadian youth delegates heading to Copenhagen to attend KlimaForum 09, the UN Climate Change Conference. Read the full story in the Times Colonist.
• Master of Writing student, Yasuko Thanh is the winner of this year's Journey Prize for her fictional novel Floating like the Dead. Read her story here.
• Master of Geography student, Chris Jensen, is investigating how to manage rainwater where it falls - "mimicking Mother Nature". Read more about this important research.

Doctoral

• Jonathan Chui, a PhD candidate in the Department of Chemistry, and James Rowe in the School of Environmental Studies are both recipients of this year's Andy Farquharson Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching. Read their story in The Ring.
• Sharon Lee, a PhD Candidate, working with a multidisciplinary team of neuroscientists at the University of Victoria has discovered that video games increase brain activity by utilizing the area of the brain associated with spatial reasoning and navigation. Read the full story here.
• PhD Candidate Sarah Buydens pursues the importance of mentorship among military women in her PhD research. Read about her work in The Ring.
• PhD Candidate Alison Proctor works with faculty and others in the engineering department on an underwater robot. Read about it in the Times Colonist.
• PhD Candidate Janet Newbury receives the prestigious Vanier Scholarship. Read about it in The Ring.
• EcoCAR team is going for gold. Read the full news release in the Times Colonist.
• Twelve awards were recently granted to UVic graduate students from the REACH (Research in Early Education and Child Health) group, the UVic branch of the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), a consortium of 6 BC universities. Eight students were recognized for exemplary research relevant to early childhood and four students were recipients of thesis funding. For more information download the PDF from the Research in Early Childhood Care, Education and Health website.

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Alumni

• UVic graduate, David Jackson's, research explores what it takes mentally for athletes to prepare for the Olympics. Read the full story here.
• UVic Alumni Don Drummond,Sadik Dost,Patrick Grant and Ian Stewart are this year's recipients of UVic's Legacy Awards. Read the full story here.
• Alumnus Philip Kevin Paul is a finalist for the prestigious Governor General's Literary Award with his newly released poetry volume. Read the full story here.
• UVic alumnus Julie Wafaei has been named one of National Geographic's Adventurers of the Year. Read the full news story in the Toronto Star.
• UVic fine arts alumnas Franke James tells the story of her conversion to environmentally friendly living in her new book. Read the full news story in the National Post.
• UVic alumna Tamara Vrooman, CEO of Vancity Credit Union, is featured in the Spring 2009 Torch magazine. Read the full story here.

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Grad greats in The Ring

• February 2010
• December 2009
• November 2009
• October 2009
• September 2009
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